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Winner of the How is it governed 2021 competition!

May 17, 2021

The jury has decided, the winner of the How is it governed 2021 quiz building competition is the submission from the Thinkers Meetup.

The winning quiz discusses the state of education, the importance of education (in particular education for girls), and the institutions that govern education.

Yard of Loyola School in Chennai By L.vivian.richard - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3056937

 

Education affects every facet of our society and our environment. There are many benefits to having a highly educated population, both obvious and not so obvious. How educated are people today? What effects does education have? How is education governed?

How many primary-aged children around the world are out of school?
Children out of school
Linh Lưu Huệ, CC PDM 1.0
How many countries have achieved parity between boys and girls in education?
School Children Africa
Matunduzi School, Girls Education Support Initiative, Malawi 2012 (IM/Creccom partner initiative, Photo: Erik Törner) CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
40% of low and lower-middle income countries did not do what during the Covid-19 crisis?

By Mark Knobil from Pittsburgh, usa - Camp, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2173345

Which of the following is one of the goals for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

By Shkupi Kumanova 1234 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
According to UNICEF, what correlates with a woman being able to read?
School girls in white robes in Togo
NSAG (Nederlands studenten Afrika Gezelschap), CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
According to Project Drawdown, roughly how many gigatons of carbon will be reduced/sequestered if education for girls and family planning is improved?
Woman in field, Africa

13tainonge, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Which of the following is one of the objectives of the Global Education Coalition?
Lonely child outside house in shantytown

Global Education Coalition #LearningNeverStops COVID-19 Education Response (fair use)

Which organisation leads the Global Education 2030 Agenda through Sustainable Development Goal 4?
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Time's up

The author of the quiz is Stuart Lloyd (above).

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