The Organization has 54 field offices around the world. Its headquarters are located in Paris, France.
Its mission is to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.
The Organization focuses, in particular, on two global priorities, Africa and Gender equality, and supports the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, through all its programmes.
The importance of teachers is well-recognized in the context of Sustainable Development Goal 4 on inclusive and equitable quality education for all. In Myanmar, there has been an urgent need to reform teacher education to deliver quality, inclusive...
To contain the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide have closed education institutions and limited face-to-face interactions. This posed a significant risk to education reform in Myanmar, where the ongoing curriculum development process heavily...
On 21 May 2020, the Finnish Ambassador to Myanmar, H.E. Riikka Laatu, and UNESCO signed an agreement to support Phase 3 of the Strengthening Pre-Service Teacher Education in Myanmar (STEM) programme. The agreement, which includes a pledge of 5 million...
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, teacher educators have been under a lot of stress, wondering if Education Colleges will reopen as scheduled for next semester and anxious about delivering quality teaching to their students as the new competency-based teacher...
Something extraordinary is happening in Yankin Education College’s reception hall. Hundreds of teacher educators are in attendance, some playing games while others are laughing and talking in small groups around flipchart displays. They are learning, but...