In this blog, Eisa Faisal Iqbal, a student at the British School of Kuala Lumpur, talks about his experiences at the NAE-UNICEF Summit 2021 earlier this month.
Each year, the capstone event with UNICEF is when students from Years 10-12 visit New York for the NAE-UNICEF Student Summit. Held this year from 11 to 17 July, student ambassadors at the Summit will demonstrate how their schools have made progress in addressing the SDGs as part of Nord Anglia Education’s annual Global Challenge.
Nord Anglia International School Manila has developed a voters’ education programme for school students that has the potential to impact the country’s youth
Jefta Timmer was only 10 years old when she moved from her home in the Netherlands to India with her family. While she knew she would be leaving behind her old home, her childhood friends and her favourite foods, she had no idea that she would also be leaving behind her old perspective of the world forever.
All Nord Anglia students are empowered to make a difference and to positively impact the world. Through our collaboration with UNICEF, students participate in meaningful activities to effect change in their schools and communities at large. To focus these efforts on specific goals, UNICEF annually challenges Nord Anglia students to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals, which are a collection 17 goals set by the United Nations regarding social and economic development issues.
Nord Anglia’s Education’s (NAE) Director Andy Puttock says schools have shifted from being transmitters of knowledge to becoming environments for students to develop the skills and qualities needed to thrive in the future, and keep pace in a rapidly changing world
British film producer, UNICEF ambassador and educator, Lord David Puttnam shares personal insights from his childhood and the problems he faced with traditional schooling growing up. As Chairman of Nord Anglia's Education Advisory Board, Lord Puttnam envisions an education which encourages students to achieve more than they may have thought possible.
As World Children's Day fast approaches, Nord Anglia Education students around the world are contemplating their role in helping the most vulnerable children in the world. Da Won Shin, a student at The British International School Bratislava, shares her personal journey on finding her voice to advocate for children's rights at the 17th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights which she attended with fellow students from College Beau Soleil and Prague British School.