Spotlight on Education and Learning from Urbanet

The latest issue of the Urbanet newsletter which is a Spotlight on Education and Learning we hope will be of interest to PASCAL subscribers. Urbanet is a product of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

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Newsletter January 2022 – Education and Learning


Dear Reader,

Happy New Year! We started 2022 with a topic of great significance and global reach: Education and Learning.

Honouring World Education Day on January 24, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Education, Stefania Giannini, calls for a new social contract for education and emphasises that cities are key to transforming education and learning.

Lilian Atieno Oloo portrays Kenya's Toy Library Association, emphasising how playing is an essential part of education for sustainable development, the Youth Development and Empowerment Initiative YEDI writes on the importance of sexual and reproductive health education in Lagos, Nigeria, and Lindiwe Matlali reflects on the potential of e-education for South Africa's youth – in times of the pandemic and beyond.

Not only since the pandemic has digitalisation been a widely regarded topic. With our February Spotlight on Digitalisation and Governance, we want to find out how digitalisation can advance sustainable urban development and make cities more liveable for all their citizens.

Furthermore, we are excited to announce that in late February we will kick off another one of our beloved country series, this time on Bangladesh!

We hope you enjoy reading URBANET!

Your URBANET team

By Stefania Giannini

The speed of today’s changes more than ever calls for opportunities to learn throughout life, for individual fulfilment, social cohesion, and economic prosperity. Education can no longer be confined to a single period of one’s lifetime, as important as these foundations are. Everyone – starting with the most fragile in our societies – must be entitled to learning entry points throughout life both for employment and personal agency. Read more...

By Lilian Atieno Oloo

Playing is learning – and a way to teach young children the principles of sustainable urban development. The Toy Library Association of Kenya wants every child and every educational facility to have access to tools for playful education for sustainable development. By Lilian A. Oloo. Read more...

By Youth Development and Empowerment Initiative (YEDI)

Youths in Lagos face significant challenges regarding access to quality sexual and reproductive health education and services. Since 2011, Youth Development and Empowerment Initiative (YEDI), an adolescent health organisation, has been working to improve the health and wellbeing of adolescents and their communities in Nigeria. Read more...

By Lindiwe Matlali

While online learning may not be the panacea for problems caused and amplified by COVID-19, it’s certainly a great place to start, writes Lindiwe Matlali, Founder and CEO of Africa Teen Geeks. Read more...

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