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KP Government reaffirms commitment to achieve Education For All Goals by 2015

Peshawar, 16th May 2012: The present government of the KP province aims to accelerate expansion of educational opportunities for the girls and disadvantaged groups of the society, and education budget will be doubled from the next financial
year to achieve EFA Goals, stated Sardar Hussain Babak, provincial Education Minister while delivering inaugural address at the Seminar on Early Childhood Education here in Peshawar. Read more...
 Press Clipping  The Express Tribune | UNIC

World Press Freedom Day Celebrations, 3 May 2012

UNESCO Islamabad with United Nations Information Center (UNIC) organized commemoration events to highlight World Press Freedom Day on 3rd May 2012. The day was officially launched with Qamar-Uz-Zaman Kaira, Minister of
Information and Broadcast, along with Dr. Kay Nagata, Director UNESCO, Mr. Timo Pakkala, Resident Coordinator UN system in Pakistan and Mr. Kazue Tase, Director UNIC at a high level stakeholder’s seminar. Read more...
 Press Clipping
Dawn | Tribune | Radio Pakistan | Pak Observer | APP
 Press Coverage of Lahore Seminar on World Press Freedom Day

Federal & Provincial Governments pledge to achieve EFA Goals

Islamabad, 26 April 2012: Federal and Provincial Ministers, and senior officials from all the provinces agreed to expedite coordinated action towards achievement of Education For All Goals, and formulate necessary provincial legislation for enforcement of Article 25-A of the 18th Amendment of Constitution in the country. Inaugurating the Inter-provincial Forum on Early Childhood Education (ECE) under the framework of EFA Week 2012, jointly organized by UNESCO, UNICEF and Aga Khan Foundation in Islamabad, Mir Hazar Khan Bajarani, Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination, reaffirmed the support and responsibility of the Federal Government for provision of constitutional right of all children to free and compulsory education. Read More

Media Meeting on Global Action Week for EFA 2012

To mark the occasion of Education for All Global Action Week 2012, UNESCO Islamabad, in collaboration with PACADE, Lahore, organized a Media Meeting with Journalists of Print & Electronic Media on 23rd April, 2012 at National Press Club, Islamabad. Read More...
 DG's Message on EFA Week
 Press Release by PACADE
 Press Clipping - EFA Week coverage of Lahore event

National Conference on "The Right to Education of Afghan Refugee Children in Pakistan"

Educated Refugees are 3 times more likely to repatriate to their home countries”, UNESCO and UNHCR stress the need to educate Afghan Refugee Children for Peace and Security."
Islamabad, 29 March 2012 – Pakistan has been hosting Afghan refugees for three decades now, with currently some 1.7 million registered Afghans living in urban and rural areas of Pakistan, including women and children. Read more...
 Story on the conference "The right to education of Afghan refugee children in Pakistan"

Dr. Gwang-Jo Kim Visit to the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa)

Dr. Gwang-Jo Kim, Regional Director UNESCO Asia-Pacific Office Bangkok paid a visit to ethnological museum of Lokvirsa on 30th April 2012 along with Dr. Kozue Kay Nagata, Country Director UNESCO Islamabad office.
Lokvirsa official received Dr. Gwang-Jo Kim and briefed him on the activities of Lokvirsa in relation to documenting and promoting the intangible cultural heritage of Pakistan. Read more...

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