6 June 2021
Rationale
Bulgaria’s National Strategy for Lifelong Learning offers a response to the emerging challenges the nation faces in terms of social inclusion and economic growth. The comprehensive strategy offers an approach to lifelong learning that encompasses all areas of learning and respective...
21 October 2020
Rationale
Laos’s Decree on Lifelong Learning aims to enable all Lao citizens to access learning opportunities to advance their level of education, knowledge, vocational and professional capabilities; develop sound morals and ethics; and be ready to contribute to national socio-economic...
21 October 2020
Rationale
In the context of globalization in the twenty-first century, Cambodia’s National Policy on Lifelong Learning has been conceived to maximize human resource development to enable the country to progress to upper middle-income status by 2050, in a sustainable manner. In the context of...
20 April 2020
Rationale
The Lifelong Education Act of the Republic of Korea (2009) calls on the Ministry of Education to develop a comprehensive lifelong education promotion plan every five years at the national level. This national plan proposes mid- and long-term policy objectives and a basic direction for...
15 May 2018
African solutions to African problems
The 2018 Pan-African High-Level Conference on Education was notable for a number of reasons. First, it placed lifelong learning at the heart of thinking about education policy and planning in Africa. Second, it secured wide ministerial-level endorsement of...
21 February 2018
It is sobering to reflect that some 40 per cent of the global population do not have access to education in a language they can speak or understand. Many millions of children are taught in a language they do not speak at home, while, for equally huge numbers of adults, the unavailability of...
29 January 2018
UIL Director, a.i. Kabir Shaikh on the power of conversation in a fragmented world
It has been a joy and an honour for me to serve as interim director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) over...
Rationale of the action plan
The National Action Plan, which covers all stages of the education system from early childhood to technical, vocational and continuing education, was developed in line with the Education for All goals set by UNESCO. Strategies proposed in the plan aim to provide...
Rationale of the policy
The framework for the period 2012–2020 is a follow up of the reviewed implementation of the framework for the period 2005–2010. After obtaining a number of important results, the new policy aims to overcome its remaining limitations and shortcomings. A retrospect included...