主讲人

Dr. Sajitha Bashir

Sajitha Bashir 博士毕业于伦敦经济学院经济系，是《面向未来：学在非洲的学校教育》的作者之一。她目前是世界银行非洲东部和南部地区教育主管，负责监督分布在20个国家的大量教育项目以及分析研究工作。她在世界银行、印度的联邦和州政府以及其他机构拥有超过25年的运营和研究经验。在世界银行任职期间，她曾在非洲、南亚和拉丁美洲等地区工作，负责主导政策对话并支持各国制定国家教育战略和部门改革计划等。

Dr. Sajitha Bashir is the co-author of Facing Forward: Schooling for Learning in Africa.  She is currently the Manager for education in the Eastern and Southern Africa region of the World Bank, where she oversees a large portfolio of education projects and analytical work in 20 countries. She has over 25 years of operational and research experience with the World Bank, national and state governments in India and other donor agencies.  Within the World Bank, she has worked in Africa, South Asia and Latin America, where her priorities have been leading policy dialogue and supporting countries in the development of national education strategies and sector reform programs, and project design and implementation, from primary education to higher education, technical vocational education and science and technology. She played a lead role in setting up a new Partnership for skills in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (PASET) in Africa, which focuses on skills development, higher education and research and represents the World Bank on its Board of Directors. She has experience in preparing, implementing and evaluating projects. She has written numerous publications in education and related fields. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked as Chief Consultant for Research and Evaluation with the Government of India’s national primary education program. She has a Ph.D. in economics from the London School of Economics.