UN / SDG EDUCATION

On the side lines of a High-Level Event on Education, the President of the General Assembly, Peter Thomson, told reporters that “there are still 263 million children out of school and are not getting education, and the number of primary school kids not in school is growing every day.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:43
• Production Date: 28 June 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: PETER THOMSON
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: EDUCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
• MAMS Id: 1920454
• Parent Id: 1920454
• Alternate Title: unifeed170628c

Description

STORY: UN / SDG EDUCATION
TRT: 01:43
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 28 JUNE 2017, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

28 JUNE 2017, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, dais
3. Med shot, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly, United Nations:
“There are still 263 million children out of school and are not getting education and the number of primary school kids not in school is growing every day. So we have under SDG 4, we have enormous work still to be done.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Saul Mwame, Tanzanian Civil Society Representative:
“I have seen education as a very important thing, because education has the ability to change lives. And I know that education is liberation. Not only to only a few people, but to all people, and it should be considered, education, as a very important thing to all people, including young girls in different humanitarian situations.”
7. Med shot, journalists
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Saul Mwame, Tanzanian Civil Society Representative:
“Where my father was born is a place where education is not regarded as an important thing, and most people who go to school are seen as the members of the community as if they are just wasting time. But I hope that through the work that I am doing, I am thinking about improving it by educating my community more to understand that the importance of education and especially for young people for a sustainable future.”
9. Med shot, journalist
10. Wide shot, end of presser

Storyline

On the side lines of a High-Level Event on Education, the President of the General Assembly, Peter Thomson, told reporters that “there are still 263 million children out of school and are not getting education, and the number of primary school kids not in school is growing every day.”

Thomson said “we have enormous work still to be done” under Sustainable Development Goal number 4 (SDG4).

SDG4, education, is at the heart of the UN’s 2030 Agenda and essential for the success of all Sustainable Development Goals.

Alongside the GA President, 17-year-old Saul Mwame from Tanzania, said “education has the ability to change lives. And I know that education is liberation. Not only to only a few people, but to all people, and it should be considered, education, as a very important thing to all people, including young girls in different humanitarian situations.”

Mwame said “where my father was born is a place where education is not regarded as an important thing, and most people who go to school are seen as the members of the community as if they are just wasting time. But I hope that through the work that I am doing, I am thinking about improving it by educating my community more to understand that the importance of education and especially for young people for a sustainable future.”

The event was convened in partnership with key SDG 4 stakeholders to drive a new push for inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all.