Publications - 2011

• 06.03.12:

  Systematic monitoring of Education for All: Training modules for Asia-Pacific

  

  This set of training modules (A) can become one of the main tools to promote and support national capacity building in EFA monitoring in preparation for the upcoming EFA 2015 Assessment. Funded by the Japanese FIT, these training modules build upon the knowhow and experiences accumulated over the past 20 years in EFA monitoring and indicators, and present state-of-the-art approaches and methods in a systematic and user-friendly modular manner. 

  With the advice of a regional technical...

• 27.01.12:

  Secondary Teachers of Thailand: How do we fare?

  

  With the gradual attainment of universal primary education, governments are shifting their attention toward secondary education. And yet throughout the Asia-Pacific region, ensuring the presence of competent secondary teachers in urban and rural areas remains a major concern.

• 23.01.12:

  Secondary Education in Japan: How much do you know?

  

  For youth worldwide, secondary education can play a very crucial role in shaping understanding of the world, individual identity and opportunities in life. But secondary education is different across countries. So how much do we really know about secondary education? (Test yourself below…)

• 23.01.12:

  Secondary education in Malaysia: How much do you know?

  

  For youth worldwide, secondary education can play a very crucial role in shaping understanding of the world, individual identity and opportunities in life. But secondary education is different across countries. So how much do we really know about secondary education? (Test yourself below…)

• 04.01.12:

  VOICES, No. 28 October - December 2011

  

  Airwaves aid flood victims - Radio drama gives hope and lifesaving advice to millions [Covery Story]

• 03.01.12:

  Literacy initiative for empowerment (LIFE) 2010 - Regional mid-term evaluation: Summary Report

  

  According to the 2011 EFA Global Monitoring Report, in 2008 there were about 796 million illiterate adults worldwide, more than half of them living in South and West Asia, two thirds being girls and women, and another 67 million school-age children that were out-of-school, of which over 26 million residing in Asia and the Pacific.

  The United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012 has been a major effort to attain literacy for all. The UNESCO Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) programme,...

• 20.12.11:

  Creating and sustaining literate environments

  

  Worldwide, one in five adults are not literate, and millions of children leave school without acquiring the basic literacy and numeracy skills. This situation leads millions of children and youth to an uncertain future with few dreams, little hope, and limited aspirations in life.

  UNESCO Bangkok has developed a resource pack on Creating and Sustaining Literate Environments as a way of addressing the high illiteracy rate that continues to plague the world especially in developing...

• 14.12.11:

  Sustainability of community learning centres: Community ownership and support - Asia-Pacific Regional Action Research Studies

  

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• 28.11.11:

  ICT for higher education: Case studies from Asia and the Pacific

  

  With the support of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust, UNESCO initiated a research study on the use of ICT for higher education in the Asia and Pacific region. This publication highlights the results from case studies that investigated the use of ICT in three areas: open and distance learning; blended learning, and administration and management practices. The findings provide useful information on how these higher education institutions at various stages of development capitalize...

• 21.11.11:

  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 Equivalency Programmes (EPs) in education in the Asia- Pacific region.

  The publication draws on information from a range of sources, including...