News: Priority Africa
The publication “Why and how Africa should invest in African languages and multilingual education” is now also available in Kiswahili and Spanish
Feb 22, 2011
Download Kiswahili version Download Spanish versionmore
Now available: Why and how Africa should invest in African languages and multilingual education
Jul 08, 2010
In collaboration with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has just published the enclosed evidence- and practice-based policy advocacy brief on why and how Africa should invest in African languages and multilingual ...more
Policy Guide for the Successful Integration of African Languages and Cultures into Education
Apr 08, 2010
From 20 to 22 January 2010, UIL and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) held a Ministerial Conference on the Integration of African Languages and Cultures into Education in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The conference was hosted by the Ministry of Basic Education and...more
Workshop to evaluate the progress of LIFE in Africa
Apr 08, 2010
The Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE/2006-2015) is a major UNESCO activity designed to accelerate literacy in the 35 countries in which literacy poses a critical challenge. It contributes to the Education for All (EFA) goals, the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD) objectives and the...more