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Non-Formal Education

Non-formal education constitutes learning opportunities for the vast majority of children, youth and adults in developing countries who are not reached by the formal education system.

Non-formal Education may take place both within and outside educational institutions, and may cater to persons of all ages. Depending on country contexts, it may cover educational programmes to impart adult literacy, basic education for out-of-school children, life-skills, work-skills, and general culture. Non-formal education programmes do not necessarily follow the 'ladder' system, may have varying durations, and may or may not confer certification of the learning achieved.



Regional Workshop for Capacity Building of NFE Personnel on Life Skills held PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 08 April 2009 09:49

Participants in the Regional Workshop for Capacity Building of Non-Formal Education Teachers' for Life Skills Curriculum, Teaching Learning Materials and Monitoring

UNESCO Regional Bureau in Bangkok and Dhaka office, jointly with UNICEF and ILO, organized the workshop in cooperation with Dhaka Ahsania Mission. The Regional Workshop for Capacity Building of NFE Personnel on Life Skills Curriculum, Teaching Learning Material and Monitoring and Evaluation was held from 30 March to 3 April 2009 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, under the support of UNESCO and Japanese Funds in Trust for EFA.

The overall objective of the workshop is to develop capacity of non-formal education personnel of government and NGOs to improve the quality of programmes for applying various skills in daily life. The areas of life skills can cover protection from risks such as HIV/AIDS prevention and also development e.g. income generation activities.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 April 2009 11:51
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EFA Global Monitoring Report 2009 PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 11:49

Despite much progress since 2000, millions of children, youth and adults still lack access to good quality education and the benefits it brings. This inequality of opportunity is undermining progress towards achieving Education for All by 2015.

Who are these individuals and groups? What are the obstacles they face? How can governance policies help break the cycle of disadvantage and poverty? What policies work? Is education reform integrated into the bigger picture? Is the international community making good on its commitments?

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Developing Non formal education (NFE) information bank CD PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 27 November 2006 08:39
The objective was to support NFE personnel of the government and NGOs to improve knowledge and skills on NFE and Literacy. Main activities were to accumulate good NFE and literacy materials which were developed in the past, to save all those documents and materials in Bangla and English into CD designed with user-friendly html pages, and to disseminate them with orientation workshops in 6 divisions in the country. CD includes about 160 useful documents of NFE and others. Click the link below to consult the NFE Info-Bank CD.
Last Updated on Thursday, 15 February 2007 04:17