News and Events
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17.06.16:
18th UNESCO-APEID International Conference - In Pursuit of Quality Education: The Past, Present and Future, 26-28 October 2016, Bangkok, Thailand
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25.05.16:
Regional Training on Gender Assessment in Teacher Education in Asia, May 2016, Bangkok, Thailand
Gender equality remains at the heart of development in all sectors. The Sustainable Development Goals have a specific goal on gender to promote gender equality...
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07.04.16:
Myanmar moves forward on Teacher Competency Standards Framework development
The Teacher Competency Standards Working Group, which has been appointed by the Ministry of Education (MoE) in Myanmar to develop a national Teacher Competency...
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16.02.16:
UNESCO launches Education College learning clusters for curriculum reforms
On 09-10 February 2016, teacher educators from Myanmar’s twenty-two Education Colleges (ECs) convened in Yangon for the first meeting of the EC Curriculum Core...
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08.02.16:
Raising the quality of teaching in Myanmar through teacher competency standards
On 26 January 2016, representatives from the Ministry of Education, Development Partners, and National Advisors for education gathered at the Yangon University...
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18.11.15:
Regional Experts Meeting: Assessing Gender Issues in Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Training in Asia, 19-20 November 2015, Bangkok
The Dakar Framework for Action highlights the need for learning content and materials to encourage and support gender equality and respect. Therefore,...
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05.10.15:
World Teachers’ Day 2015: UNESCO Bangkok releases ‘Teachers in Asia Pacific: Status and Rights’ report
Teachers in Asia-Pacific are obligated to work well beyond contracted hours, lack adequate resources and in rural and impoverished areas are too often few in...
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02.10.15:
Wenhui (文 晖) Award for Educational Innovation 2015 - The results are out
On behalf of the Wenhui Award sponsors and Jury Members, the Wenhui Award Secretariat would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to all the applicants...
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02.09.15:
UNESCO Bangkok teacher training project launches at global seminar on girls’ education
Making gender equality a reality in Asia-Pacific classroom requires a coordinated effort on the part of education providers: teaching professionals must be...
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31.08.15:
Raising standards: UNESCO supports the development of policy frameworks to guide pre-service teacher education reform in Myanmar
During a workshop on “Professional Practice: Curriculum design, standards, teaching, learning and assessment,” held in Nay Pyi Taw from 13-14 August 2015 and...