WISE 2011 Closing Session - Fazle Hasan Abed, WISE Prize Laureate, Address
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Channel: WISE Channel · 2012 · Education
Kirsty Lang, Master of Ceremonies, welcomes the WISE Prize Laureate, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder of BRAC, who makes an address at the Closing Plenary Session. The Laureate talks about BRAC's first development plan to bring literacy to adults in Bangladeshi villages and the progression to education for children. He talks about: BRAC's pilot program involving non-formal learning in primary schools; addressing drop-out at the secondary level and the BRAC University that aims to produce leaders who are responsive to the poor. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed also explains that it is becoming essential to: focus on Early Childhood Development; equipping children with skills for the 21st century and investing in technologies to ensure universal access.
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