Kenya education sector stakeholders are among over 1,000 leaders of the world’s best schools, policymakers, and tech companies expected to attend the World Schools Summit in Abu Dhabi, UAE mid this month.
They will deliberate challenges facing the global education sector.
The summit to be held on November 15 to 16, 2025 at Yasmina British Academy will address and offer solutions to bottlenecks hindering growth of the sector and, to a large extent, the impact of the same on economic development.
The Director of Girl Capital – Africa at Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Eunice Ogolo, in a statement said, “To transform the lives of children and adolescents in Kenya and across Africa, we need bold ideas that will enable children not simply to survive but to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
That’s why we focus on systemic change, funding programmes that solve problems many might consider intractable.”
To be hosted by T4 Education, Aldar Education and the Emirates Foundation and supported by Children’s CIFF, the conference is projected to shed more light on how the education sector can survive and thrive in the midst of emerging shocks like climate change.
Ogolo said the delegates in the summit will be expected to offer ideas on how to tackle the greatest challenges, like low funding, linking the sector with the labour market, insecurity and how to align the global education sector with the latest technology.
She added, “And that’s why we’re partnering on the World Schools Summit – bringing together leaders from Africa and across the planet to tackle some of the greatest challenges in education and, in turn, make a difference to the lives of children worldwide.”
The Founder of T4 Education and the World Schools Summit, Vikas Pota, observed that with a quarter of the century already gone, the world is at a crossroads, thus requiring actors to take urgent action to halt runaway climate change.
“A better world is possible, but only if leaders from across the planet, from governments to businesses, NGOs, academia and tech, recognise that at the heart of all these crucial questions lies education. I am proud to be bringing these leaders together at the World Schools Summit, and I invite participants from Kenya and around the world to join us,” said Pota.
Director of Microsoft Elevate Caroline Mutepfa said, “At the World Schools Summit, I look forward to sharing Microsoft’s vision for empowering educators and students through AI-driven tools, personalised learning, and skill-based pathways that build confidence and career readiness.
By Joseph Ng’ang’a
