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Giving Students Equal Access to Social & Cultural Capital

Ida Thien, Co-Founder, Closing The Gap

22-Oct-21 15:00

Giving Students Equal Access to Social & Cultural Capital

Ida Thien is the Co-Founder of Closing The Gap, a programme to empower bright, deserving students to overcome the odds and enter ambitious universities. Ida has been an education activist for quite some time, working for Teach For Malaysia at one point and is now also the Deputy CEO of Yayasan Tunku Abdul Rahman, which powers Closing The Gap. She joins us today to discuss her programme.

Image credit: Closing The Gap

Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan


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Categories:  Education

Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  Good Things,  education,  education advocacy,  learning,  capital,  inequality,  inequity, 


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