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NEW YORK, September 20, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

New digital platform supporting young people's participation in global

conversations about the future of education launched by Big Change in

partnership with the LEGO Foundation. 'The Big Education Conversation' was

launched at the United Nation's Transforming Education Summit

[https://www.un.org/en/transforming-education-summit ] in New York.

The platform, www.bigeducationconversation.org , has been launched to support

intergenerational conversations on the transformation of education, encouraging

inclusive public dialogue between young people, communities, and decision

makers across the world.

Many countries have education systems that do not work for all children or

fully prepare them for their futures. The Big Education Conversation supports

people and communities to talk about what education is really for so it can

change for the future. By hosting conversations and adding views through the

platform, participants create a shared vision, one of the most important first

steps for change.

The Big Education Conversation guides and resources are published in English,

Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish, French and Swahili. They will be available in all

UN languages by the end of 2022.

A live Big Education Conversation, hosted at the Transforming Education Summit,

marked the beginning of Big Change's aim to inspire one million conversations

on the future of education all over the world.

Inés Yábar from Restless Development [https://restlessdevelopment.org/ ], who

co-facilitated the first conversation said: "This is such an exciting

opportunity for young people to be the true drivers of change! The Big

Education Conversation platform will allow us to take control of the

conversation on education and help shape the global education agenda."

The initiative has been supported by the LEGO Foundation

[http://www.learningthroughplay.com/ ].

About Big Change

We want to see a society where every young person is set up to thrive in life,

not just exams. So that even in times of constant change, every child will feel

emboldened to contribute positively to the world around them. All parts of

society, including parents, employers, and civil society, need to work together

to support young people and schools. big-change.org

About the LEGO Foundation

We know that children develop skills for life when they learn through play.

Together with partners around the world, we call for global learning system

reform to raise the quality of education, lower inequality and exclusion and

make life for children everywhere more joyful and meaningful by promoting

access to learning through play for all children.

SOURCE: The LEGO Foundation and Big Change