In its journey from post-conflict reconstruction to sustainable peace and development, Timor-Leste as a young independent state faces the challenge of a high proportion of adults without education. In 2010 a national census stated that 30% of men and 37% of women have never attended school,...
From 5 to 10 May 2014, around 70 staff from the Angolan Ministry of Education at national and provincial level, as well as stakeholders from other ministries, civil society organisations and international partners, met at a national workshop in Luanda to discuss strategic interventions to...
The strengthening of institutional and organisational capacities will be crucial to achieve the literacy and adult education goals of the Strategic Plan of the Education Sector 2012–2016 in Mozambique. The UNESCO Capacity for EFA Programme Mozambique therefore includes a training component to...
On 26–28 August 2013, around 350 participants met at a National Forum in Luanda to discuss the challenges of reaching the Education for All (EFA) goals ...
UNESCO provides focused support to the government of Mali to reinforce the country’s capacities in the training of educators ( formation des enseignants ) with a view to achieving the EFA goals. A series of interventions and workshops is being undertaken to that end in the framework of the so-...
Providing basic literacy skills to the world’s 800 million illiterate adults is an essential step in empowering people to become agents of positive social change in their communities. However, this issue is low on the agenda of education policymakers, judging by the status and conditions of...
Mozambique has one of the highest rates of illiteracy in the world, with approximately 44% of adults (nearly 60% of women) unable to read and write. To address the urgent need for technical support, UIL participated in two training events in Maputo.
UNESCO has been providing support to...
In the framework of the second phase of the production of a manual on the training system for teachers in basic education, UNESCO Accra (Ghana), in collaboration with UIL and ED/ BLS (Division for Basic Learning and Skills Development), organised a workshop from 30th July to 3rd August, 2012 in...
On 6 and 7 September, as part of the celebrations for International Literacy Day (8 September), representatives from those 41 countries that face the largest literacy challenges, including 14 ministers and vice-ministers of education, attended a high-level event in Paris titled “Reaching the...
17 participants representing the governmental National Literacy and Awareness Secretariat (NLAS), the Curriculum and Basic Education Units of the Department of Education, the UNESCO National Commission (NatCom), different universities and non-governmental organisations met from 4 to 8 June 2012...
