Thursday Keynote Presentation

Dr. Robert Stewart Prouty is the former head of the Global Partnership for Education and was a Lead Education Specialist at the World Bank prior to retirement. He began his career teaching elementary school for five years in the Seventh-day Adventist school system in Canada, followed by six years at the Institut de Lukanga in Congo DRC (then known as Zaire) and 4 years at the Adventist University of Central Africa in Rwanda. He has more than 35 years of experience with international education policy dialogue and sector development and currently works as a consultant for several international organizations, including the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development. He also coordinates an online course on Disability-Inclusive Education Planning which is a joint project of the International Institute for Educational Planning and UNICEF. He has written widely on issues related to teacher education, education governance, inclusive education, early childhood education, assessment and policy dialogue. He holds a BA (French, Mathematics) and MA (Educational Administration) from Andrews University and a PhD in Educational Administration and African Studies from Michigan State University.

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