EDUCATION
The UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
is comprised of three main divisions. The Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL); the Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID); and the Education Policy and Reform (EPR) Unit. Our mission is to promote education as a fundamental right, to improve the quality of education, and to stimulate experimentation, innovation and policy dialogue.
Regional Workshop on Equivalency Programme for Achieving EFA Goals and Promoting Lifelong Learning, 13-17th July 2009, Semarang, Indonesia
03.07.09
Learning is undertaken in a variety of settings as informal, non-formal and formal. It is particularly important to recognize learning outcomes and establish equivalencies between what is learned through formal and non-formal...
Photo Contest 2009 for Promoting Gender Equality in Education
30.06.09
Last date for the photo contest approaching soon.... Please send your photo entries at the UNESCO Bangkok office by 31 July 2009.
Experts Meeting to Develop Regional Guide on Equivalency Programme
04.06.09
15-19 June 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Slavery, prostitution and pornography: World Day against Child Labour spotlights girls
18.06.09
Some 218 million children between the ages of five and 17 are forced to work, a violation of their right to an education and an affront to human dignity, UNESCO statistics have revealed.
Asia-Pacific countries develop Education for All strategy plan to reach the unreached by 2015
21.05.09
National EFA coordinators and gender focal points from ministries of education, Regional Thematic Working Group (TWG) on EFA members, INGO partners, civil society organizations, UNESCO and UNICEF regional and country education...
Global Action Week 2009 spotlights literacy
16.04.09
Global Action Week, an international campaign advocating free, quality education for all, will take place from 20 to 26 April. Organized annually, the theme this year is “youth and adult literacy and life-long learning”.
Secondary School Surge
12.06.09
Expansion Poses Problems over Regional Access and Quality.
Private tutoring is a growth industry even in countries that can least afford it, according to a regional Secondary Education Policy Seminar, jointly organized by...
UNESCO-Nagoya University Secondary Education Regional Policy Seminar
12.02.09
A regional policy seminar on secondary education was organized jointly by UNESCO Bangkok and the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University. Thirty participants from nine countries in the region (Bangladesh,...
Secondary Education Regional Information Base
19.01.09
The information base puts together policy-relevant data and information on secondary education useful for education practitioners involved in reviewing, formulating and implementing secondary education policies and reforms.
UNESCO Associated Schools Good Practices in Education for Sustainable Development
15.05.09
This second collection of ASPnet good practices for quality education takes stock of some of the contributions being made by UNESCO Associated Schools in support of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable...
ESD Currents: Changing Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific
23.04.09
This publication provides a snapshot of activities in the Asia-Pacific to stimulate discussion for all players in the ever increasing circle of stakeholders in Education for Sustainable Development. The importance of consistently...
