UNESCO Publications: Recent submissions
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Right To Education Handbook
(UNESCO and Right to Education Initiative, 2019)Seventy years ago, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, recognizing the universal right to education for the first time. Since 1948, every single country in the world has ... -
Recycled Rags Renewed Lives
(UNESCO, 1999)This booklet should be of interest to educatorsand peopleseeking to understand the mechanisms of exclusionand the forging of newpaths towards community empowerment and basiceducation skills. Manyinhabitants of Cairo, Egypt, ... -
National Education Policies And Programmes And International Cooperation
(UNESCO, 2001)One can but rejoice at the progress made in the field of education in the course of the last fifty years. Yet many countries are still below the basic education minima and have great needs, despite concerted efforts at ... -
Literacy, Knowledge And Development
(UIL and INEA, 2007)This publication contains the results of the conference South-South Policy Dialogue on Quality Education for Adults and Young People that took place in Mexico City in 2005. Articles were written by participants who ... -
Landscapes Of Literacy
(UNESCO Institute for Educatio/ LUZAC ORIENTAL, 1996)Thirteen marginal Philippine communities were examined in an ethnographic study of the meaning of functional literacy and whether literacy invariably promotes development. The 13 sites were purposely selected to provide ... -
International And National Trends In Local Governance Of Education
(UNESCO, 2002)Trends can be defined as linear or directional changes, in this instance in policies and practices with respect to location of governance. What in the short run looks like a trend, however, may turn out to be merely another ... -
Global Citizenship Education
(UNESCO, 2015)The concept of citizenship has evolved over time. Historically, citizenship did not extend to all – for example, only men or property owners were eligible to be citizens.1 During the past century, there has been a ... -
Global Citizenship Education
(UNESCO, 2018)● For UNESCO, Global Citizenship Education (GCED) is an educational approach that nurtures respect and solidarity in learners in order to build a sense of belonging to a common humanity and help them become ... -
Freedom Of Information
(UNESCO, 2008)The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of development practitioners, civil society, academics, the media and even governments. What is this ... -
Financing Secondary Educationin Developing Countries
(UNESCO, 2001)At the World Conference on Education for All in 1990, most developing countries reaffirmed their commitment to providing universal access to a first cycle of education to their school-age children. As a result, primary ... -
Education Sector Responses To The Use Of Alcohol, Tobacco And Drugs
(UNESCO/IIDAC, 2017)This booklet provides the context and rationale for improved education sector responses to the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs among children and young people, with a focus on primary and secondary education ... -
Education For Citizenship In The Caribbean
(UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2005)This study aims to describe teacher training and curricular policy for the primary and secondary levels in relation to education for citizen ship in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and make practical recommendations ... -
Contemporary Issues in Human Rights Education
(UNESCO, 2011)The format of this publication presents the main strands concerning the role of human rights education as well as the key elements for its implementation. Each strand addresses current issues and challenges faced when ... -
Characteristics Of School Heads And Their Schools
(UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2011)In this paper, the author examines the characteristics of school heads and their schools in 15 African schools systems (Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, ... -
Accounting For Variations In The Quality Of Primary School Education
(UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2011)This paper reports on the use of multivariate analyses procedures to examine pupil- and school-level factors that contributed to variations in reading and mathematics achievement among Grade 6 pupils in 15 African ... -
Global citizenship education preparing learners for the challenges of the twenty-first century
(UNESCO, 2014)Global Citizenship Education (GCE) is a framing paradigm which encapsulates how education can develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes learners need for securing a world which is more just, peaceful, tolerant, ... -
Heritage for Peace and Reconciliation
(UNESCO, 2015)Cultural heritage is the physical traces of history. It is the silent witness of conflicts, wars and clashes between nations. The understanding of our shared heritage fosters mutual understanding, reconciliation and peace. ... -
A Teacher's Guide On The Prevention Of Violent Extremism
(UNESCO, 2016)Violent extremism and the underlying forces of radicalization are among the most pervasive challenges of our time. While violent extremism is not confined to any age, sex, group or community, young people are particularly ... -
Shaping the future we want
(UNESCO, 2014)The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005 – 2014) (DESD) aimed at integrating the principles and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning, to encourage ... -
Corrupt schools, corrupt universities
(UNESCO, 2007)In a context of budget austerity and pressure on international flows of funds, there is a clear demand for more efficiency in the use of public resources. Recent surveys suggest that leakage of funds from ministries ...
