Zubair Qureshi
The non-profit School of Tomorrow (SOT) events – A World of Tomorrow: from Darkness to Light continued on the second day featuring a crucial panel discussion on the insidious proliferation of gender-based censorship compromising the voice of the woman in every sphere of our lives.
The session featured Adnan Malik, actor & director, Dr Neelam Hussain, educationist & activist, and Amber Rahim Shamsi, award-winning multimedia journalist. The highlight of the event was a panel discussion on the government’s proposed “Single National Curriculum” exploring its process, implementation, and consequences. The session featured education leaders Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy, Mian Imran Masood, President, Pakistan Education Council, and policy analysts BegumShahnazWazir Ali and Mosharraf Zaidi. The panelists discussed in detail the government’ move for a single national curriculum, its implications and expected results, hurdles as well as advantages.
A thought-provoking panel discussion on the mystery surrounding artificial intelligence also featured leading experts in emerging technologies and AI including Jessica White, EdTech/AI speaker, Dr. Ulrik Juul Christensen, CEO, Area9 Group and Sibel Ahmed Mufti, biomedical engineer and robotics expert.
These sessions ran concurrently with the workshop on critical thinking as an essential 21st-century learning skill with the renowned PBL advocate, Suzie Boss, along with the panel discussion moderated by MrRod Boswell, Principal, Beaconhouse Newlands, Islamabad, featuring students from a cross-section of schools across Asia recommending changes to high stake external examinations impacted by Covid 19.
The critical need for collective action to build post-Covid economies was explored with Mr. Simon Anholt, policy adviser and Founder, ‘Good Country’, Roland K. Jahnke, Founder and President, Global Sustainable Excellence Concepts, Andleeb Abbas, consultant and corporate trainer, and Lara Rathod, Creator & Host, Red Sofa Conversations.
