Briefs

Teacher shortages threaten Universal Primary Education The lack of qualified teachers to teach present and future generations of children has reached crisis proportions. Eighteen million more teachers will be needed world-wide by 2015. - More

Boosting Teacher Training in Africa UNESCO’s new Teacher Training Initiative for sub-Saharan Africa (TTISSA) has taken off in 17 African countries. - More

Ricky Martin Foundation works with UNESCO UNESCO and the Ricky Martin Foundation have launched a global initiative aimed at safeguarding children against exploitation and abuse. - More

Arriving at the Electronic Frontier Achieving universal primary education in countries jumpstarts secondary education. - More

Can the education sector cope with HIV and AIDS? The results of the first international survey assessing the capacity of the national education sector to manage and mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS have just been released. - More

Girls’ Education in Niger Five small European donor countries are pooling their resources to help girls and women living in villages belonging to the Youri community in Niger. Andorra, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Monaco and San Marino are contributing to a joint fund totalling $200,000 that will finance the project. - More