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Creating inclusive and playful classrooms through values-based teaching
For every child to learn, they must feel welcome in their classroom, no matter their ability, background, culture, or religion. It is a teacher’s responsibility to create inclusive and engaging learning environments, but they cannot do this alone. To develop these skills, teachers need to have access to professional development…
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Quality education for all – now or never
World leaders, policymakers, development partners, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) among others gathered at the UN Headquarters last week for the Transforming Education Summit..
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Historic first-ever International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) launched at United Nations Transforming Education Summit
UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown presents the founding statutes of the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) to UN Secretary-General António Guterres to mark IFFEd’s launch…
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Rewiring Education for People and Planet report calls for cross-sectoral collaboration
Rewiring Education for People and Planet, this report is a call to action to work across sectors, levels, and stakeholders to transform education together with a wider development transformation.
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Transforming Education Summit: Our expectations and hopes
The Transforming Education Summit is approaching and we are excited about it! The United Nations Secretariat planned this important political moment…
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Innovative Pedagogies: The what, why, and how of Universal Design for Learning and Social Emotional Learning
Education cannot wait. Build back better. All means all. It is difficult to argue with powerful and catchy messages like these about the importance and urgency of quality and inclusive education.
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On the road to the Transforming Education Summit and beyond
The UN Secretary-General is convening the Transforming Education Summit (TES) on September 19, 2022. The Summit aims to rekindle political commitment, mobilize action on solutions to recover from COVID-19, reimagine education, and revitalize efforts to achieve SDG 4.
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School leadership event in Sierra Leone draws experts across Africa
Education Development Trust (EDT) co-hosted a knowledge exchange event last month, bringing together key stakeholders and policymakers from Sierra Leone’s education sector.
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Around 3 in 4 youth lack skills needed for employment, new report says
Nearly three quarters of young people aged 15 to 24 in 92 countries with available data are off-track to acquire the skills needed for employment, according to a new report published today by the Education Commission and UNICEF ahead of World Youth Skills Day.
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Deputy Secretary-General echoes call to operationalize International Finance Facility for Education to drive education transformation
The UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s delivered the following remarks at the Innovative Financing for Lower-Middle-Income Countries side event at the Transforming Education Pre-Summit in Paris on June 29, 2022.
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