Publications

The pursuit of happiness has always been the aspiration of all human beings. In recent years, a growing global movement for happiness has been driven by mounting global challenges that are undermining happiness in wider society; namely income inequality, g...More

According to the Incheon Declaration on Education 2030 agenda, achieving the targets of the education goal of the Sustainable Development Agenda (SDG) will require enabling financing strategies, as well as sustained, innovative and well targeted financing...More

Teachers are at the centre of quality higher education systems. This understanding is part of the international community’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals introduced in September 2015. Goal four is known as SDG4 - Education 2030 which aims to ensure incl...More

Students learn best in schools that provide safety and social support. However, some young people experience violence and harassment in, around, and on the way to school. This includes gender-based violence (GBV), which can take many different forms and ca...More

Large-scale data on learning comes are becoming increasingly available in the Asia-Pacific region, as more and more countries and jurisdictions participate in regional and international assessments as well as organize national assessments of their own. How...More

Two reports recently released by UNESCO Ha Noi and UNESCO Bangkok Offices reveal distinct gaps in all education stakeholder groups’ awareness and understandings of school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) and that LGBT students were at particularly hig...More

Funding is one of the major challenges faced by schools in the Asia-Pacific region. According to the new UNESCO study with 10 countries in Asia-Pacific, schools are not receiving adequate funding and increase in government expenditures has slowed recently....More

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has published the policy brief “ Community-based learning for sustainable development ” to highlight the wide and far-reaching benefits of community-based learning, particularly in the light of the 2030 Agen...More

The changes brought about by globalization and diversification of societies, have intensified the need to raise the level of efforts to foster transversal competencies (or 21st century), and the new role of teachers is seen as critical to developing them....More

Considering that ICT is the dominant means by which citizens can participate in and contribute to the knowledge society, it is of paramount importance that they equip themselves with the appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes to harness its potential...More