Moza for quality education for children

QNA

PARIS HER Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Science (QF) and the UNESCO special envoy for Basic and Higher Education, on Wednesday called on world education leaders to step up actions to provide access to quality education for the world’s hard-to-reach children.

Speaking at the Global Education For All (EFA) meeting at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, HH Sheikha Moza said, “Humanity will not overcome the immense challenges we face unless we ensure that children get quality education that equips them to play their part in the modern world.” The ministerial-level meeting aimed to drive efforts towards reaching the EFA goals of providing universal access to education.

Highlighting the current situations in Gaza and Syria, HH Sheikha Moza said, “Events happening right now in my region clearly show that the right to education is still endangered. Take a look at the situation of students in the Gaza Strip, Syria and other conflict areas. Education is not being protected from the wider issues affecting a country or a society.” HH Sheikha Moza urged leaders to build on the momentum generated by recent initiatives, including ‘Education First’ launched by UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon recently and ‘Educate A Child’ she launched this month.

“Over the last few months, we have discovered a new energy. I call on you to make use of this energy. I count on you to step up your efforts to meet our commitments.

I urge you to use the discussion over the coming days to focus on accelerated actions that will enable us to meet our goals,” she said.

In order to build on the current initiatives, HH Sheikha Moza proposed to host the next EFA meeting in Doha in April 2013.

“I invite you to share progress, come with specific plans and show the outcomes of today’s important meeting. I invite you to demonstrate that we are living up to our promise in concrete and practical ways,” she said.

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