HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Founder and Chairperson of the Education Above All foundation (EAA), participated Thursday in the ‘No Lost Generation’ event on the sidelines of the ‘Supporting Syria and the Region’ conference held in London.
The event was attended by HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Foreign Minister of the State of Qatar.
HH Sheikha Moza announced in the event the foundation’s support to provide primary education to over one million Syrian refugee children.
"We have already enrolled half a million children in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon into quality primary education" Sheikha Moza said. "By 2017, we hope to have more than doubled that number to 1.1 million." Her Highness added: "Refugee children across the region have diverse needs and conditions that cannot always be met with a one size fits all solution in the formal education setting.
When formal education systems cannot absorb students, EAC steps in to offer alternative education programmes in flexible learning sites. We also support remedial, bridging, and accelerated programs to compensate for lost time." The ‘No Lost Generation’ education event brought together governments, donors, NGOs and other partners determined to ensure that all SYRIAN refugee children will have access to quality education by the end of the 2016/17 academic year.
It is currently estimated that at least three million Syrian children have had their schooling cut short by the ongoing crisis.
The education event was co-chaired by Borge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway and Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development, UK. Fellow panelists alongside HH Sheikha Moza included Elias Bou Saab, Lebanese Minister of Education; Imad Fakhoury, Jordan Minister of Planning & International Cooperation; Malala Yousufzai, The Malala Fund; Tony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF; and Sarah Brown, Executive Chair, Global Business Coalition for Education, as well as a number of NGO, civil society and business representatives.