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Cornell University

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

IAD Webinar: Impact and Management Strategies of COVID-19 in Africa: Current and Forward-looking Educational Policies and Practices

School 1
August 18, 2020

Thursday, August 20, 2020 * 9:00am (EST) *

The webinar will focus on the impact and strategies of managing the pandemic to date and policies for the future. How did the African countries respond initially when the pandemic first struck and what are the plans for the next academic year? Will the school system revert to face to face pedagogy, adopt a hybrid mode of instruction, or pivot to remote learning? What are the mechanisms and best practices being implemented? Overall, how have teaching and learning been impacted by the pandemic? What are the long-term consequences? How can African countries mitigate the negative effects at all the levels of their systems of education?

Panelists 

  • Folasade Adefisayo is the Principal Consultant/CEO of Leading Learning Limited, an educational consultancy incorporated in 2014. Since she started her own consulting practice, she has consulted for public and private schools, state governments, NGO’s and development partners. Her areas of professional focus include teacher training, leadership training, school set-up and schools’ transformation.
  • Kabiru Kinyanjui is an International Development Consultant. He served as Chairman of the Kenya Public Universities Inspection Board which was instrumental in preparation policy report to guide the transformation of higher education in the country. Professor Kinyanjui recently coordinated studies on Theme 3 of the 2008 Biennale of the Association for Development Education in Africa (ADEA) on the Development of Knowledge Workers in Africa.
  • Malak Zaalouk is professor of practice and the director of Graduate School of Educations (GSE) Middle East Institute of Higher Education. She previously served as UNICEF Regional Senior Education Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
  • Moeketsi Letseka is the holder of the UNESCO Chair on ODL at Unisa. He is a professor of philosophy of education and Editor-in-Chief of Africa Education Review. He is also the  Chairperson of the Finance Standing Committee of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES), and a member of the council of Da Vinci of Technology Management, Modderfontein, Lethabong, Johannesburg.

Moderator

N’Dri  Assié-Lumumba is a Professor of African and African Diaspora education, Comparative and International education, Social institutions, African social history, and the study of Gender, Cornell University.  She is also the Director of Cornell Institute for African Development.    

Additional Information

Program

Institute for African Development