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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Class, a new pan-Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ initiative, encourages schools
to establish links between class rooms across the globe through its website.
The website offers schools information about getting started with twinning and outlines the reasons for getting involved. It also provides a chatroom for teachers to share their experiences and swap advice and tips, to make the experience as rewarding as possible.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Class is working with Africa Lives on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
- a unique collaboration between the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ family of TV, radio and online
services and culminating in a full week of programmes on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One devoted
to African life.
The G8 Conference, the Commission for Africa and the 20th
anniversary of Live Aid, are the backdrop to Africa Lives on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, making
2005 the year when the continent will dominate the headlines like never
before.
In an exclusive interview with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Kent, Lord Puttnam,
president of UNICEF UK and chair of the Teaching Awards, said:
"I'm an avid supporter of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's World Class scheme
to create a thousand twinned schools between the UK and Africa.
"I think it could have remarkable results, not just
in Africa - where obviously it will make a lot of difference. But also in
the way that young people in this country understand what's happening overseas
and in Africa and, in understanding that, influence and affect their own
lives."
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