Event

Launch of the 2023 GEM Report in Pakistan

Launch of the 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report in Islamabad, Pakistan

15 January 2024

Event

15 January 2024 - 9:00 am - 15 January 2024 - 5:00 pm

Type :

Launch of a publication

Arrangement type :

Hybrid

Language(s) :

English

Urdu

Contact :

Laura Stipanovic

About the launch

The 2023 GEM Report in Pakistan is being organized by the Global Education Monitoring Report, the EdTech Hub, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi and the Ministry of Education of Pakistan. The launch will take place on 15 January 2024 as a hybrid event. It will include a high-level segment in the morning followed by closed workshops with local stakeholders in the afternoon to discuss the findings and recommendations of the report.

The launch in Pakistan will bring together government representatives, academics, and industry experts working on technology in education to discuss the report’s recommendations for the global landscape of education, and specifically, for Pakistan.

The launch aims to:

Present the findings of the 2023 UNESCO GEM Report.
Highlight examples of good practices around the world on the use of technology in education.
Showcase the experience of Pakistan and discuss how the global recommendations from the report resonate with the national realities.

Preliminary agenda - High-level segment

9:30-10:00 | Registration

10:00-10:10 | Recitation from the Holy Quran

10:10-10:30 | Introductory remarks and film showing

10:30- 10:35 | Welcome from the Minister of Education

Madad Ali Sindhi, Minister of Education from Pakistan

10:35- 11:05 | Presentation of key findings and recommendations of the 2023 GEM Report

Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO

11:05-12:05 | High-level panel discussion and Q&A

Umar Saif, Federal Minister of IT (tbc)
Waseem Ajmal Chaudry, Federal Secretary, Education (tbc)
Verna Lalbeharie, Executive Director, EdTech Hub
Fahad Al-Sulaiti, CEO, Education Above All (tbc)
Manos Antoninis, GEM Report Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO
Baela Jamil, Chief Executive Officer, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi

12:05-12:15 | Closing remarks

Roundtable discussions

A series of roundtable discussions will be organized in the afternoon to see how the recommendations of the 2023 GEM Report can be taken forward in the Pakistani context.