Education for all: why is it so hard ?
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the dysfunctions of the school system. The risk of dropping-out and inequality between pupils have exploded due to online classes and health restrictions. Yet experts point out that these inequalities existed prior to the pandemic and will likely endure afterwards. Even in a country as rich as Switzerland, access to the same quality education for all is therefore not guaranteed. Should we rethink the public school system? And elsewhere, in Europe, in the rest of world, what works – or doesn’t?
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Saturday 6 March
16:00
En ligne
The debate will be held in French only.
Co-presented with Heidi.news and Save the Children
Speakers
Alain Moser Director of the Moser School
Sylvain Rudaz Director-General for Secondary Education II, Department of Public Education (DIP)
Héloïse Durler Professor at the High School of Education of the Canton of Vaud, specialized in sociology of education
Moderated by
Serge Michel Director of Heidi.news and deputy editor-in-chief of Le Temps
Sophie Gaitzsch Journalist at Heidi.news, specialized in questions of education