“Education is a right, not a privilege”
On 16 September 2022, UNICEF Youth Advocate Adama Diallo of Senegal participates in an event at UNICEF’s TES ‘Learning Crisis Classroom’ installation at United Nations Headquarters in New York during the 77th Session of the UNGA
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Children's message is loud and clear: #LetMeLearn. It's up to us to act now and help every child get their futures back on track.
To draw attention to the education crisis and the need to transform learning worldwide, UNICEF publicly unveiled the ‘Learning Crisis Classroom,’ a model classroom that represents the scale of children failing to learn critical foundational skills. The installation will be displayed at the visitor’s entrance of United Nations Headquarters in New York between 16 and 26 September.
A third of the desks in the model classroom are made of wood and are fully functioning with an iconic UNICEF backpack placed on the school chair behind it, representing the one-third of 10-year-olds globally estimated to be able to read and understand a simple written story - the marker for minimum proficiency in reading comprehension. The remaining two-thirds of desks are almost invisible and made of clear material to signify the 64 per cent of children estimated to be unable to read and understand a simple written story by age 10.
Education is a right, not a privilege. We need to translate commitment into action and this is what we hope to see here
As leaders meet at the Transforming Education Summit, UNICEF is calling on governments to commit to reaching all children with quality education. We are urging new effort and investment to re-enroll and retain all children in school, to increase access to remedial and catchup learning, to support teachers and give them the tools they need, and to make sure that schools provide a safe and supportive environment so all children are ready to learn.
The trajectory of our education systems is the trajectory of our future. Low levels of learning today mean less opportunity tomorrow
The installation will be displayed at the visitor’s entrance of United Nations Headquarters in New York between 16 and 26 September.
