About 120 million youth around the world lack access to education, according to UNESCO, the United Nations scientific and cultural organization.
Irina Bokova, director general of UNESCO, says the George Washington University is poised to help decrease those numbers.
“The George Washington University embodies what I see as the core mission of education in the 21st century—to promote cutting-edge learning for the benefit of all,” Ms. Bokova said during a keynote address to an audience of students, faculty, staff and UNESCO representatives on Friday evening.