This archive report was first published on 10 December 2019.
On November 20, 2019, during the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) conference in Qatar, a gathering of international education experts committed to galvanizing the global education community to confront issues standing in the way of access to education.
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the founder of the Education Above All Foundation based in Qatar, announced plans to reach out to governments across the world to enroll millions of children who are out of school.
"In order to innovate new solutions to the challenges like monitoring, among others, Education Above All is launching a new strategy to be implemented in selected countries with the aim of ensuring the number of out-of-school children is reduced to zero,” she told more than 2,000 delegates attending the conference in Doha.
Speakers at the summit included international advocate for women’s and children’s rights Grace Machel, global entertainer and goodwill ambassador for Unicef Shakira, Stephen Katende of Building Tomorrow in Uganda and Michael Pollack of Educate Girls in US among others.
The summit recognized Akilah Institute, a women’s college based in Kigali, Rwanda, for delivering high quality, market-relevant education and running a campus culture that celebrates creativity, innovation and servant leadership.
