UNESCO has opened its call for applications and encourages all champions in the field of literacy learning to apply for the prestigious UNESCO International Literacy Prizes. This is also a call for nomination entities to be ready to engage and nominate their favorite candidates from around the world.
As we mark World Book Day, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning spoke to Dawn Stitzel , National Program Director of the Library of Congress Literacy Awards (USA), about the importance of literacy and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic of two internationally...
To mark this year’s World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April, the German Prison Library Support Group, in cooperation with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the German reading project KonTEXT in Munich, will launch its first...
On 25 March 2021, the new Steering Group of the Global Alliance for Literacy within the Framework of Lifelong Learning (GAL) looked at ways to strengthen literacy in GAL member countries. The alliance’s work plan for 2021, fundraising, advocacy, and a new initiative to strengthen digital...
School closures brought by the COVID-19 crisis forced countries worldwide to implement distance, technology-enabled and other home-based learning. Students who were unable to return to the classroom because of the pandemic instead often turned to parents, siblings, and other family members for...
This year, International Women’s Day falls at a critical time, as the world confronts the unprecedented educational challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. To ensure learning continuity, most of the world has rapidly adopted emergency approaches, particularly through a shift to online learning....
Education is key for realizing true gender parity, but equality in access to and opportunities for learning for people of all genders remains a challenge around the world. Poverty, geographical isolation, minority status, disability, early marriage and pregnancy, gender-based violence, and...
The COVID-19 pandemic has only magnified the existing challenges in literacy and learning: Around 773 million young people and adults still lack basic literacy skills (UIS), and 40 % of the global population doesn’t have access to education in a language they speak or understand.
On 21...
Adult numeracy is key to improving citizens’ lives and supporting the development of jobs markets, economies and societies around the globe. However, its importance is all too often overlooked, in terms of both numeracy education (for adults and in schools) and monitoring of skill levels by...
Adult numeracy and literacy skills are key to transforming lives, promoting social inclusion and contributing to sustainable societies. Achieving an optimal return on investment with regard to the development of adult skills and competencies requires the collation of comprehensive data to assess...
