PHILIPPINES / EDUCATION
Six months after Typhoon Bopha took more than 1,000 lives and displaced more than a million people, teaching and learning are taking place again in elementary schools across affected parts of the Philippines. UNICEF
Six months after Typhoon Bopha took more than 1,000 lives and displaced more than a million people, teaching and learning are taking place again in elementary schools across affected parts of the Philippines. UNICEF
It's back to school time for thousands of Syrian children at Za'atari refugee camp in northernJordan. After a one-month winter break classes are full again bringing some degree of normality to the lives of children among the camps 70,000 population. UNICEF
Women and girls run the risk of being left behind in scientific and technological fields if countries do not put measures in place to address discrimination and change traditional attitudes, the United Nations said today. FILE
Some 1.7 million more teachers are needed to achieve universal primary education by 2015, the second of the eight anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals, the heads of various United Nations agencies said today in a joint statement marking World Teachers’ Day. UNTV / FILE
UNICEF said today that it is vital to get children back to school at the approaching start of the school year in Syria to give them hope for the future. CH UNTV
A teacher training program supported by UNICEF and the European Union (EU) is providing better methods to teach throughout Angola. Around one third of all teachers in the country have no formal teaching training, part of the legacy left behind after a 27 year civil war. UNICEF
Eight years into the UNICEF-supported Protected Communities programme in DR Congo, about 200,000 orphaned or vulnerable children have been helped to improve their lives. UNICEF
Child-centred approaches are part of a promising change in education taking place in Uzbekistan. The Child Friendly School (CFS) model ensures schools provide a quality education that promotes inclusiveness, tolerance, gender-sensitivity and child empowerment. UNICEF
The head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today voiced regret over the decision by the United States to withhold its dues to the agency, saying that reduced funding will affect its ability to implement crucial programmes in education, support. UNESCO
A new UN report says that the global demand for secondary education has risen exponentially, which adds that governments, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, are having a hard time keeping up and many children are being left out. UNTV / FILE