HH Sheikha Moza attends Education Above All high-level plenary session at WISE

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of the Education Above All foundation, attended the Education Above All plenary session today with His Excellency Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana and Co-Chair of SDG Advocates, at the WISE Summit 2017. 

During the session, which included keynote speakers and high-level panel discussion on “Asset over Burden – Education for Refugee Youth,” world leaders called for action to help young refugees and internally displaced youths through innovative, education solutions. The session speakers emphasized the importance of political will to solve conflicts and put an end to global challenges, especially through accountability and responsibility.

With more than 260 million children and adolescents not in school today, and only 1% of young refugees able to access higher education, the world will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Speaking in a keynote address HE Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, said:

“The spectre of tens and tens of millions of young refugees growing up without the needed skills to create a meaningful life for themselves is a dangerous one. What do we expect them to do? What opportunities are available to them? How competitive can they be in this global economy? These are questions that must elicit a concerted and calculated response from the world’s leaders.

"In my view, education, education and more education is the only way by which we can foster a sense of cohesion and solidarity amongst displaced persons, especially of those of school going age, and, help create for them, an enabling environment, which will spur them on to lead more purposeful and dignified lives.”