New York — Angola participated Monday in New York, in the Education Transformation Summit.
Speaking at the opening session, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized the challenges of education, stressing the need for its transformation in order to recover learning.
António Guterres called for the need to allocate more resources to education with greater focus on digital literacy so that present and future generations have a quality education.
"The rich have access to the best resources, schools and universities, leading to the best jobs, while the poor - especially girls - face enormous obstacles to obtaining the qualifications that can change their lives", the UN leader said.
António Guterres said that roughly 70 percent of 10-year-old children in poor countries are unable to read a basic text.
The Angolan delegation, which is participating in the High Level political segment of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, took part in the SDG moment- which serves to annually highlight the Sustainable Development Goals in the face of the deepening of the living cost crisis and the enormous implications for advancement, especially in developing countries.
The Leaders' Day is being filled with roundtable discussions on specific topics such as: the Global Challenge to Address the Learning Crisis, Transforming Education to Transform the World: learning to live together sustainably, Education in Situations of Crisis-a partnership for transformative action for learners, Digital Transformation of Education; Promoting Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Girls and Women in and through Education.
The Angolan delegation is headed by the Permanent Representative of the Mission of the Republic of Angola to the UN in New York, ambassador Maria de Jesus Ferreira, the Permanent Delegate to UNESCO in Paris, Ana Maria de Oliveira, and the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Mission of the Republic of Angola to the UN, João Gimolieca.
It also includes the Permanent Secretary of the National Commission for UNESCO, Alexandre de Sousa Costa, the Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Angola to the UN, Tereza Silva, among other officials.
