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Congo-Kinshasa: Millions Miss Out On Basic Education

Kinshasa — Access to basic education in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains poor, with up to seven million children across the vast country out of school - despite a 2010 government decision to make primary education free.DRC is still struggling to overcome the effects ...

UNESCO and COL release open education policy document for higher education

Today UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning jointly released the policy document Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education...

UNESCO’s 2011 Literacy Prizewinners: Working for peace and gender equality

The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today announced the six winners of the Organization’s International Literacy Prizes for 2011, a selection made on the recommendation of an international jury, which met between 4 and 8 July in Paris. The theme of this year’s prizes is literacy and peace, with special consideration to gender equality. Prizewinners [...]

UNESCO Publication : Contemporary Issues in Human Rights Education

Current issues including the celebration of diversity, interfaith dialogue, gender-sensitive education, prevention of racism, discrimination and violence as well as civic engagement of youth are discussed in a new UNESCO publication entitles “Contemporary Issues in Human Rights Education”. This collection of papers addresses contemporary issues in human rights education which has shifted over time, as [...]

UNESCO targets education

2012 L’Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Life Science

UNESCO L’Oreal offers reserach grants to female scientist/researchers around the world in the field of Life sciences. Study Subject(s): Biochemistry ,Biotechnology, Agriculture, Medical, Pharmacy,Physiology. Course Level: Hodling a PhD. Scholarship Provider: L’Oreal-UNESCO. Scholarship can be taken at: Your home Country. Eligibility: You are welcome ...

France: OER Policy Forum in Paris

UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning extend an open invitation to attend a Policy Forum on Open Educational Resources (OERs) next month in Paris within the framework of the UNESCO-COL initiative, “Taking OER beyond the OER community: Policy and Capacity”. The UNESCO/COL OER Policy Forum will examine the results of the “Taking OER beyond the [...]

2011 L’Oréal-UNESCO Regional Fellowships for Women in Science in Sub-saharan Africa

Fellowship program for womens in the field of science, engineering and technology for doctoral studies. Study Subject: Science, Engineering and Technology. Employer: Loreal-Unecso. Level: PhD. Fellowship Description: For the first time in 2009 the For Women in Science Programme is launching of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Regional fellowships “For Women in Science” in Sub-Sahara Africa to assist [...]

Less than 40% of countries provide girls and boys equal access to education

Two out of three countries in the world face gender disparities in primary and secondary education and as many as half will not achieve the goal of gender parity in education by 2015, according to a new report by the UIS. Published on the eve of the United Nations Millenium Summit (New York, 20-22 September) [...]