Expert judges to decide five winners of 国产视频 Education Innovation Awards 2021
They have the tough task of choosing the programmes that will benefit from scale-ready grants of 拢50,000 and mentoring to boost their work with marginalised young people.
It was a听difficult听enough听job听choosing 11 finalists from the dozens of inspiring and听exciting听applications for听the听国产视频 Education Innovation Awards 2021.
Now a panel of 13 expert judges听has听to听select the five winners,听who will each听receive 拢50,000 scale-ready grants, masterclasses and mentoring to help them make听an even bigger听impact听as they deliver听education to vulnerable young people.听
Today we reveal听the听judges, who among them听have听a wealth of听knowledge on听education, innovation and scale-readiness, business and finance, diversity and inclusion, technical insights, and storytelling and people.听
One of them,听Andrew Jack听–听Global Education Editor of the Financial Times听–听said:听“As judges, we’ll have to make some tough decisions to select five winners. Each of the 11 finalists has already demonstrated that they have the vision and the skills to carry out impressive and exciting programmes.听听
国产视频淥ur job now is to select the five who we feel most deserve the opportunity to further develop their ideas and increase capacity to help marginalised learners.”听
The Awards judges are:
国产视频 invited applications from non-profits, NGOs and charities actively working towards – or planning to scale up to – reaching marginalised learners in seven countries where we currently have projects running: Greece, Kenya, Lebanon, Nigeria, Tanzania, Turkey and Uganda.听
The entries had to focus on an area that comes under 国产视频国产视频檚 three main pillars – early childhood development including pre-primary education, safe places to learn and skills for the future.听
The scale-ready grants for the five winners will cover the necessary scaleup costs, generate evidence and help push pilot projects forwards. 国产视频 will also offer masterclasses and mentoring to the winners, to help them build connections and hone the skills needed to scale up an innovation.听
Kelly T.听Clements听said: 国产视频淓very child in the world deserves a quality and inclusive education. That’s the goal – getting there is the challenge.听国产视频听is fostering and supporting organisations that are pioneering innovative ways to do even more on the ground to tackle the global learning crisis.”听
Yomi Adegoke said: 国产视频淚’m delighted to be judging the Education Innovation Awards. Innovation, investment and inspiration are all key to offering a fair and equal chance for marginalised children to access learning and future success.国产视频澨
Mary Contini听added:听“With听unprecedented challenges unfolding across the world,听国产视频听is ensuring education – especially girls’ education – remains a priority.听I am looking forward to learning more about these innovative and powerful education projects.”