Dominica Observes International Education Day Today
As Dominica joins the rest of the world in observing International Day of Education today, Minister for Education Octavia Alfred says the year’s observance will serve as a platform to highlight significant reforms that must be fostered in order to achieve everyone’s essential right to education.
In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly declared January 24, to be International Day of Education. And today marks the fourth International Day of Education, observed under the theme “Changing Course, Transforming Education.”
Minister for Education Octavia Alfred says this year’s observance will serve as a platform to highlight significant reforms that must be fostered in order to achieve everyone’s essential right to education.
Alfred continued by stating how education is needed to fully contribute to sustainable development.