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Tag Archives: Target 4.4
Why the uptake of TVET courses is still low in Kenya
By Justus Omondi Olwande, a high school teacher in Kenya with a background in Education in Emergencies Since the introduction of free primary education in Kenya in 2003, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of learners transiting … Continue reading
How are donors helping to end the gender imbalance in science?
Many countries, usually poorer ones, are still far even from the target of parity in primary and secondary education enrolment, let alone the more aspirational target of non-discrimination in all aspects of the education system. Girls’ education therefore remains a … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, STEM, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, gender. equality, ICT, STEM, Target 4.4, technology
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What we do in Heraklion to accomplish integration through education
By Nikolaos Angelakis, Deputy Mayor for Education, Longlife Learning and Youth Issues Heraklion, our city, aims to become a learning, smart, cohesive city – a meeting place of “5+1 cultures”. That’s why we have created “The Local Strategic Plan for … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged cities, Heraklion, Learning Cities, lifelong learning, migration, Target 4.4
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How to respond to Apple’s renewed interest in education?
As you may have heard, Apple has extended its reach into education, holding its first education product launch since 2012, and announcing a lower cost iPad aimed at students and teachers. The new iPad has a stylus pen, several new … Continue reading
Posted in ICT, private sector, sdg, sdgs, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged ICT, ICT skills, private sector, Target 4.4, technology
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A global framework to measure digital literacy
By Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics From the cocoa farmer in Ghana using a mobile phone to market crops to the nurse in Sweden using telehealth … Continue reading
Posted in digital literacy, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, STEM, Uncategorized
Tagged digital literacy skills, digital skills, edtech, monitoring, Target 4.4, technology
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From talking to creating jobs for Africa’s youth
By John Mugo, Director of Youth and Talent, ZiziAfrique The inaugural Africa Talks Jobs (ATJ) conference has just ended at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. This was an African Union-European Union (AU-EU) bilateral conversation to highlight that 2017 … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Skills, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, jobs, skills, skills training, Target 4.4, youth skills
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DigComp: A framework helping young people to use their digital skills to find work
Today, in an everyday digital world surrounded by videogames, smartphones, digital social networks and online chats, still 45% of the European Union population and 37% of its labour force have insufficient digital skills. Having digital skills is nowadays also relevant … Continue reading
And the winners of our youth photo competition are…
We’re delighted to announce the three winners of the youth photo competition we launched just over a month ago around the themes of Target 4.7 in the new global education goal. Selected from a huge amount of talented submissions, the … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, Youth
Tagged global citizenship, SDG, sdg 4.7, sustainable development, Target 4.4
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For Africa to achieve inclusive growth, it will need to learn how to get there
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa is taking place in Durban, South Africa this week under the theme ‘Achieving inclusive growth: responsive and responsible leadership’. The current prosperity enjoyed by pockets of people around the world – Africa included … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Economic growth, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, Africa, economic growth, prosperity, south africa, Target 4.4, WEF
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Join our youth photo competition
In September 2015, the member states of the United Nations agreed on a new sustainable development agenda with 17 goals to be achieved by 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals are the collective vision of the international community. They merge the … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized
Tagged gender. equality, global citizenship, peace, sustainable development, Target 4.4, target 4.7
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