In 2021, the well-being of all our stakeholders - learners, educators, institution leaders, partners, facilitators and employees - has been a  key factor in how we have planned and reimagined the roll-out of our programs and activities. We made significant progress in our goal to impact 4 million young people. We have been agile to the changing needs of our learners and educators, facilitating spaces for dialogues on the evolving socio-economic landscape and its likely effect on young people. Our knowledge products and the Quest to Learn platform have laid the foundation for more contextual conversations & designs to emerge.

We have balanced the scale of our work with prototyping innovative models to empower learners and educators. We invested efforts at an organizational level in emerging areas like blended learning, sustainability, and regeneration to shape our future strategy and share our learnings more actively in the sector.  Our participation in various collaboratives has contributed to efforts in building systems change. We have also forged multi-dimensional partnerships with civil society organizations, governments and funders. These achievements have only been possible through the trust our stakeholders have put into our work and approach, and we are ever-grateful for their unwavering support. 

In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, students are grappling with learning loss and challenges in accessing learning opportunities, while young people struggle to find jobs, let alone build careers. It is becoming clear that we will need to organize ourselves in a manner that brings collective action as a critical lever for change. We will need to Reimagine the Future of Work and Learning.

Aakash Sethi
CEO, Quest Alliance