According to the latest UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report (GEMR), Inclusion and education – All means all, which is published today, 14 per cent of adults worldwide lack basic reading and writing skills. The reasons for this are varied, with missed early-years schooling, the impact of conflict and instability, migration pathways, and inaccessible quality education in mother-tongue and first languages among them.
From 26 May to 12 June 2020, a group of 12 high-level experts from a variety of research disciplines engaged in an online consultation to discuss the futures of lifelong learning. The consultation was organized by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL).
The experts worked...
On 27 May 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on strategies for educational, social and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). Representatives of the C40...
On 20 May 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on “New partnerships in education governance during COVID-19”, as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). International and national perspectives on new...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning’s annual report shows how, in 2019, UIL fulfilled its mission to promote lifelong learning as the leading educational paradigm for inclusive and sustainable learning societies in the context of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...
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UNESCO, with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), is conducting a global landscape study entitled ‘From Radio to Artificial Intelligence: Innovative Literacy Learning and...
UNESCO is launching an unprecedented public survey to gain insights into global sentiment on the major challenges that threaten peace around the world today and the solutions needed to address them. The results will assist UNESCO in setting the global agenda on these issues over the next decade...
A new UNESCO issue note, produced by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the Section of Education Policy at UNESCO Headquarters, aims to support education policy-makers and planners in ensuring the quality of learning is maintained in the context of the current pandemic, now and...
As part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on 13 May reflecting on prisons and prison education in the context of COVID-19. Insights were shared by representatives of prison...
