IN FOCUS
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Learning begins at birth
09.02.12Learning begins even before child walks through the classroom door. Comprehensive early childhood care and education (ECCE) aims to foster holistic growth, development and learning of children from birth to eight years of age.
“Care” includes attention to health, hygiene and nutrition in a nurturing and safe environment. “Education” in the early childhood years is much broader than pre-schooling, capturing learning through early stimulation, guidance and a range of developmental activities and opportunities. Young children’s experiences in the first years create the foundation for...
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NEWS
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Reaching and teaching the poor: Lao PDR dispatches mobile teachers to remote villages
Over 7,000 out-of-school children living in extremely poor and isolated villages in Lao PDR will have access to a primary education equivalency programme...
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4th Issue of Multilingual Education E-Newsletter
MLE e-News: Issue 4 - 23 December 2011
The fourth issue of Asia MLE WG’s electronic newsletter has just been sent out to MLE WG members. The...
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Illustrating the Right to Education in Afghanistan for Girls and Boys
A student from Afghanistan has won the annual Asia Pacific gender equality in education drawing competition. Hamdullah, 17, was announced as one of the 24...
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Just Released: Gender Wire December Issue!
How can education be used to counter Violence Against Women? Find out in December's Gender Wire issue!
Publications
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Achieving EFA Through Equivalency Programmes in Asia-Pacic: A regional overview with highlights from India, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines
This publication, produced by the Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL) at UNESCO’s Regional Office in Bangkok, provides a synthesis of...
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3rd Issue of Multilingual Education E-Newsletter
MLE e-News: Issue 3 - 30 September 2011
The third issue of Asia MLE WG’s electronic newsletter has just been sent out to MLE WG members. The...
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2nd Issue of Multilingual Education E-Newsletter
MLE e-News: Issue 2 - 30 June 2011
The second issue of Asia MLE WG’s electronic newsletter has just been sent out to MLE WG members. The eNewsletter...
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Equivalency Programmes and Alternative Certified Learning: Achieving Education for All and Promoting Lifelong Learning
The report of the Joint UNESCO and UNICEF Regional Workshop on Equivalency Programmes and Alternative Certified Learning: Achieving Education for All and...