UNESCO chief stresses need for innovation to ensure quality, equitable education

Group photo of some of the delegates attending the Education World Forum taking place in London
UN leadership camp aims to empower youth through sport

Programme participants attend the opening session in Doha.
Pakistan: UNICEF hands over 35 new schools in flood-affected Punjab

Children cook their daily meal in one of the 5,900 camps that sprung up across Pakistan in 2010 when the country was hit by the worst floods...
UNESCO equips Afghan police with literacy skills

Three-quarters of the population in Afghanistan has low literacy or none at all, and the national police force is no exception....
UNESCO- The year 2011 in education

The year 2011 saw UNESCO launch many important education initiatives. It included a symbolic return by the international...
Texas Schools Grapple With Big Budget Cuts

What's known as Middle School No. 8 in Leander, Texas, was supposed to help relieve overcrowding in...
VIETNAM: Boosting education for ethnic minority children

Many minority children face a language barrier
AID POLICY: Spotlight on New Deal for fragile states

Most fragile states will not reach the Millennium Development Goals