Education Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/education/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Tue, 05 May 2020 19:55:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 SDG Book Club Serbia at Pozega /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/12/sdg-book-club-serbia-at-pozega/ Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:47:29 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=78252 As an initiative of Pozega Public Library, librarian Daniela Skokovic and Marija Jevericic, professor of Serbian language at Gymnasium "Sveti Sava", started activities dedicated to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their newly established “SDG Book Club Serbia“ for first year high school students. The goals of the Book Club are to promote the SDGs [...]

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]]> Partnership key to ensuring all children can access education – senior ĢƵ officials /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/02/partnership-key-ensuring-children-can-access-education-senior-un-officials/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:41:33 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=44406 Stressing the importance of quality education for the future of young people and children, senior United Nations officials, including the head of its education agency and the ĢƵ youth envoy, called for cooperation to strengthen education and learning programmes in all corners of the world.

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]]> Children are the face of conflict-fuelled humanitarian tragedy in South Sudan – ĢƵICEF /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/12/children-face-conflict-fuelled-humanitarian-tragedy-south-sudan-unicef/ Fri, 15 Dec 2017 20:09:10 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=43372 South Sudan's children are facing a raft of daily horrors and deprivations and urgently require a peaceful, protective environment, the United Nations Children's Fund (ĢƵICEF) said Friday, warning that “anything less, places children and women at even greater risk of grave violations and abuse.”

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]]> Young students getting better at reading, finds international study /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/12/young-students-getting-better-reading-finds-international-study/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:12:46 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=43083 Reading literacy levels are on the rise across the globe, giving young students a set of strong skills to serve them in their futures as well as contributing to the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular those related to inclusive and quality education.

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]]> Don’t just blame teachers when system is at fault, says ĢƵESCO /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/dont-just-blame-teachers-when-system-is-at-fault-says-unesco/ Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:11:21 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=33343 Blaming just the teacher or the school for systemic educational problems can have serious negative side effects, warns a new report from the United Nations educational agency.

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]]> Yemen: ĢƵICEF warns conflict shutters one in 10 schools; teachers unpaid for a year /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/yemen-unicef-warns-conflict-shutters-one-in-10-schools-teachers-unpaid-for-a-year/ Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:59:56 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=33232 The conflict in Yemen – now into its third year – continues to take a toll on millions of children, with their education now under threat, adding to an already long list of bitter hardships including malnutrition, displacement and violence, the United Nations Children's Fund (ĢƵICEF) has warned.

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]]> ĢƵ, Thomas and Friends™ announce new collaboration to promote SDGs to children /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/united-nations-and-thomas-friends-announce-new-collaboration-to-promote-the-sustainable-development-goals-to-children/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:01:27 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32865 The new collaboration will result in the inclusion of elements from five of the 17 goals in the upcoming Thomas & Friends™ series, which will be aired in over 110 countries in 33 languages.

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]]> Over half of schools remain closed in epicentre of Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria – ĢƵICEF /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/over-half-of-schools-remain-closed-in-epicentre-of-boko-haram-crisis-in-nigeria-unicef/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:02:16 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32364 About 57 per cent of all schools are closed in Nigeria's Borno state, worst hit by the Boko Haram insurgency and the subsequent humanitarian crisis, leaving an estimated 3 million children in need of emergency education support, even as the new school year begins, the United Nations child agency said today. “Children in northeast Nigeria [...]

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]]> Global ‘learning crisis’ threatens future of millions young students – World Bank report /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/global-learning-crisis-threatens-future-of-millions-young-students-world-bank-report/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 22:25:51 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32167 Schooling without learning is a terrible waste of precious resources and of human potential, the World Bank said today, warning in a new report that millions of young students in low and middle-income countries face the prospect of lost opportunity and lower wages in later life because their primary and secondary schools are failing to [...]

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]]> Malala Yousafzai (ĢƵ Messenger of Peace) on “Financing the Future: Education 2030” /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/malala-yousafzai-un-messenger-of-peace-on-financing-the-future-education-2030/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:22:42 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32042 The post Malala Yousafzai (ĢƵ Messenger of Peace) on “Financing the Future: Education 2030” appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> More than half of children and youth worldwide ‘not learning’ – ĢƵESCO /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/more-than-half-of-children-and-youth-worldwide-not-learning-unesco/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 22:47:14 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31993 About 617 million children and adolescents worldwide are not achieving minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics, signalling “a learning crisis” that could threaten progress on global development goals, a report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ĢƵESCO) shows. “The figures are staggering both in terms of the waste of human potential [...]

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]]> World leaders gathered at ĢƵ commit to boosting investment in education /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/world-leaders-gathered-at-un-commit-to-boosting-investment-in-education/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:52:17 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31913 World leaders today pledged to tackle the education crisis that is holding back millions of children and threatening economic development, at a high-level event at United Nations Headquarters in New York aimed at securing finance for this critical goal. “Financing education is indeed the best investment we can make for a better world and a [...]

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]]> Press release: World leaders commit to tackling global education crisis /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/press-release-world-leaders-commit-to-tackling-global-education-crisis/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:34:11 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31845 Around 264 million children and adolescents are not in school and only 1 in 12 young people in low-income countries is on track to gain secondary level skills.

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]]> Over 3.5 million refugee children missing out on education, ĢƵ report finds /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/over-3-5-million-refugee-children-missing-out-on-education-un-report-finds/ Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:45:54 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31269 Over 3.5 million refugee children did not have the chance to attend school in the last academic year, according to a report published today by the United Nations refugee agency, which is calling for education to be a vital component of humanitarian response. “Left Behind: Refugee Education in Crisis” found that there are 6.4 [...]

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]]> At high-level forum, ĢƵ stresses importance of education in building ‘culture of peace’ /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/at-high-level-forum-un-stresses-importance-of-education-in-building-culture-of-peace/ Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:09:18 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31185 Education can promote ideals of non-violence, equality and mutual respect, United Nations officials said today at a high-level event on how to achieve a culture of peace amid current global challenges and threats to stability, prosperity and the planet. “We have to teach our children the values of peace, tolerance, equality and respect. They should be [...]

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]]> On International Day, ĢƵ promotes online literacy in digital world /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/on-international-day-un-promotes-online-literacy-in-digital-world/ Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:02:28 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31161 New technologies open opportunities to improve lives and connect globally, but they can also marginalize those who are illiterate and lack other essential skills needed to navigate them, a senior United Nations official today said, highlighting that some 750 million adults worldwide are not literate. “Traditionally, literacy has been considered a set of reading, writing and [...]

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]]> Conflict, widespread poverty stall progress on education rates over past decade – ĢƵICEF /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/conflict-widespread-poverty-stall-progress-on-education-rates-over-past-decade-unicef/ Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:05:31 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31097 Pervasive levels of poverty, protracted conflicts and complex humanitarian emergencies have led to stagnation in reducing the global out-of-school rate over the past decade, prompting the United Nations Children's Fund (ĢƵICEF) to call for more investments. With 11.5 per cent of school-age children – or 123 million missing school today, compared to 12.8 per cent [...]

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]]> Breastfeeding is ‘smartest investment’ families, communities and countries can make – ĢƵ /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/08/breastfeeding-is-smartest-investment-families-communities-and-countries-can-make-un/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:24:58 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=30169 Kicking off World Breastfeeding Week, the United Nations today stressed that although breastfeeding has cognitive and health benefits for infants and mothers, investment shortcomings impede the practice.

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]]> Funding shortfall threatens education for children in conflict, disaster zones – ĢƵICEF /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/07/funding-shortfall-threatens-education-for-children-in-conflict-disaster-zones-unicef/ Fri, 07 Jul 2017 15:19:27 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=29151 Some 9.2 million children living in emergency countries will miss out on schooling unless the international community contributes an additional $820 million, the United Nations Children's Fund (ĢƵICEF) warned at the start of today's G20 summit.

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]]> ‘Inclusive, equitable and quality education’ at the heart of high-level ĢƵ event /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/06/inclusive-equitable-and-quality-education-at-the-heart-of-high-level-un-event/ Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:53:46 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=28826 Education leaders from around the world convened today at the United Nations to discuss ways to advance action on Sustainable Development Goal 4, which aims to “ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.”

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