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Category Archives: Adult education
Major efforts are needed to make high-quality adult learning and education a reality worldwide
By Werner Mauch, Team Leader Monitoring and Assessment of Lifelong Learning, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Every three years, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning publishes the Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE) to monitor the extent to … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Learning, Uncategorized
Tagged adult education, GRALE 4, lifelong learning, Target 4.3
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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 much does it cost to achieve universal literacy?
As events for International Literacy Day continue, new cost estimates have been produced by UNESCO showing that US$14 billion will be needed if the 20 countries with the lowest literacy rates, which are members of the Global Alliance for Literacy … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Literacy, Uncategorized, Youth
Tagged adult literacy, literacy, numeracy, target 4.6, youth literacy
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It’s not ok if prisoners can’t read
Tomorrow is International Literacy Day. A group, which has higher rates of illiteracy than other sections of the population but is rarely discussed, is those in the correctional justice system. In the 2016 GEM Report, we noted that more than … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Literacy, Marginalization, Uncategorized
Tagged adult education, adult literacy, literacy
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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
Lifelong learning will help with our much needed shift to greener economies
Did you learn about climate change when you were in school? If you’re not in today’s ‘youth’ bracket, it’s unlikely that you did. If we are to respond to the impact of climate change and other critical environmental challenges today … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Climate change, Uncategorized
Tagged climate change, education, Environment, lifelong learning
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Target 4.3 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on technical, vocational, tertiary and adult education?
4.3 By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university Target 4.3 covers a very wide range of education opportunities. For monitoring progress, two issues stand out. First, … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged adult education, monitoring, monitoring sdg 4 blog series, SDG4, SDGs, Target 4.3, TVET
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Learning how to farm – the impact of Farmer Field Schools
By Mwatima Juma, Tanzania Country Programme Officer – IFAD A group of 20 farmers gather around a facilitator who is demonstrating how to prepare nutritious fodder for dairy cows on Zanzibar island, off the coast of Tanzania. They are attending … Continue reading
Afghan police better their lives – and others’ – with literacy
Gul Rahman, a patrolman at Paktya Province prison security unit, Afghanistan, has greatly improved his ability to serve as a policeman as a result of his literacy class. He is married and the sole breadwinner for 12 family members. “Afghanistan … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, agricultural development, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Equality, legal aid, legal rights, Legislation, Literacy, Marginalization, peace, rural development, sdg, sdgs, Skills, Sustainable development, united nations
Tagged adult education, afghanistan, development, education, human rights, legal aid, target 4.6
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SDG4 is a universal agenda – and that includes high income countries
“Can OECD’s data guide the world towards better education systems?” asks a blog promoting yesterday’s launch of the 2016 edition of the OECD flagship publication, Education at a Glance. The Introduction of the 2016 Education at a Glance is one … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, data, Developed countries, Finance, integrated development, Learning, Literacy, monitoring, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized
Tagged data, education, learning, monitoring, OECD, SDG4, SDGs, UNESCO, United Nations
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