Sri Lanka at UN Education Summit

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Minister of Education Dr. Susil Premajayantha represented Sri Lanka at the Transforming Education Summit held in New York, USA during the 77th UN  General Assembly.

The main objective of this Summit was to find solutions to the global education crisis. 

Heads of State and Education Ministers from many countries around the world attended this Summit.

The launch of the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) would focus on providing financial assistance to revive education in countries severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the global economic crisis also took place simultaneously. 

The country’s education sector will be benefitted under the IFFEd as a result of the presentation made by Minister Premajayantha at the Summit on the effects the pandemic and economic crisis have had on Sri Lanka’s education, said the Department of Government Information