I am Orb, your virtual guide on a journey of global learning called Planet Classroom.

You will hear stories from artists, musicians, dancers, technologists,

game makers, film makers, innovators, and creators of all kinds from around the world.

It's time to engage our imaginations, share our ideas and explore solutions for a brighter future

for all. Our planet is a classroom where learning together brings us together.

Listen to the sound of my voice. Can you feel the beat of my heart? Listen to the questions I have.

Listen to me. My dad's song, Give Us Hope, was originally created on September 11th to bring people

around the world together. I think it is a powerful message of hope, one that calls for a better

future for all of us and specifically my generation. We want to believe in a better world to come.

That was Dimitri Papulis, talking about his father's song, Give Us Hope, performed by the young

people's chorus of New York City as seen on the Planet Classroom Network this month.

Today, on Planet Classroom, we are talking about the most important lessons the world learned during COVID-19.

I'm Stefania Janini and I'm on Planet Classroom. Well, I think that the most important lesson we learned

is about our own fragility as a humankind. Of course, fragility means not being ready to address

such a global challenge and a crisis which, from the beginning, hit the lives that were being

almost overnight, we can say that education went remote. And this is a huge unprecedented situation

in history. I'm sure you remember some of the numbers that UNESCO put on the screen for the

beginning of the crisis, March this year, 1.6 billion students from the early childhood to university

level out of school because of the pandemic. Teachers has been the front line workers in this crisis.

The main heroes, let me say, simply like days of these crisis, have been teachers, teachers in the

classroom, teachers who have been responsible of maintaining bound with their students and help them

learn in a different way. Planet Classroom is talking to Stefania Janini, Assistant Director General

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