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EDUCATION

India

India joined UNESCO on November 4, 1946. The UNESCO Office is located in New Delhi and it is a Cluster Office that also covers Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

The High-Level Group on Education for All (EFA) met in New Delhi in November 2003 and an international conference on Dialogue Among Civilizations was held there in July 2003.

India holds six UNESCO Chairs and there are three UNEVOC centres. As of September 2006, the country has 46 schools participating in UNESCO’s Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet).

New Teachers TV film on inclusive education features UNESCO 2008-04-08 9:00 am UNESCO

We need teachers, say Education Ministers of high-population countries 2008-03-14 8:00 am UNESCO

Education Ministers from high-population countries to address teacher shortage 2008-03-07 8:00 am UNESCO

Asia and Pacific countries meet in Dhaka to accelerate literacy 2008-01-17 9:26 am UNESCO

UNESCO hosts Africa-Asia university dialogue 2007-12-06 8:00 pm UNESCO

Fourth UNESCO Regional Literacy Conference to open in New Delhi 2007-11-27 11:00 am UNESCO

Major environmental education conference seeks synergy with DESD 2007-11-22 11:15 am UNESCO

Literacy, Knowledge and Development 2007-11-09 10:45 am UIL

Education Counts: Benchmarking Progress in 19 WEI Countries 2007-09-19 9:35 am UIS

Another way to learn... Case studies 2007-09-13 9:00 am UNESCO

Library and Information Science: a workshop for Special Educators@ 2007-08-01 6:00 pm UNESCO New Delhi
The uncertain quality and expanding quantity of information pose large challenges for society. The sheer abundance of information does not in itself create more informed citizens. There is a need for complementary skills in order to use information effectively and in parallel develop specific Information Literacy Programmes for the disabled.

In the field of library and information science specialists, work at recognizing when information is needed, locate it, evaluate it and use it effectively. The workshop concentrates its energy on providing such services to the disabled.

The workshop, taking place in Kolkata, India from 30 July to 3 August, covers areas such as: lifelong learning, ICT literacy, disabled services, life skills development, Right to Information Act and Freedom of Information.

Designing mother tongue/bilingual literacy programmes in Asia 2007-06-19 11:00 am UNESCO