Education
175 million children are not enrolled in pre-primary education
UNICEF funded mobile kindergarten in Janjin Bagh, Erdenetsogt Soum, Mongolia provides quality, complementary early learning for over 23 children from the area's nomadic, herder community.
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Only quality education and an end to violence can offer hope and better opportunities for children in Honduras
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore meets with students at the Roberto Suazo Córdoba School, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 2 2019. The school has implemented the Ministry of Education’s UNICEF- supported Violence Prevention Strategy to improve the security situation within schools, keeping more students at school, as well as building community cohesion.
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Participation in sport can improve children’s learning and skills development, new Barça Foundation and UNICEF report finds
Children, including girls, play football at LEC centre of Boulaos in the city of Djibouti.
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Autonomous weapons that kill must be banned, insists UN chief
UNMAS, MINUSMA Mark International Day for Mine Awareness. Robots have been deployed for mine clearance by military authorities in many countries, but concerns are rising over regulation of autonomous weapons which use Artificial Intelligence.
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Best start to education for thousands of preschool children in Za’atari and Azraq refugee camps
They are the same as children all over the world,” says the Kindergarten teacher. “They need to be prepared for school. Preschool is important for their psychological well-being and to prepare them for life. I love it here. I treat each and every child like they are my own. I dedicate part of my salary to buy them toys and games.”
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“11”: Four decade-old songs renewed in album from children in Syria and the Middle East
Elias Rahbani Studio - Beirut, Lebanon. Elias Rahbani songs workshop. 50 children in two groups gather to learn singing together with Jad Rahbani as part of the EU regional trust fund - Madad in response to the Syria crisis. This workshop is part of a three-country wide project covering Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. For most of these children, it is their first time in a recording studio.
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75 per cent of children with disabilities in Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia left out of inclusive, quality education
A girl at the TUMO Centre for Creative Technologies. Over 7000 children between 12 to 18 attend workshops and activities at the centre. The membership is free and children have access to the centre and follow programmes based on their own interests.
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Dominican Republic to Scale Up Efforts in Improving Learning
The World Bank approved an additional financing of US$100 million to help the government improve the quality of education and learning in the Dominican Republic.
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On their epic journeys, migratory birds connect nations and inspire people, UN says on World Day
Sanderlings, the small wading birds pictured here, are long-distance migrants, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia.
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UNESCO supports world leaders in galvanizing coordinated action for girls’ education
UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay, along with world leaders, notably French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Theresa May and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, called on the international community to do more for girls’ education and “Leave no girl behind.” They reaffirmed their political and financial commitment to undertake individual and collective action to break the barriers to girls’ education by 2030.
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