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EFA Workshops Reaching the Unreached: Meeting of South-East Asian Countries to Achieve the EFA Goals Together by 2015
The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and UNESCO came together for the first time to organize and host a meeting on education. The aimed to take stock of the extent of initiatives and projects, identify remaining common challenges in attaining EFA goals, provide suggestions to accelerate progress towards reaching the unreached and develop activites and projects that South-East Asian countries can work together on, with the help of EFA partners. The meeting took place from 2 to 4 September 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. Read more
South Asia EFA Mid-Term Policy Review Conference
Representatives from South Asian countries, UN agencies and partners involved in education met in Nepal to prepare policy recommendations aimed at ensuring the achievement of the Education for All goals by 2015. Results of the national and sub-regional EFA Mid-Decade Assessment(MDA) reports and the 2008 EFA Global Monitoring Report were used
to translate findings of the MDA into concrete actions, identify policy gaps, and propose policies and strategies towards reaching the un-reached groups in education. The conference was held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 16 to 19 June 2008. Read more
South-East Asia EFA Mid-Term Policy Review Conference and 2008 EFA Global Monitoring Report Launch
Representatives from South-East Asian countries, UN agencies and partners involved in education gathered in Thailand to prepare policy recommendations aimed at ensuring the achievement of EFA by 2015 using results of the national and sub-regional EFA Mid-Decade Assessment (MDA) reports and the 2008 EFA Global Monitoring Report. The conference was held in Jomtien, Thailand from 18 to 21 February 2008. Read more
In Focus EFA Global Monitoring Report 2008 East Asia Report Card
Based on the key findings of the 2008 EFA Global Monitoring Report, this eight-page card contains key education statistics from selected East Asian countries. Among education indicators featured are the EFA Development Index which tracks EFA progress in countries. Also included are gender disparities in secondary education, trends in primary net enrolment ratios, public expenditure on education, adult and youth literacy rates, and the number of out-of-school children. Download Part I and Part II of the report card.
Publications EFA Global Monitoring Report 2008
Education for All by 2015 - Will we make it? is available for downloading in six UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The 2008 edition offers a mid-term review of progress across the six EFA goals since 1999. It also identifies the main achievements and challenges in achieving the EFA goals by the target date of 2015. For more information and to download the report, visit www.efareport.unesco.org.
A View Inside Primary Schools - A World Education Indicators (WEI) cross-national study
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics has launched a new report, entitled A View Inside Primary Schools on Wednesday, 28 May 2008. The report is a part of the World Education Indicators (WEI) programme and presents results of a unique survey conducted in 11 countries in Latin America, Asia and North America. "This survey offers a wealth of data. On the one hand, we see the extent to which schools lack the most basic elements - running water or electricity - that are taken for granted in the developed countries," says Hendrik van der Pol, director of the Institute. "But the data also reveal how social inequality affects a child's opportunity to learn. And clearly, no country - rich or poor - is immune to these disparities." To download the full report, visit the UIS website.
Using a Literacy Module for Household Surveys: A Guidebook
The Assessment, Information Systems, Monitoring and Statistics (AIMS) Unit, in collaboration with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Headquarters in Montreal, the UNESCO Bangkok Education sector and Japanese Funds-in-Trust (JFIT), has developed this guidebook in order to help social surveyors effectively use the module when they plan and conduct household surveys. The Household Survey-based Literacy Module presents a series of questions that examine literacy levels and gather information about the use of literacy skills in daily life. This guidebook is primarily intended for statistical and planning units dealing with literacy within education ministries and statisticians in charge of household survey design within national statistical offices (NSOs) of developing countries. Download the guidebook (pdf/1MB)
Now available in English and Thai, this handbook is designed to give the media a deeper understanding of education issues, particularly those related to the Education for All (EFA) initiative. It provides a list of suggested story ideas and follow-up questions related to specific issues in education to guide the media in their coverage of EFA. It references UNESCO's Education Makes News and the working draft of the Guidelines for the Asia and Pacific EFA Mid-Decade Assessment publications. Download the Spotlight EFA Getting Education in the News Handbook. English version (pdf/3.4MB) Thai version (pdf/4MB)
Guidelines for countries undertaking EFA assessment now available
On behalf of the Regional Thematic Working Group on EFA, UNESCO Bangkok’s AIMS Unit - the Office of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics Regional Advisor for Asia-Pacific - and the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Office, have released the working draft of the Guidelines for the Asia and Pacific EFA Mid-Decade Assessment: Identifying and Reaching the Unreached. The document is primarily designed to support countries and provide the guidance and tools required to carry out the EFA assessment. The document is still a working draft and is being distributed for further technical review and comments. In the meantime, countries can use the Guidelines as reference but should take into account that it is still a draft version. Download the word version (4MB)
EFA Mid-Decade Assessment Meeting Report (Country Recommendations)
This report contains a summary of presentations and the recommendations agreed to by country representatives during the EFA Mid-Decade Assessment Planning Meeting in October 2005. Published by UNESCO Bangkok's AIMS Unit, this report can be a useful reference for countries planning to assess their progress and gaps in achieving the EFA goals. Download the Meeting Report (pdf/940 KB)
Children Out of School: Measuring Exclusion from Primary Education
An estimated 115 million primary school-age children are out of school according to a joint UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)-UNICEF report. The report seeks to assess better the magnitude of the problem and monitor progress towards the 2015 EFA targets. It also looks at why children leave school early and the use of household survey data for providing greater insights about the out-of-school population and demand for education. Download the report from the UIS Website.
Internship Post Opening
We are currently looking for an Intern with special focus on assisting in the research for the Asia and the Pacific Education for All Website and Resource Centre. Email your CVs and letters of intent to aims(at)unescobkk.org as well as the UNESCO Bangkok Internship Application form.
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