Education

Higher education needs to step up efforts to prepare students for the future

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Indonesia: Access to High-Quality Early Childhood Education Crucial for Continued Progress on Human Capital Development

Early childhood education benefits children well into primary school, according to a new World Bank impact evaluation of the Government of Indonesia’s Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) program.

UNHCR, UNICEF and IOM urge European states to boost education for refugee and migrant children

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Children living at the Pyli Reception and Identification Centre learn Greek at the KEDU non-formal education centre on the...

Refugee education in crisis: More than half of the world’s school-age refugee children do not get an education

Of the 7.1 million refugee children of school age, 3.7 million - more than half - do not go to school, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says in a report released on August 30.

School closures in West and Central Africa triple since 2017

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On 26 June 2019, children take part in an emergency attack simulation, as they practice sheltering and evacuation in...

‘We are facing a learning crisis’, UN chief warns on International Youth Day

Schools are “not equipping young people with the skills they need to navigate the technological revolution”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, in a message released to mark the UN’s International Youth Day.

OSCE continues training seminars on enhancing communication between courts and media in Kazakhstan

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Participants gather for a group exercise on using multimedia to reach a larger audience, Borovoye

The World Bank Allocates $200 Million to Boost Basic Education in Rwanda

The Government of Rwanda and the World Bank, on August 1, signed a $200 million financing agreement to improve teacher competency and student retention and learning in basic education (pre-primary through secondary school) in Rwanda.