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The map to literacy
27.03.12Actions to spread literacy need to be accelerated, according to Roshan Bajracharya, a specialist in literacy and non-formal education statistics at UNESCO Bangkok. He warns that the overall literacy rate of the world is far too low, at 83 per cent in 2008 and progressing far too slow in reaching the global target literacy rate of 90.9 per cent by the target year of 2015.
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News and Events
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UNESCO Member States adopt ISCED 2011
UNESCO Member States have formally adopted revisions to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED). The amended classifications takes into...
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2012 GMR Art Contest: What skills do you need to create a better future?
The Global Monitoring Report (GMR) Team at UNESCO HQ has launched an art contest for the 2012 Report on youth, skills and work.
The artwork should...
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Two out of three children in Africa are left out of secondary school
Under embargo until 7 a.m. GMT, 25 October, 2011
New York/Paris, 25 October - Governments are struggling to meet the rising demand for secondary education,...
Publications
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Household-based literacy survey 2011
Literacy survey in Makwanpur, Rupandehi and Rasuwa
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Step by step: How to monitor EFA in Asia-Pacific
Education for All (EFA) cannot be achieved unless there is All for Education. As we approach the 2015 target, more systematic collection, analysis,...
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Launch of World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education
To mark International Women’s Day, UNESCO and the UIS have jointly released the World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education, which includes over 120 maps,...