The “COVID-19 and Africa” webinar series is hosted by the Liu Institute Network for Africa at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia. It is a graduate student-led initiative aimed at examining African responses to COVID-19 across the different sectors to include public health, food security, education, and other topics.
In this webinar, “Education Sector Response to COVID-19 in African Countries,” scholars and practitioners will engage attendees on pertinent issues relating to how the education sector in Africa has responded to COVID-19 pandemic. The panelists will draw from their personal experiences, insights, and portfolios they hold in their respective African countries (Kenya, Egypt and Ghana) to discuss the theme of this webinar.
*Please register in advance. The webinar passcode will be emailed to all registered attendees before the session.
Moderator:
Dr. Bathseba Opini, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, UBC
Dr. Opini is a daughter of Mother Africa who is thankful for the privilege of working at an institution located in the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people.
She is an assistant professor in the department of educational studies, faculty of education, UBC. Her teaching and research interests are in teacher education, general teaching practices, decolonizing studies, critical race and antiracist perspectives, disability studies and international education.
About our speakers:
Nelly El Zayat, Co-founder and Director of Newton Education Services
For the past 20 years, Nelly has been working in international education, specifically in student advising, scholarship management, admissions, curriculum design, e-learning, learner-centered teaching, and on bridging the gap between education and the job market. She has held positions in several educational organizations including AMIDEAST, the Institute of International Education, Georgetown University, and the American University in Cairo. She has been part of the core team working on Education 2.0, Egypt’s new education system, since 2017.
Nelly is the Co-founder and Director of Newton Education Services, and is the Advisor to the Minister of Education on Early Childhood Education and Education Policy. She holds a Master’s degree in International Education Policy from Harvard University; a Master of Arts in Middle East Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, both from The American University in Cairo.
Marangu Njigu, Chief Executive Officer of Windle International
Marangu Njogu is the Chief Executive Officer of Windle International based in Oxford, providing strategic leadership and bringing together the international and regional strategies for Windle.
He has three honorary doctorate degrees from the Guelph University, University of British Columbia and York University.
He is an internationally-recognized leader in the development of refugee education whose work over almost three decades has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of African refugees. He played a key role in the establishment of BHER in Dadaab.
Professor Jennifer Wanjiku Khamasi EBS, Registrar Academic Affairs and Research, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
Professor Khamasi, is an Associate Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences Education and has specialization in curriculum and instruction. She is the Registrar Academic Affairs.
Prof. Khamasi helped set up and consequently served as the first director of the Institute for Gender Equity, Research and Development, IGRED (2005-2011) at Moi University.
She served as the Associate Dean, School of Education Chepkoilel Campus (2002-2005) and Head of Family and Consumer Sciences Department (2003-2008). Professor has held fellowships at international Center for Research on Women Washington DC 2003, African Population and Health Research Center Nairobi 2006 and in 2009/10 she was awarded Erasmus Mondus Scholarship which was tenable at Karolinska Institute Sweden and University college London, UK in 2010.
From 2005-2012, she was the Project Leader for MU-VLIR-Gender Equity Project which institutionalized gender mainstreaming strategies at Moi University from September 2007 April 2012.
A graduate of UBC (PhD), UNB (M. Ed) and UON (B. Ed), Jennifer’s interests include: Teacher education, gender and leadership, participatory research methodologies, peace education, refugee studies and cultural practices and ways in which they manifest/inform human sexuality. Prof. Khamasi has taught and published in these areas.
Dr. Benedict Nii Tetteh Yartey, Chief Executive Officer & Principal of British Columbia College, Accra
Dr. Benedict Nii Tetteh Yartey is the Chief Executive Officer & Principal of British Columbia College, Accra and the Chief Executive Officer of Emerald Consult Ltd., Accra.
Dr. Yartey obtained a first class in Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Accounting option) from the University of Ghana. He holds a Master of Education in Administration in Higher Education from the University of Cape Coast and a Doctor of Philosophy in Education from the Alfred Nobel University, Ukraine. Currently, a PhD candidate in Education in Higher Management at the Atlantic International University, USA.
Dr. Yartey is an Educationist, Consultant, Pianist, Music Composer, and a Mentor. He is the Resident Judge for the TV3 Talented Kidz reality show and the Music Director, Choirmaster & Organist of St. Andrew Anglican Church, Abossey Okai – Accra.
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