education

Michelle Bachelet (UN Women), President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, Irina Bokova (UNESCO), Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault of France, and UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown, at launch of Malala Fund for Girls’ Education.
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UN expert urges States to stand up for right to education, especially for girls

12 December 2012
An independent United Nations expert has urged governments worldwide to stand up for the right to education, especially for girls, and to take the necessary steps to ensure that all children can go to school without fear.
Students at a school in Kurdistan, Iraq. WFP/Abeer Etefa

Iraq: UN agencies welcome launch of first-ever national education strategy

9 December 2012
United Nations agencies have welcomed the launch by the Government of Iraq of its first-ever national educational strategy, which will help to ensure quality education for the country's 33 million citizens, especially the most deprived children and youth.
School children in their classroom in Colombia.
UNESCO/Ministerio de Educación, Colombia

UN expert calls on governments to ensure access to quality and inclusive education

26 November 2012
Governments must focus not only on facilitating access to education to their citizens, but also on guaranteeing that they have the right to high quality learning without discrimination, a United Nations independent expert said today.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi.
UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz

UN agencies join forces with Qatar to promote education among vulnerable children

14 November 2012
Two United Nations agencies have partnered with Qatar’s Sheikha Moza bint Nasser to promote education for children living under occupation and in conflict zones, as well as for vulnerable out-of-school children in Iraq.
Graphic: UNESCO

Dire need to increase funding for skills training in developing world, UN warns

16 October 2012
It is vital to find alternative paths to teach basic skills for employment in developing countries, where 200 million people aged 15 to 24 have not even completed primary school, and the need to increase funding to fill this deficit is dire, according to a United Nations report released today.
Education For All (EFA) Crowdsourcing Challenge.
Nokia

UN-backed prize honours mobile communication initiatives to advance education

11 October 2012
Initiatives from China, India, Kenya, Switzerland and the United States will receive an award recognizing how mobile communication can help advance education, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced today.
Kisojo Model Primary School in Kyenjojo District in Uganda.
UNICEF/NYHQ2010-1482/Shehzad Noorani

On World Teachers' Day, UN flags need for 1.7 million more teachers to reach universal primary education by 2015

5 October 2012
Some 1.7 million more teachers are needed to achieve universal primary education by 2015, the second of the eight anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the heads of various United Nations agencies said today in a joint statement marking World Teachers' Day.
Secondary education.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

UN chief unveils $1.5 billion initiative to achieve universal education

26 September 2012
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced that he has secured $1.5 billion in commitments for a new initiative to increase access to, and the quality of, education for children worldwide.
According to a UNICEF/UNESCO report, 2.1 million children and teenagers in Latin America and the Caribbean region are not enrolled in school or are at grave risk of abandoning it.
UNICEF TACRO/Gonzalo Bell/Panama

UN report urges joint action to ensure all children in Latin America can finish schooling

4 September 2012
Over 22 million boys, girls and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean are not in school or are at serious risk of dropping out, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for a joint effort across sectors to ensure that all children can complete their education.
Mothers sit in a class in a Non-formal and Continuing Education programme run by Bhutan’s Department of Adult and Higher Education. The same classroom is used by their children during the day.
UNESCO

UN honours literacy programmes in Bhutan, Colombia, Indonesia and Rwanda

22 August 2012
Literacy programmes in Bhutan, Colombia, Indonesia and Rwanda won the 2012 International Literacy Prizes of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).