Global Student to host summit on vaccine justice
15 Hrs Ago Vaccine Justice through Fairness, Trust and Responsibility is the focus of The Global Student Forum s (GSF) Global Student Summit on July 12. - AP Photo
The Global Student Forum (GSF) will host the Global Student Summit: Vaccine Justice through Fairness, Trust and Responsibility on July 12.
The summit will be held virtually and participants will come from civil society, researchers, the public and student organisations and movements. The event will feature student leaders and cultural content of Trinidad and Tobago, said a media release.
The GSF said for a just distribution of covid19 vaccines, it supports countries that have lobbied for vaccines to be treated as a public good, free from patents. It said actions by rich nations in obtaining vaccines highlighted the political and economic inequalities that work against the global public good.
Maharashtra Zilla Parishad teacher Ranjitsinh Disale, winner of Global Teacher Prize 2020, has been appointed as the education advisor to the World Bank.
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Indonesian students seeking studies and scholarships abroad attend a forum on applying for overseas colleges and universities in Jakarta. The majority of Indonesian students (66 per cent) give career-related reasons as their main motivation for studying, according to a recent survey. AFP
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