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Mastercard Foundation, 13 August 2020
Now is the Time to Rethink Secondary Education Systems to Ensure Africa’s Young People Have the Skills and Knowledge Needed to Succeed in the Workforce Read more »
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Secondary Education that Prepares African Youth for Work - Report
The Mastercard Foundation has released an important new report, Secondary Education in Africa: Preparing Youth for the Future of Work. The report focuses on the role of secondary education in ensuring Africa's youth acquire the skills, knowledge, and competencies necessary to succeed in a dynamic and globalized labour market, where trends of digitalization and automation are on the rise. While the report is not intended to be a blueprint, its objective is to highlight the urgency of the need to improve education systems and to contribute to the dialogue on how to ensure Africa benefits from the potential of its growing population of young people. Read more.
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31 July 2020
Secondary Education in Africa: Preparing Youth for the Future of Work - Executive Summary
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This report focuses on the role of secondary education in ensuring youth acquire the skills, knowledge, and competencies necessary to succeed in a dynamic and globalized labour market, where trends of digitalization and automation are on the rise. Drawing on a wide range of research conducted by scholars in Africa and globally, the Secondary Education in Africa report examines progress and
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13 August 2020
Mastercard Foundation Virtual Launch and Discussion of the Secondary Education in Africa: Preparing Youth for the Future of Work Report
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Mastercard Foundation on August 13, 3:00 p.m. EAT/12:00 p.m. GMT, alongside various stakeholders in the education sector, discussed and shared learnings from the Mastercard Foundation's Secondary Education in Africa: Preparing Youth for the Future of Work report. The conversation livestream link is available on the Mastercard Foundation Facebook page, accessible here. Keynote remarks were made by His Excellency President Paul Kagame, Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of
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Students during science class in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of a Mastercard Foundation partnership with Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative to improve student learning in science, math, and English.
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Economic contraction in Africa due to COVID-19 threatens the ability of countries to invest in secondary education at a time when demand is increasing. This will have long term impacts on the future of Africa's labour force, which requires the skills gained through high quality and relevant secondary education to adapt to a digitized, fast changing, and globalized world of work. Modelling done by the Education Commission for Mastercard
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A student in class in Senegal as part of a Mastercard Foundation partnership with Education Development Centre, Inc.
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With COVID-19 spreading across Africa, the Mastercard Foundation has launched an aggressive initiative to support communities, with a focus on young people. In an interview with AllAfrica's Amadou Mahtar Ba, Daniel Hailu outlines what Mastercard Foundation is doing to respond to the pandemic.
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USIU-Africa and the Mastercard Foundation today announced a partnership that will enable 1,000 high-performing students to receive quality education and leadership development over the next 10 years under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. The partnership provides scholarships for high potential students facing financial, gender, displacement, or disability constraints.
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The current COVID-19 crisis continues to disrupt every sphere of our lives, including how we educate our children. Joseph Nsengimana, Director for the Mastercard Foundation's African Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in ICT, argues that the crisis has "expedited the uptake of educational technologies, and as more parents, teachers, and students are exposed to the
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