Education

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New York: EI calls on the UN to deliver the promise of quality education

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Fiji: Three-day tour to end Unite campaign

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Speakers in Lautoka city (from l. to r.): Agni Deo Singh (FTU GS); Saimoni Waibuta (Deputy Secretary Primary and Secondary Section; Ministry of Education); Maika Namudu (FTA GS); and Sashi Kiran, Mun

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Campaign events reach Latin America

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Cooperation between emerging powerhouses can speed progress in education

Stronger collaboration between five emerging economies that have made major strides in building better quality education systems, can accelerate progress in education, a new UNESCO report recommends.

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India: Teachers to be tapped for expert advice on quality education

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Spain: youth trapped in NEET limbo

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UNICEF provides emergency support to get Gaza’s children back in school

UNICEF is playing a key role in urgent preparations for the new school year in Gaza, which begins this Sunday.

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Educational mobility starts to slow in industrialised world, says OECD

Access to education continues to expand worldwide but the socio-economic divisions between tertiary-educated adults and the rest of society are growing. Governments must do more to ensure that everyone has the same opportunity to a good education early in life, according to a new OECD report.

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Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud commits Saudi Arabia to UNESCO’s values and calls for interfaith and intercultural dialogue

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El Fellah - The Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud (left), visited UNESCO to meet UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova (right) - 04 September 2014

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International Literacy Day 2014: Literacy and Sustainable Development

International Literacy Day 2014 will be celebrated worldwide on 8 September under the theme Literacy and Sustainable Development. The Day will be “an opportunity to remember a simple truth: literacy not only changes lives, it saves them,” explains the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, in her message for the Day.

Literacy Day will start with the award ceremony in Dhaka for this year’s five UNESCO Literacy Prizes, attended by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova.