OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría welcomes Brazil’s commitment to improving education and playing greater role in PISA Programme
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría welcomed Brazil’s further engagement with the Organisation’s world-leading global education assessment programme (PISA) during a signing ceremony in Brasilia with Brazil’s Minister for Education Aloízio Mercadante...
Central African Republic: Seventy per cent of school children still not in classrooms
Seven out of 10 primary school students in the Central African Republic have not returned to school since the conflict started in December 2012, according to a recent survey by UNICEF and partners.
UNICEF: 70 per cent of children in Central African Republic still not in school
A young boy in Central African Republic recites his lessons.
USA: Union leaders arrested while defending immigrant rights
Stop austerity measures and labour market deregulation, say Global Unions
World Bank and Coursera to Partner on Open Learning
The World Bank has signed an agreement with Coursera, a leading provider of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), to help meet the demand for practical solutions-oriented learning on pressing issues in developing countries. Ending extreme poverty...
Stop austerity measures and labour market deregulation, say Global Unions
EI has joined the international trade union movement to urge the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), which are holding their annual meetings in Washington, USA, from 11-13 October, to reverse the harmful austerity and...
International Day of the Girl Child: UN urges ‘innovating for girls’ education’
Girls attend class in Za’atari, the world’s second-largest refugee camp.
