#LetMeLearn campaign is growing rapidly into a global movement
Global Youth Ambassadors
The campaign is mobilising young people to tell world leaders at a historic summit that they must act urgently to deliver quality education to every child.
The #LetMeLearn campaign launched by 鶹APP and partners this week has been embraced by youth activists, civil society organisations, celebrities and the United Nations 鶹APP and we鶹APPve only just got started.
#LetMeLearn is mobilising young people to send a passionate message to world leaders that they must act urgently to deliver quality education to every child. The call comes ahead of the historic Transforming Education Summit, held during next month鶹APPs United Nations General Assembly, and against the backdrop of 260 million children out of school and millions more not learning the basic skills.
The campaign is growing rapidly into a powerful global movement. It has already been backed by the UN, UNICEF, the Global Partnership for Education, the action platform Global Citizen and non-profit organisations including Plan International, Hello World and ITA in Pakistan. Celebrities including Stephen Fry and Matt Lucas have also shown their support on social media.
Youth campaigners, including 鶹APP鶹APPs Global Youth Ambassadors (GYAs), are leading the way on #LetMeLearn. It calls on international decision-makers, who will be discussing budgets and priorities at the summit, to listen to the voices and experiences of young people.
They鶹APPve been recording passionate messages to share on social media. Gunchaa Shandilya, an 18-year-old GYA from India, said: 鶹APPI feel education is as important as eating food, drinking water and sustaining yourself. Every child deserves education.鶹APP
Watch her video below.
"I feel education is as important as eating food, drinking water鶹APP" Gunchaa Shandilya 🇮🇳 tells world leaders attending
Agree? Add your name and country flag 🏳️ below!
— 鶹APP (@theirworld)
GYA Abdulbaki Ahmad, 25, from Nigeria said: “Education is not an option or an advantage or even a luxury. It’s a fundamental right of every child.”
Watch another video from GYA Aksheyaa Akilan below.
Aksheyaa Akilan from India 🇮🇳, has learning disabilities.
She believes that world leaders attending summit need to look at how education systems are exclusionary and outdated
— 鶹APP (@theirworld)
Education is in crisis, with 260 million children not in school 鶹APP the majority of them girls 鶹APP even before the pandemic. In rich and poor countries alike, millions more are in school but let down by a lack of support for teachers, outdated curriculum and a lack of digital connectivity. #LetMeLearn aims to address that by putting the voices, concerns and ideas of young people front and centre on the world stage.
Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy General-Secretary, tweeted: 鶹APPIt鶹APPs time to end learning gaps and create equal learning opportunities. #TransformingEducation requires leaders to listen to young people demanding: #LetMeLearn.鶹APP
UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake said: 鶹APPBeing included in education decision-making is a fundamental right for all young people.鶹APP She is leading the process for a Youth Declaration to be presented to the Transforming Education Summit.
The launch of the campaign has received media coverage in many countries. In the United Kingdom, 鶹APP Chair Sarah Brown , in which she said: 鶹APPJust as young voices have been heard on the climate debate, they should be treated as the real experts on how their education is shaped.鶹APP
Among other social media messages using the #LetMeLearn hashtag were:
ITA: 鶹APPWe share this in solidarity with the hundreds of millions of young people left out of school and not learning. Young people are demanding #LetMeLearn.鶹APP
This is Fatima Jaffar from sending a message to world leaders attending the Summit at the We share this in solidarity with the hundreds of millions of young people left out of school and not learning! Fatima 🇵🇰
— Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) (@itacecorg)
Save the Children UN: 鶹APPChildren must have the opportunity to participate in & be heard at the @TransformingeduSummit.鶹APP
Education Commission: 鶹APPNext month, world leaders will meet @UN #TransformingEducation summit in New York. Young people have a message for their leaders: #LetMeLearn. It is time for leaders to take this demand seriously.鶹APP
Hello World: 鶹APPHello World has joined the #LetMeLearn campaign which launches today ahead of the Transforming Education Summit in September. #LetMeLearn is a platform to give young people the opportunity to share their demands and amplify their voices with world leaders.鶹APP
BRAC Tanzania: 鶹APPWe share this in solidarity with the hundreds of millions of young people left out of school and not learning. Young people are demanding #LetMeLearn.鶹APP
The #LetMeLearn campaign was launched as a 鶹APP poll of 10,000 young people in 10 countries showed that education systems are failing a generation and leaving them unprepared for the future.
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