BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:203@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20210722T011500Z DTEND:20210722T111500Z DTSTAMP:20210719T143908Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/symposium-on-learning-during-and-post-co vid-19-in-nepal/ SUMMARY:Symposium on "Learning during and post-COVID-19 in Nepal" DESCRIPTION:The World Bank is organizing the symposium on “Learning durin g and post-COVID-19 in Nepal”  as a side event to the Global Education Summit in collaboration with Nepal’s Ministry of Education\, Science and Technology\; Foreign\, Commonwealth &\; Development Office (FCDO)\; UN ICEF and USAID.\nTo register for the event\, CLICK HERE\n*Note: Registrat ion is not required to watch the event Livestream \nAbout the Event \nLi ke other countries in South Asia\, widespread school closures and other di sruptions to education due to COVID 19 are likely to have long-term impact s on the well-being and learning and earning potential of children in Nepa l. \nThese effects are anticipated to hit disadvantaged children the hard est\, as they fall even further behind their peers. \nIn response to this challenge\, the Government of Nepal (GON) has rolled out multimodal learn ing programs during school closures and other periods of disruption\, incl uding provision of online\, offline and printed learning materials to stud ents and promotion of flexible learning approaches to help teachers cover core curriculum content in a shorter time. \nAt the same time\, the GON r ecognizes that high-technology approaches are likely to deepen educational inequities in a country where many households do not have access to radio \, TV\, and internet. \nA range of development partners have supported th e GON’s efforts to stabilize education across the country\, through alte rnative\, catch-up learning approaches that utilize low- or no-tech soluti ons for some of the most educationally disadvantaged children. \nThe obje ctive of this symposium is to bring together key stakeholders to combine e fforts and strategies towards mitigating learning losses due to prolonged school closures and inequitable access to technology-based learning. \nTh e timing for this symposium is opportune because it aligns with the GON’ s efforts to finalize and begin implementing the next Education Sector Pla n (2021-2030) in a context of ongoing ripple effects of the COVID-19 pande mic. \nLikewise\, the symposium aims to inform Nepal’s contributions an d commitments as part of the upcoming Global Education Summit\, in which G lobal Partnership for Education recipient countries and donor nations will affirm shared priorities for supporting equitable\, quality education.\nM ore information here ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/0 7/learning-during-covid-event.png CATEGORIES:Symposium END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR