Davos Annual Meeting 2010 - Rebuilding Education for the 21st Century

www.weforum.org 30.01.2010 For children to reach their full potential, the gains in universal primary education need to be replicated at the next level; only 54% of children in developing countries attend secondary school. How can education systems be rebuilt to deliver their full potential in the 21st century? Queen Rania Al Abdullah, HM Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Global Agenda Council on Education Systems Irina Bokova, Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris John T. Chambers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cisco, USA Trevor Manuel, Minister of the National Planning Commission (NPC) of South Africa Harold McGraw III, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The McGraw-Hill Companies, USA Moderated by Riz Khan, Anchor, Al Jazeera, USA