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DATELINE: 06 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters
06 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, speakers walking to podium, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, African Union:
“This basically is a clarion call to action. It is a rallying cry for African member states to prioritize education as the cornerstone for progress and development. This initiative also underscores the importance of building transformed resilient education systems that are not only increase access, but also inclusive quality and relevance in learning.”
4. Wide shot, speakers at podium, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Cristina Duarte, Special Adviser on Africa, United Nations:
“STEM education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. So, as everybody knows, the main challenge is to create decent jobs in Africa. 95 percent of the young population in Africa - I'd like to repeat this number: 95 percent of the young population in Africa - has no access to decent jobs, which means that sometimes to have a job in Africa does not work as a tool to get out of poverty.”
6. Close up, photographer
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Cristina Duarte, Special Adviser on Africa, United Nations:
“Why innovative financing to transform education in Africa? As my dear sister mentioned, we have more than 100 million children outside school. We can assure you that the old financing model, business as usual will not address this issue. 100 million people outside school with no fiscal space. So, education calls for innovative financing, leveraging ICT to deal with these issues.”
8. Wide shot, speakers at podium, journalists
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Cristina Duarte, Special Adviser on Africa, United Nations:
“Instability has been increasing, conflict has been increasing, and we need from a policymaking and from a UN system standpoint, we need to discuss how to address instability in conflict without putting on hold education, which means without putting on hold or without closing schools.”
10. Wide shot, speakers at podium, journalists
Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa, and Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations briefed the press today (6 May) on their annual flagship event, the Africa Dialogue Series, from 6-30 May 2024.
The theme of the 2024 edition of the annual Africa Dialogue Series (ADS 2024) is “Education through Science, Technology and Innovation toward the Africa We Want.”
ADS 2024 aims to mobilize actions and inspire solutions leveraging the power of Science, Technology, and Innovation to boost access to quality education in Africa.
Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed said, “This basically is a clarion call to action. It is a rallying cry for African member states to prioritize education as the cornerstone for progress and development. This initiative also underscores the importance of building transformed resilient education systems that are not only increase access, but also inclusive quality and relevance in learning.”
Presenting the first subtheme of the event, ‘STEM Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in Africa with a Focus on Generating Decent Jobs for Africa’s Youth’, Duarte, said, “The main challenge is to create decent jobs in Africa. 95 percent of the young population in Africa - I'd like to repeat this number: 95 percent of the young population in Africa - has no access to decent jobs, which means that sometimes to have a job in Africa does not work as a tool to get out of poverty.”
On innovative financing to transform education in Africa, she said, “We have more than 100 million children outside school. We can assure you that the old financing model, business as usual will not address this issue. 100 million people outside school with no fiscal space. So, education calls for innovative financing, leveraging ICT to deal with these issues.”
On education and learning in crisis-affected areas, Duarte said, “Instability has been increasing, conflict has been increasing, and we need from a policymaking and from a UN system standpoint, we need to discuss how to address instability in conflict without putting on hold education, which means without putting on hold or without closing schools.”
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