Event report

Issues that were raised by participants during the discussion: - Offering better quality lifelong learning for all learners, including through ensuring flexibility between different learning pathways in various forms and levels of education and training, as well as validation of non-formal and informal learning. - To have a learner-centric high-quality education would also mean less focus on textbooks and confinements in classrooms and more outdoor learning in the early/primary years. - Need to focus more on emotional intelligence and integrate STEM education in primary classes. - Wider upskilling and reskilling training opportunities, including at higher qualification levels and throughout the working life. This would only be possible for employees through employer-employee agreements, giving also the possibility for training during working hours. - Time has come to focus more on project-based learning rather than us teachers teaching isolated subjects. - Online learning and flexible working hours allow for further opportunities to upskill and develop potential, giving special attention to issues which particularly affect women. - More incentives need to be introduced including the full sponsorship of Masters and Doctoral degrees. This will surely make training inclusive irrespective of the financial limitations and other loan-commitments of the participants. - Flexibility (both in the delivery of sessions as well as in the mode of assessment) is a must in today’s context. Covid19 accelerated the speed of these, much required changes in the way teaching and learning is conducted.