April 18, 2018
Ramsey Jeffrey,
Evangel Television
New York, USA
Education
Solutions- SDG-4 International Conference
Theme:
BRINGING SDG-4 TO
CLASSROOMS IN COMMUNITIES
UNESCO Center for
Global Education and Department of Teacher Education NYIT announced that they
will be holding its third annual education solutions international conference
and Education Solutions Stakeholders Award Dinner with the aim of bringing
SDG-4 to classrooms in communities on April, 19-21, 2018 at 630, second avenue,
New York NY 10017.
We are saddled with
the responsibility of making sure that the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goal regarding education as it involves quality education, inquisitive
education and lifelong learning is a reality.
As such, we have come
up with Education solutions as an initiative for SDG4 (Sustainable Development
Goal 4) which is purely on education.
The UN SDGs are summarized
into 5Ps, That is, People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership.
We shall be looking
at People of the school system of education, which includes the students,
teachers, the personnel, the parents, ministries and government in education.
We shall be looking
at the planet as the infrastructures and the environment of the school. We
shall be looking at the Peace of the education that makes the total child.
Prosperity of the outcome is the lifelong learning. While partnership is the integration
of pulling people, exchange of programs and commonality in resources that could
make the SDG -4 achieve it expected gains.
At the conference we
shall be doing training and workshop as we target classrooms in communities on how
to upgrade them. What new can we bring to classrooms in grassroots communities?
How we can help the
child, teacher, parents, the school leaders, stakeholders in the communities to
abide by the 4th Goal of the SDGs. Having in mind that the
Sustainable Development Goal is for everyone and the UN is a platform for
releasing it. Therefore, everyone has to be inclusive in the development agenda
and classrooms in the communities must not be left out.
Due to Sustainable
Development Goals, there is need to overhaul, update and upgrade the
educational system to something more sustainable that makes it work.
We shall also be
looking at the planet of the school communities. That is, the culture,
community leaders and everything the community should benefit, not just for the
child to be educated but be prepared for the lifelong learning. There shall
also be youth and student session to educate the youth and students on the
Model United Nations (MUN) SDG-4 Education to make them resourceful to research
on most remote countries, to enable them come out with changes needed for
educational relevance to the SDG-4 initiative and to examine what we are being offered
with a solution.
The 2018 Education
Solutions Conference Chair and Co-Chair, Dr. Ada Okika and Dr. Hui-Yin Hsu have
noted that all are in place to ensure the 2018 conference goals are achieved. The
Chairman of the U S Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centers and Associations has
noted that the US Federation will not relent in ensuring that their role as
grassroots marshals of the UNESCO and the 2030 Agenda meet with the expected
responsibility across all chapters and affirms his continued commitment in
support of the UNESCO Center for Global Education mandate on “Educate Today for
Tomorrow”. Expected speakers selected from all around the world to indicate the
global nature of the conference include Dr. Monica Sanchez, The Executive
President of UNESCO Institute for fashion Education, New York, H.E. Anatolio
Ndong Mba, Perm Rep, Mission of Equatorial Guinea, His Excellency Dr. Denis
Antoine, Head of Delegation of Grenada to China, Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwamdo,
Executive Governor, Gombe State, Nigeria, Dr. Salvador Jara-Guerrero, Former
National Undersecretary, Higher Education of Mexico for Teacher Education, Dr.
Ann Converse Shelly, World Federation of Associations for Teachers Edu, Aminu
Waziri Tambuwal Governor of Sokoto State
Nigeria, Andres Henriquez, VP of STEM Learning in Communities, New York Hall of
Science, Dr. Nathan M. Castillo,
University of Pennsylvania & UNESCO Education Consultant, Dr. Shiang-Kwei
Wang, Associate Dean, School of Education, New York Institute of Technology,
Dr. Robert Feirsen, Director, School of Leadership and Technology, New York
Institute of Technology, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Nigeria Senior Special
Assistant to the President on the Sustainable Development Goals. Dr. Hui-Yin Hsu,
Chair, Teacher Education Department, New York Institute of Technology, Dr.
Melda Yildiz, Chair, M.S. in Instructional Technology, New York Institute of
Technology, Dr. Minaz Fazal, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, New York
Institute of Technology, Mr. Brandon Brumsic, Chairperson, STEM program at
Westbury School District, New York, Huei-Ling Wang, Chief of Curriculum and
Instruction, an elementary teacher at DengKong Elementary School, Tamshui,
Taiwan.
Those expected are
Teachers, students, educators, stakeholder, Ministers of Education, those in
the universities, school management bodies, and diplomatic communities.
We will be
recognizing those who have done much in the education sector with an award as
education solution stakeholders at the award dinner. The outcome from the three
days conference is the Launch of the Global Teachers Classroom by the President
of Medgar Evers College Brooklyn New York, USA, Dr. Rudolph F. Crew.
For details:
230 Park
Avenue
New York, NY
10169.
(800) 993-0309
(646) 435-5536 Secretary@unescocforge.org
Website: www.
unescocforgeeducationsolutions.org
