{"id":2104,"date":"2021-10-29T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/3555867_AE55867_0"},"modified":"2021-10-29T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:00:00","slug":"eef-unesco-unicef-teams-up-with-education-partners-to-launch-the-regional-conference-on-teachers-and-equitable-education-all-for-education-in-southeast-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=2104","title":{"rendered":"EEF, UNESCO, UNICEF teams up with education partners to launch the ‘Regional Conference on Teachers and Equitable Education: All for Education in Southeast Asia’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BANGKOK<\/span>, Oct. 29, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — The Equitable Education Fund (EEF), UNESCO, and UNICEF Thailand have joined forces with education partners, the Ministry of Education, Princess Maha Chakri<\/span> Award Foundation, SEAMEO (Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization), and Save the Children in running the “Regional Conference on Teachers and Equitable Education: All for Education in Southeast Asia<\/span>” to bring together ideas and reflections from the whole region. The event is slated to take place online on Friday 29 October 2021<\/span> at 8.30\u201316.30 and Saturday 30 October 2021<\/span> at 9.00\u201316.30.<\/p>\n

The first day sees the 4th<\/sup> Princess Maha Chakri<\/span> Award Ceremony 2021, with HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presiding the opening ceremony and delivering a special lecture on Her Royal Highness’s endeavour to provide educational opportunities for children and juveniles in the face of COVID-19, and to reinforce the development of teachers as well as educational institutions across Southeast Asia<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“The COVID-19 crisis is a turning point in global education,” Dr. Krissanapong Kirtikara<\/b>, Chairman of the Princess Maha Chakri<\/span> Award Foundation and Advisor of Governing Board, Equitable Education Fund, Thailand<\/span>, said of the conference’s purposes. “Educational systems are now mired in exponentially widening inequality gaps. The conference is therefore meant to set off the collaboration between networking partners in advocating and building a new paradigm towards equitable education, restoring learning to affected students, and empowering the teachers, who are key to equitable access to education in the middle of the current crisis.”<\/p>\n

Interested parties are encouraged to join in with renowned academics from around the world in discussing and exchanging views and opinions with an aim to quickly reduce educational inequality, bring learning back to all students, and tap into the potential of all teachers. The sessions include:<\/p>\n