A Global Youth Leader on UNESCO’s SDG 4 High-Level Steering Committee, Blessing Dada, has called for young people to be recognised as equal partners in shaping education policies beyond 2030, saying the future of education depends on their meaningful participation in decision-making.
Dada made the call in a statement on Friday after representing the SDG 4 Youth & Student Network at UNESCO’s Transforming Education Summit +4 and the SDG 4 High-Level Steering Committee Leaders’ Meeting held in Paris, France.
According to him, governments must move beyond merely consulting young people but involve them in designing, implementing and monitoring education policies.
“The future of education will not be shaped only by the policies we adopt, but by the people we choose to include in shaping them,” he said.
Reflecting on his personal journey, Dada recalled spending two years out of school while growing up in a rural area of Ekiti State
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