Education

Delhi quake drill good example for other high-risk cities to follow – UN envoy

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Margareta Wahlström, Assistant Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction.

600 participants meet at ADEA Triennale 2012 to advance education in Africa

Some 600 people including 60 Ministers and several heads of state have confirmed their participation in the 2012 Trienale organized by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa, one of UNESCO's close partners.

New World Bank Evaluation Shows Early Childhood Programs Help Children Thrive and Learn More in Rural Africa

Children in rural Mozambique, who attended preschool programs run by the international humanitarian group, Save the Children, were 24 percent more likely to enroll in primary school and were significantly better equipped to learn than children not...

A Student Perspective to the Rising Cost of Tuition Fees

Given the state of rising tuition costs and administrative fees, measures to counter the situation come from an unlikely force - the students. Students from the University of California at Riverside, submitted a proposal that aims to deal with two...

IEEE and UNESCO sign partnership to promote engineering education in Africa

UNESCO and the world’s largest technical professional association, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), today signed an agreement to implement projects to support the engineering community in Africa.

Refugee children in Tanzania learn art basics in UN-sponsored workshop

 

In a novel way to impart new skills to children while improving their social interaction, the United Nations refugee agency has sponsored an arts workshop for refugee pupils from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Tanzania,...

SOUTH AFRICA: Refugee children miss out on school

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The Three2Six Project provides free schooling to refugee children unable to access public schools

COTE D'IVOIRE: Separated children yet to return home

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"Juliana" (real name unknown) at the Sainte Philomene Orphanage in Man. She was among a group of people who fled...