Pakistan’s first overseas educational symposium, the fourth School of Tomorrow Conference, opened to a crowd of over 600 delegates from 11 countries at the Sunway Hotel Resort and Spa in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday.
The Beaconhouse School System brought teachers, school leaders, change agents, policy makers and government officials together to explore the future of learning and school.
Richard Gerver, a renowned inspirational speaker and author of Creating Tomorrow’s Schools Today, delivered the keynote address, in which he emphasised that educationists need to focus on the potential of each child and the challenges of an increasingly changing world.
This speech was followed by a panel discussion featuring world-renowned educationists, namely Alma Harris, Diana Laufenberg, Pamela Mundy and Richard Gerver, and moderated by Kasim Kasuri, the CEO of Beaconhouse.
Once again, the emphasis was on nurturing independent and self-motivated teachers and creating empowered life-long learners who will form a better workforce.
The participants were then split into three concurrent groundbreaker sessions, and later, into 12 different workshops.
The theme of the conference ‘Empowering Lifelong Learners’ is particularly important at this time because the Malaysian government is adopting a policy that will encourage, and eventually ensure that a culture of learning is embedded in the daily lives of people.
The final session was facilitated by Director of the Institute of Educational Leadership at the University of Malaysia, Dr Alma Harris who lauded Beaconhouse’s untiring efforts to ensure that children of the 21st century are provided every opportunity to thrive in the world in which they live.
The conference will conclude today.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 21st, 2012.
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