Doha, Qatar: Executive Director of the Educate A Child (EAS) program of the Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, H E Dr. Mary Joy Pigozzi, emphasized that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meetings provide a vital platform to spotlight the issue of inclusive education for out-of-school children and to mobilize international support for achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, which seeks to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
Dr. Pigozzi said that Qatar’s participation in the UN General Assembly meetings represents a strategic opportunity to highlight issues related to inclusive education for disadvantaged children, raise global awareness of the crisis of out-of-school children, strengthen partnerships with UN agencies, governments, and donors, mobilize political and financial commitments to support basic education, and highlight Qatar’s pioneering role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Dr. Pigozzi noted that the Educate a Child program was launched in 2012 in response to the urgent need of tens of millions of children worldwide who were not enrolled in primary education.
