Dr. Hanada Taha is the Endowed Chair Professor of Arabic Language at Zayed University. She was previously acting Dean of Bahrain Teachers College. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of New Orleans. She holds a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology and a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the American University of Beirut.
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Dr. Cinthya Game Vargas serves as Vice-Minister of Education in Ecuador. She holds a PhD in Education from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Doctorate in Socio-Educational Research from ESPE. She has obtained two master's degrees in education and four diplomas in teaching. She received her bachelor’s degree in Educational Sciences from the Catholic University of Santiago…
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María Brown Pérez has served as Ecuador's Minister of Education since May 2021. The Minister has a degree in International Relations from the Universidad San Andrés de Buenos Aires, a master’s degree in Special Education from the Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial and a Higher Diploma in Project Design, Management and Evaluation from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences FLACSO. In her…
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Dina Ocampo is Professor at the University of the Philippines College of Education where she served as the Dean of the College of Education from 2010-2013. Her research focuses on literacy development and difficulties among Filipino-English bilingual children as well as on education reform and policy. She served as the Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction at the Department of Education…
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Dr. Geremew Huluka Amenu serves as the State Minister for Ministry of Education in Ethiopia since May, 2019. He has 21 years of experience in different areas. Previous to this position, he has held numerous leadership positions. Among them, he has served as College Dean, Research Center Director, General Director for Culture Center, Department Head, and Regional Bureau Head for Culture and…
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Dr Adama Ouane (PHD), Professor of Higher Education from Mali currently is an Independent Expert and Adviser on Education for development. In the early stage of his career in Mali, he spearheaded several landmark innovations in education, among them, the regionalization and decentralization of education and most importantly the first experiment in using 4 local languages as mediums of…
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Dr. Dhir Jhingran is the Founder Director of Language and Learning Foundation (LLF), a non-profit focused on improving foundational learning of students through early literacy and multilingual education programs. LLF works closely with state governments to catalyse education system reform at scale in India. Dhir has worked in the primary education sector for 30 years, within and outside the…
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H.E. Mr. Stanislas Ouaro became the Minister of National Education and Literacy of Burkina Faso in February 2018 after a long academic career. Between 2012 and 2018, Mr. Ouaro was the President of the Université Thomas Sankara (formerly Université Ouaga II). Prior to that, the eminent mathematician held several teaching and administrative posts with Ouagadougou University. Mr. Ouaro is widely…
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Dr Molly Morgan Jones is the Director of Policy at The British Academy. Molly oversees all the Academy’s policy work and activities, on topics ranging from how the humanities and social sciences can shape a post-pandemic future , to reviewing the role of purposeful business in our societies, understanding and supporting cohesive societies , and informing and enriching higher education and skills…
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Ranjitsinh Disale hails from Paritewadi Village in the Solapur District of Maharashtra . At the beginning, he decided to be an IT engineer and had enrolled in an engineering college. But when things didn't fit for him, his father convinced him to take up the teacher's training programme. He is the winner of $1 million annual Global Teacher Prize 2020 which was announced on 3rd December 2020. The…
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