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Speakers: Hon Senator Dr Getrude Musuruve & Hon Harriett Baldwin MP
Chair: Sonny Leong CBE, Chair, Council for Education in the Commonwealth
The closure of schools, universities and educational programmes in the wake of the COVID pandemic has led to a disruption in learning of a magnitude never experienced in recent history.
The pandemic has amplified social, economic and digital inequalities, putting a generation at risk of a learning catastrophe. But it has also reminded us of the centrality of education for every society, as a common good and the bedrock of social cohesion, well-being and opportunity.