 UNESCO believes that education is key to social and economic development. We work for a sustainable world with just societies that value knowledge, promote a culture of peace, celebrate diversity and defend human rights, achieved by providing education for all. The mission of the UNESCO Education Sector is to: - Provide international leadership for creating learning societies with educational opportunities for all populations;
- Provide expertise and foster partnerships to strengthen national educational leadership and the capacity of countries to offer quality education for all.
UNESCO works as an intellectual leader, an honest broker, and clearinghouse for ideas, propelling both countries and the international community to accelerate progress towards these goals.
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Sunday, 13 January 2008 05:53 |
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The Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) is a programme of action in support of the achievement of Education for All and a key operational mechanism to increase literacy learning opportunities within the framework of the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD). The LIFE initiative will be implemented in 35 countries with literacy rates of less than fifty percent or a population of more than 10 million persons without literacy competencies. Currently, 85% of the world population without literacy competencies and skills lives in these 35 countries. The majority of them are girls and women.
In Asia and the Pacific, the nine (9) countries participating in the LIFE initiative are: - Afghanistan,
- Bangladesh,
- China, India,
- Indonesia,
- Iran, Nepal,
- Pakistan and
- Papua New Guinea.
These countries undertook preparatory work during 2005 to produce their respective Country Profiles, which cover literacy status,policies, strategies and practices. The Asia-Pacific Regional Planning Meeting on LIFE was organized by UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education in close co-operation with UNESCO’s Islamabad Office and UNESCO Headquarters. The Meeting was held at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Islamabad, Pakistan, from March 20-22, 2006. The purpose of the meeting was to assist LIFE countries with the organization of preparatory activities for implementing the LIFE initiative. Related documents: LIFE Strategy Paper (468.33 kB) Afganistan Country Profile (357 kB)
Bangladesh Country Profile 1 (369.5 kB)
Bangladesh Country Profile 3 (42.5 kB)
China Country Profile (358.5 kB)
Iran Country Profile (379.5 kB)
Nepal Country Profile (373 kB)
Pakistan Country Profile (380.5 kB)
Regional LIFE Meeting 2006 - Report
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 January 2009 09:50 |
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Thursday, 07 December 2006 07:50 |
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Following the recommendation of the diagnostic study, this activity was piloted in Dhaka with 35 government officials from national, division and district levels. The objective of this activity was to build capacity of government officials on education statistics and data. All participants were oriented on how to calculate basic education indicators and analyze them though discussion and with using computers. This activity will be continuously carried out at divisional levels from 2006 to 2007. A trainer team will be formed with several resource persons from BANBEIS and DPE. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 January 2009 22:20 |
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Thursday, 07 December 2006 06:09 |
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The national technical committee (NTC) of education statistics was formed in 2004 under the project “ Statistical Capacity Building “funded by EC. The research team consisted of 4 members from UNESCO Institute of Statistics, BANBEIS, Directorate of Primary Education, and UNESCO Dhaka. The team visited various education institutions at national, divisional, district, sub-district and village levels and looked into data collection, management and dissemination. The report was finalized in April in 2005. The report describes current routine data collection systems with its strengths and challenges and makes recommendations for further improvement. Based on the findings of the report, a national workshop was held in Dhaka , with government officials at the national level. UNESCO EMIS software, which facilitate data process and dissemination, was introduced. |
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