Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic
World Youth Skills Day 2021 will again take place in a challenging context due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. UNESCO estimates that schools were either…
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Inclusion in education: All means all – Launch of UNESCO’s 2020 GEM Report
On 23 June the GEM Report launched its 2020 Report calling for countries to concentrate on those being left behind and move towards inclusion in…
Fewer than 5% of people in many countries benefit from adult learning opportunities
In almost one-third of countries, fewer than five per cent of adults aged 15 and above participate in education and learning programmes, according to UNESCO’s…
Cities need to pull their weight in using education to help migrants and refugees #EducationOnTheMove
Echoing the “Migration, displacement and education: Building bridges not walls” report published earlier this month (20 Nov) by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report at…
What a waste: Ensure the recognition of migrants and refugees qualification and prior learning
1 in 8 immigrants in Europe say the inability to have their qualifications recognized is their greatest challenge. Released on International Migrants Day, a new paper produced by UNESCO’s Global Education…
UNESCO adopts international standards to promote adult and vocational education
The 38th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO has adopted revised standards to promote vocational education and training, adult education, as well as physical…
British and Venezuelan educators win UNESCO technology prize
The 2010 UNESCO-King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize for Use of Information and Communication Technology in Education has been awarded to the National Institute…