Ideal school of the future: Education Youth Video Challenge winners revealed
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You国产视频檝e got 30 seconds to tell the world what you think the future of education will look like. What do you do?
That was the challenge set to young film-makers in the Education Youth Video Challenge.
Open to everyone from age 13 to 30, the contest was organised by the global Education Commission with support from A World at School国产视频檚 Global Youth Ambassadors and MTV Voices.
Almost 400 entries came in from more than 60 countries. The winners were announced today as听18-year-old Ruth Arunachalam and 19-year-old Tanzina Nowshin from Canada.
They put together a collage of voices around the question 国产视频淲hat does your ideal school of the future look like?国产视频 and ended the piece with the powerful statement: 国产视频淩egardless of race, gender or religion, everyone deserves to go to school.国产视频澨
Watch the winning video here.
The pair will attend the launch of the Education Commission国产视频檚 report to the United Nations on September 18 and be recognised by commission chair Gordon Brown, who is also United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education.
Brown said: 国产视频淵oung people are at the heart of the commission国产视频檚 work as the upcoming generations will have the most to lose if we fail to invest in education today.国产视频
The winning videos were selected by the commission国产视频檚 Youth Panel alongside Beth Garrod, Director of International Social Responsibility at Viacom, and Ahmad Alhendawi, the UN Secretary-General国产视频檚 Envoy on Youth.
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Garrod said: 国产视频淢TV Voices is proud to support the Education Commission国产视频檚 efforts and the global movement needed to help ensure everyone国产视频檚 basic right to quality education around the world.
国产视频淭he Education Youth Video Challenge was a fantastic way to tap the creative minds of young people who shared their passion, voices and ideas about the future of education. We look forward to helping turn these ideas into action.国产视频
Second prize went to听Preeti Shakya, 23, from Nepal for her moving video about child marriage and girls国产视频 education.
Third prize was awarded to听Gustavo Santana, 30, from Brazil for his lyrical animated video that proposes 国产视频渜uality education shall develop citizens for life, who are complete and capable to deal with the world with responsibility, enquiring skills and creativity国产视频.
Gustavo was also named as one of two winners of the People国产视频檚 Choice Award, decided by public voting.
The other People国产视频檚 Choice Award winner was Grace Sameve, 23, from Indonesia听for her personal testimonial video that describes an ideal education as 国产视频渙ne that provides every individual the best-fit support to learn, to understand, accept and grow to be the best version of oneself国产视频.