Doha: H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, opened today the Plenary session of the eighth World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) under the theme "Co-Exist, Co-Create: Learning to Live and Work Together" in the presence of Emine Erdogan, wife of president of Turkey, at Qatar National Convention Center.
"A blockade is imposed on Qatar since the 5th of June. Some wanted to make matters difficult for us, yet it was only difficult for them. They wanted us to change, yet we remain unchanged," she said at the opening ceremony.
In her opening speech Sheikha Moza spoke about a number of issues and challenges facing the educational process.
“To fortify education, to make it true and unwavering, against the machinations of manipulation, we must push for comprehensive reforms in education,” Sheikha Moza said.
More than 2,000 attendees from nearly 100 countries is taking part in the WISE summit, which, since it convened for the first time in 2009, has become a global reference in new approaches to education and tackling challenges and issues in this field through innovative solutions.
“Let us be inspired by this year’s WISE theme of coexistence, and place it at the core of solutions for different challenges,” Sheikha Moza added.
This year’s WISE Prize for Education worth $500,000 was presented by Sheikha Moza to Patrick Awuah of Ghana, recognizing his great effort in the education field in his country.
Awuah is the founder and president of Ashesi University College, a private, not-for-profit institution that has become one of Ghana’s premier universities in little over a decade.
The WISE Summit brings together teachers, policy makers and influential experts from various sectors and fields, to help utilize their varied experiences to address important education challenges in times of disruption and economic uncertainty.
