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The world’s largest gathering of education and skills ministers

20–23 January 2019 — London, UK

1263 delegates

95 countries

Represented since 2013

Rt Hon Damian Hinds

Secretary of State for Education

Dominic Savage

Forum Director

Andreas Schleicher

OECD

Education World Forum Forum

Official photograph

Panel Debate

Panel debate

John Rutter

Conducting the London Youth Choir at the EWF18 dinner

About

The Education World Forum is the world’s largest gathering of education and skills ministers. Delegates representing over two-thirds of the world’s population gather in the UK in January each year to debate future education policy. The event comprises three days of insight and inspiration from pioneers, policy makers and experts, with many sessions given by education ministers themselves as part of an honest assessment of education’s common issues and challenges.

The forum is supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for Education, the Department for International Trade, the Department for International Development, the British Council and industry partners.

Videos

Global Education Conversation 2018

Keynote 2 – What influence can changing economics have on education, and what influence can education have on economies?

Plenary Ministerial Session

The London Youth Choir

2018 Speakers

Manish Sisodia

Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Education of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

Professor Shimon Schocken

Co-founder, Matific

Hon Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh

Minister of Education, Ghana

Rt Hon Anne Milton MP

Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills

Dr Mmantsetsa Marope

Director, International Bureau of Education, Unesco, Switzerland

Dominic Savage

Forum Director, Education World Forum

Dr Cristóbal Cobo

Director of Research, Plan Ceibal, Uruguay

Dr Rachel Glennerster

Chief Economist, Department for International Development, UK

Rachel Staunton

Co-founder and Director, London Youth Choir, Assistant Music Director, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain

Diana Dalton

Deputy Director, Research and Evidence, Department for International Development - DFID Research Hubs

Julia Gillard

Former Prime Minister of Australia, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education

Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP

Secretary of State for International Development

The Education World Forum is supported by