EDUCATION
Federal & Provincial Governments pledge to achieve EFA Goals
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| 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
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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. Education For All (EFA) Global Action Week is observed every year to reflect upon the progress toward achieving the EFA Goals and reaffirm the EFA commitments made by the 164 governments at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal, in April 2000. Read More  DG's Message on EFA Week Press Release by PACADE Press Clipping - EFA Week coverage of Lahore event
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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." |
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| 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. Pakistan is among the top countries in the world hosting such large refugee population. To meet the basic needs, Pakistan has been facilitating provision of education services to some Afghan refugees for years. Regardless of efforts, illiteracy rate is very high among Afghan refugee children. Read more... | |
National Roundtable on TVET 2012
| Pakistan is known to be a country of young people as 60% population is below 25 years of age. However, the bitter reality is that the youth cohort completing secondary education is merely |
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16.3 percent, which obviously suggests that a vast majority of school leavers lack basic life skills necessary for maintaining a decent livelihood. Read more... Concept Paper Research Study on TVE in Pakistan at Secondary Level
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Asia-Pacific Photo & Drawing Contest 2012
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On the occasion of Global Action Week from 22-28 April, 2012 UNESCO Bangkok, Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC), Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE) and UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) invite you to send photos or drawings on:
"What is good early childhood?" To submit your entries to UNESCO Bangkok, please see detailed flyer. |
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2011
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3rd December is observed globally as International Day of Persons with Disabilities. UNESCO endorses the rights of disabled persons and particularly advocates learning opportunities for the disabled people in inclusive environments. The theme for this year was “Together for a better world for all including persons with disabilities in development”. This year, UNESCO in collaboration with other partners supported a number of events to highlight the spirit of rights of disabled persons in partnership CADD, UNICEF & NGOs working for disabled people particularly STEP, Islamabad & Milestone, Lahore. UNESCO organized following events in Pakistan. Seminar on Inclusive Education and CRPD Peace Walk in collaboration with STEP, Islamabad Peace Walk in collaboration with Milestone, Lahore Secretary General Message | Press Release | Media Coverage
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Inter-provincial Forum on Teachers Accreditation
| UNESCO convened a two-day Inter-provincial Forum on Teachers Accreditation from 10-11 October 2011 in Islamabad. Senior officials from the Federal and Provincial Governments, Higher Education Commission (HEC), NACTE, scholars from |
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| universities, and representatives of international organizations like GIZ, CIDA, and USAID-Pre-STEP Project attended this important meeting. Read more... | |
World Teachers Day, 5 October 2011
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World Teachers’ Day was held on 5 October to celebrate the essential role of teachers in providing quality education at all levels. It also commemorates the anniversary of the 1966 signature of the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers. The 2011 events had focused on the theme "Teachers for Gender Equality”. On the occasion of World Teacher’s day, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) , Islamabad showed its concern for more |
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than 7000 teachers, who has lost their livelihood directly or indirectly due to the damages caused by recent rains in Sindh and Balochistan. Read more...
Joint Message from UNESCO, UNDP, UNICEF, ILO and Education International on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day
Joint Statement by UNESCO, UNDP, UNICEF, ILO in Pakistan
Seminar on World Teachers Day
Walk on World Teachers Day
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International Literacy Day, 8 September 2011
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"UNESCO urges to bring real peace through literacy not through arms" Islamabad: 8th Sep, 2011: Pakistan is one of the 21 developing countries of the world which currently spends more on military budgets than on primary education. Only 10% of the military spending if spent on education can educate 9.5 million illiterate boys and girls in the country. Read more... |
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Spreading Smiles among Flood Affected Children
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UNESCO Pakistan received donation collected by employees of Qatari Diar, a private company in Doha, for the provision of clothes and food items among the affected children in the aftermath of floods in 2010, which devastated homes and livelihood of millions of people in Pakistan. Read more... |
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Inter-Provincial Forum on Education
| UNESCO convened an Inter-Provincial Forum on Education on 9th July 2011, in Islamabad. The objective of the forum was to provide a platform to national and provincial stakeholders for exchange of views on the challenges relating to education in Pakistan for |
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strengthening coordination and promoting common understanding about varuis issues; to brainstorm on national and provincial priorities and possible strategies, including devolution and Right to Free Education; to share information and promote knowledge about good practices in other countries and to brainstorm on mechanisms for mainstreaming the UN mandate and universally accepted norms and values in education. Read more... UNESCO urges the constitutional obligation of free education
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Seminar on School Health Programme
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UNESCO is one of the UN organizations with the mandate of mobilizing support for SHP through advocacy and intends to extend technical assistance for widening scope of SHP in Pakistan. Under the dynamic leadership of Madam Kozue Kay Nagata, UNESCO is comprehensively and effectively engaged in getting the message conveyed to all stake holders. Report of Seminar on School Health Programme
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Gender Equality Programme
| Global prosperity and peace will only be achieved once the entire world's people are empowered to order their own lives and provide for themselves and their families. Societies where women are more equal stand a much greater chance of achieving the Millennium Goals by 2015. |
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| Every single Goal is directly related to women's rights, and societies where women are not afforded equal rights as men can never achieve development in a sustainable manner. More | |
Mobile Literacy Programme
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Mobilink, UNESCO to use mobile phones to increase access to literacy A World First in Pakistan Islamabad, May 21, 2009: Mobilink, Pakistan's market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holding, today signed an innovative Partnership Agreement with United Nations Educational, Scientific and |
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| Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for provision of literacy to adolescent girls using mobile phones. The use of mobile phones to facilitate literacy in Pakistan will be the first such use anywhere in the world. More | |
