Children’s educational prospects are shaped long before they get anywhere near a school ­– in the womb, when brain development creates the physical foundations for future learning.

Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the Global Action Week 2010 on ‘Financing Quality Education for All’ (19-25 April 2010)

UNESCO Associated Schools (ASPnet) located in areas vulnerable to natural hazards in Latin America and the Caribbean are taking part in a new disaster preparedness project.

One of the highlights of UNESCO Week at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is the Shanghai International Forum on Lifelong Learning, ...

The following is the full text of the speech delivered on May 5, 2010 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution to a large group of teachers from across the country.

"The Iranian nation should achieve such progress that it can turn into an unquestioned authority for Muslim nations ..."

There is a powerful human rights argument and a strong developmental case for achieving gender equality in education.

The crowds in colored dresses entering Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla to visit the Tehran International Book Fair suggest a warm welcome to reading books by Iranian society.

Global Action Week (GAW) which takes place from 19-25 April, will raise the visibility of education financing issues with policy-makers and the international community and call for increased financial support for EFA.

A ground-breaking Right to Education Act has come into force in India legalising the right to free and compulsory schooling for all children between the ages of six and 14.

Education offers hope and the promise of a better life.

With new textbooks for primary school students becoming thicker under the nations new curriculum guidelines,...

The first World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education calls on the world’s global leadership – public, ...

An International Conference on “Language, Education and the Millennium Development Goals” will be held 9-11 November,2010 in Bangkok, Thailand ...

Education for Human Resource Development, 21-23 October 2010-Bangkok, Thailand

Institutions risk being hostage to row over Pyongyangs abductions...

Live from the Celebration of Teaching and Learning conference, New York

One of the world’s foremost experts on comparing national school systems told lawmakers on Tuesday...

About 73 percent of all elementary and junior high schools nationwide will undertake national achievement tests in April, many voluntarily,...

Daniel Louvard does not believe in affirmative action. Time and again, the scientists in his Left Bank cancer laboratory have urged him to recruit with gender diversity in mind.

The 2010 World Day Against Child Labour (12 June) coincides with the football World Cup in South Africa. Hence the slogan: “Go for the goal – end child labour”

The best way to teach reading and writing must be settled once and for all, says Boris Johnson. Lurking in the childhood of anyone ambitious there is always the memory of some humiliation that sets them on the path of self-improvement. Show me a billionaire, and I will show you someone who was beaten up for his lunch money.

Tackling the teacher gap in primary education is the goal of a policy dialogue forum taking place in Amman, Jordan from 6 to 7 July 2010, to be opened by Jordan’s Education minister.

As the World Cup draws to a close, South Africa is diverting the world’s attention from football to Africa’s education crisis. At the World Cup Education Summit on 11 July in Pretoria, Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, will address political leaders from across the African continent concerning the education challenges facing sub-Saharan Africa.

A quarter of UK teachers do not believe their school buildings provide an effective learning environment, a survey suggests.

JEDDAH: A Japanese parliamentarian has called for strengthening Saudi-Japanese joint investment in higher education, the engine of development.

The development of teacher training policies for early childhood care and education (ECCE) is the objective of an international conference taking place in Moscow, Russian Federation on 24 – 25 June.

Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, has invited the Organization’s Member States to submit two nominations for the 2010 UNESCO International Literacy Prizes.

The purpose of the World Summit on the Information Society is to ensure that ...

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei paid a visit to the 23rd Tehran International Book Fair on Wednesday.

The education of women and girls is a top priority for UNESCO. The Organization will thus be a key partner at the forthcoming “E4 Engendering Empowerment:..

A programme which gives Pakistani women access to literacy by using mobile phones has been expanded.

Education events for the French week of Sustainable Development 2010 include seminars, video sessions and a photo exhibition on waste management.

The French Week of Sustainable Development, 1 April through 7 April 2010, is a highly anticipated event and one not to be missed.

The project will directly benefit 1,000 illiterate girls and women, as well as members of other disadvantaged groups, in classrooms.

The International Forum Modern information society formation - problems, perspectives, innovation approaches will take place ...

The 2nd World Conference on Arts Education is to take place in Seoul from 25th to 28th of May, 2010.

on "50 Years of Education and Awareness-Raising for Shaping the Future of the Oceans and Coasts", Russian State Hydrometeorological University.

UNESCO is pleased to announce a poster competition for secondary schools, organized by the UNESCO Section on HIV and AIDS in collaboration ...

Globally, there are approximately 71 million out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age excluded from any level of education, according to a new paper released by the UIS.

Children’s educational prospects are shaped long before they get anywhere near a school ­– in the womb, when brain development creates the physical foundations for future learning.

Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the Global Action Week 2010 on ‘Financing Quality Education for All’ (19-25 April 2010)

UNESCO Associated Schools (ASPnet) located in areas vulnerable to natural hazards in Latin America and the Caribbean are taking part in a new disaster preparedness project.

One of the highlights of UNESCO Week at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is the Shanghai International Forum on Lifelong Learning, ...

The following is the full text of the speech delivered on May 5, 2010 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution to a large group of teachers from across the country.

"The Iranian nation should achieve such progress that it can turn into an unquestioned authority for Muslim nations ..."

There is a powerful human rights argument and a strong developmental case for achieving gender equality in education.

The crowds in colored dresses entering Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla to visit the Tehran International Book Fair suggest a warm welcome to reading books by Iranian society.

Children’s educational prospects are shaped long before they get anywhere near a school ­– in the womb, when brain development creates the physical foundations for future learning.

Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the Global Action Week 2010 on ‘Financing Quality Education for All’ (19-25 April 2010)

UNESCO Associated Schools (ASPnet) located in areas vulnerable to natural hazards in Latin America and the Caribbean are taking part in a new disaster preparedness project.

One of the highlights of UNESCO Week at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is the Shanghai International Forum on Lifelong Learning, ...

The following is the full text of the speech delivered on May 5, 2010 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution to a large group of teachers from across the country.

"The Iranian nation should achieve such progress that it can turn into an unquestioned authority for Muslim nations ..."

There is a powerful human rights argument and a strong developmental case for achieving gender equality in education.

The crowds in colored dresses entering Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla to visit the Tehran International Book Fair suggest a warm welcome to reading books by Iranian society.

Children’s educational prospects are shaped long before they get anywhere near a school ­– in the womb, when brain development creates the physical foundations for future learning.

Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the Global Action Week 2010 on ‘Financing Quality Education for All’ (19-25 April 2010)

UNESCO Associated Schools (ASPnet) located in areas vulnerable to natural hazards in Latin America and the Caribbean are taking part in a new disaster preparedness project.

One of the highlights of UNESCO Week at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is the Shanghai International Forum on Lifelong Learning, ...

The following is the full text of the speech delivered on May 5, 2010 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution to a large group of teachers from across the country.

"The Iranian nation should achieve such progress that it can turn into an unquestioned authority for Muslim nations ..."

There is a powerful human rights argument and a strong developmental case for achieving gender equality in education.

The crowds in colored dresses entering Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla to visit the Tehran International Book Fair suggest a warm welcome to reading books by Iranian society.