The UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) is providing support for Yemi Osinbajo’s newly formed organisation, Future Perspectives, partnering to launch the “Innovation to Transform Education Training” (ITET) in Nigeria.
Future Perspectives, a non-profit co-founded by the immediate past Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, will work with the UNESCO agency with the aim to equip young educational stakeholders with skills of innovation, policy and project implementation to support their role as changemakers, capable of developing and implementing their own initiatives, as well as other collective efforts to transform education now and for future generations.
With a keen focus on Africa, the Organisation is convinced that in shaping the Future of the World, the voices of Africa’s youth must be prominently woven into global conversations, their participation and activism will not only create a profound impact within the region but also bring forth the invaluable perspectives of Africa to the global stage.
This collaboration with UNESCO serves as the springboard of personal initiatives Mr Osinbajo would be working on since leaving office in May 2023 and as he stated in the past, “education must respond to the dynamism, speed of development and massive changes in society, and educators must be trained to understand the skills required to take full advantage of a world dependent on technology.”
This project is part of the capacity-building component of the United Nations Global Youth Initiative, a ground-breaking multi-stakeholder global initiative for “Youth to be equipped with policy and project implementation skills to transform education.”