News: Literacy
Improving the training of trainers for quality education in multilingual Africa
Aug 08, 2012
Mother tongue-based multilingual education is a lever for quality in education in multilingual African contexts. Building on UNESCO’s prior work with the African region UNESCO/BREDA, UIL and the African Academy of Languages recently collaborated with ...more
CONFINTEA Scholarships
Jul 17, 2012
Between 2 July and 13 July 2012, the first of the four recipients of the CONFINTEA Scholarships 2012, Mr Mohammed Gul Wahidi from Afghanistan (UNESCO Kabul) worked and shared his experience at UIL. The recipient of the Alexander Charters CONFINTEA Scholarship 2012 was accompanied by Mr Taj Ali...more
Fifth meeting of EUR-ALPHA network in Brussels
Jul 11, 2012
EUR-Alpha’s fifth partnership meeting, taking place from 13 to 15 June 2012 in Brussels, was attended by more than 40 learners, tutors and managers from governmental and non-governmental literacy organisations from different European countries. The main objectives were to finalise preparations for...more
Workshop to develop a curriculum for an Adult Basic Education Programme in Papua New Guinea
Jul 11, 2012
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 in...more
Exchange on measurement of low levels of proficiency in literacy
Jun 25, 2012
In the context of the 60th Anniversary of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), an ancillary meeting was held on the subject of measuring literacy levels. Methods and approaches used in various countries...more
Capacity assessment of non-formal education in Nepal
May 14, 2012
The Non-Formal Education Centre (NFEC) under the Ministry of Education, Nepal and the UNESCO Office in Kathmandu co-organised...more
Measuring adult learners’ competences in the African Region
Apr 20, 2012
The multi-country research project on measuring literacy programme participants’ learning outcomes (RAMAA) will assess the competences of beneficiaries of adult literacy programmes...more
Third anniversary of UIL’s Effective Literacy Practices Database (LitBase)
Mar 30, 2012
2 April 2012 marks the third anniversary of UIL’s Effective Literacy Practices Database (LitBase), which was launched by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning as a comprehensive database on innovative and effective literacy programmes from all over the world. more
The Republic of South Sudan discusses language-in-education policy
Mar 20, 2012
Research findings and trends in language-in-education policy-making and educational practice were discussed at a meeting of South Sudanese and international specialists and government representatives.more
Identifying and reinforcing capacities in Mozambique for adult literacy and education
Mar 12, 2012
With specialists from UNESCO Maputo and the UNESCO Capacity Development for EFA (CapEFA) Programme Team, UIL gave technical assistance at a national seminar in Mozambique to measure the existing capacity of the adult education sub-sector against desired capacity levels. more