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Girls and women face multiple challenges that compromise their education opportunities. One area of longstanding concern is the low rate of female participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and consequently STEM care...More

Deadline Extended! Enter Now! Accepting submissions until June 30, 2017! What does a Happy School look like to you? Submit a short video to our contest and win a trip to Bangkok and other prizes to be announced! Tell us what a Happy School looks like to yo...More

Jointly organized by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) and UNESCO Bangkok, the Subregional Workshop on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for Teacher Education Institutions, 5-9 June 2017, Chiang Rai, Thailand, will...More

Background: The uniqueness of the SDG4-Education 2030 lies in its flexibility and adaptability at regional, sub-regional and country levels. While this a welcome move to ensure greater national ownership and relevance, the challenge lies in coordinating th...More

Background: The Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia Pacific (NEQMAP) at UNESCO Bangkok, with support from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and the Malaysian Funds-in-Trust, organized its 4th Steering Group and Annual Meetings on 1...More

Background: In response to requests from countries in the Central Asia sub-region to receive technical assistance in the area of learning assessment, UNESCO Bangkok, as the NEQMAP Secretariat, organized a sub-regional capacity development workshop from 5 t...More

Background: UNESCO Bangkok is launching a regional study on the "Culture of Testing: Socio-cultural drivers and the effects on youth in the Asia-Pacific region". The study aims to better understand the socio-cultural drivers behind the “culture of testing”...More

Happy Schools: A UNESCO Framework for Learner Well-Being in the Asia-Pacific 18th UNESCO-APEID Conference 26-28 October 2016 UNESCO’s Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) launched the Happy Schools Project in June 2014 in the aim...More

Background: The Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP) Secretariat at UNESCO Bangkok, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR as well as Pearson, and with the generous support of the Global Partne...More

Background: The Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP) Secretariat at UNESCO Bangkok, in collaboration with the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) and with the generous support of the Global Partnership for Educa...More