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.
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When we talk about infrastructure, we tend to think of roads, railways, cables and other physical networks crossing the landscape, enabling economic activity and growth. But the term can be extended to other areas that provide people with ways to achieve their goals, such as culture, research,...
Humankind has always engaged in lifelong learning, but it has meant different things at different points in time. This will always be the case. In this period of rapid transformation, contemporary society obliges people to learn and to keep on learning throughout their lives. The world is...
The COVID-19 pandemic could come to be seen either as an important turning point for humanity or a huge missed opportunity, a landmark in the decline of human civilization. The choice, in the end, is ours, writes Paul Stanistreet....
Ms Rudo Mabel Chitiga, former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises of Zimbabwe, joined the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in November 2020. Read our interview with her and learn about the challenges...
The latest issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning is the first of two double special issues dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Entitled “Education in the age of COVID-...
In a blog post, Ms Zohour Alaoui, former president of the UNESCO General Conference, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Berlin and UIL Governing Board Member, describes the importance of lifelong learning to Morocco....
On 20 January 2021, the UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office and UNESCO Bangkok, in cooperation with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), hosted the first sub-regional preparatory consultation for the...
On 24 and 25 January 2021, UNESCO learning cities from around the world will celebrate the International Day of Education (January 24) under the theme ‘ Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation’ . Now is the time to power education by stepping up...
As an active member of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities , Clermont-Ferrand in France has made lifelong learning a priority for urban development. The city aims at guaranteeing all of its citizens access to the...
