For Rodney Naidoo, a teacher in the UNESCO Learning City of Durban, helping the most vulnerable students is more than a career, it’s a birthright.

When teacher Rodney Naidoo was little, his grandfather said, ‘Education is key for you. It is important to break the poverty cycle.’ His...

The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst health crisis in a century. It has caused deep shocks and scars in economies and societies throughout the world. The pandemic continues to cause major difficulties for businesses and to challenge individuals around the world, creating disruptions to trade and...

As preparations begin in earnest for CONFINTEA VII, it is critical that Southeast Asia continues to contribute to the global movement for adult education and lifelong learning as part of a sustainable future, writes Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela.

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On Tuesday 22 February 2022, Mr David Atchoarena, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), Mr Abdessamih Mahmoud, Director of the Agence Nationale de Lutte contre l'Analphabétisme (ANLCA) and Ms Hélène Guiol, Head of the Education Programme at the UNESCO Office for the...

URBANET blog post by Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education

The world is at a turning point. The COVID-19 pandemic has acted as an accelerator of technological disruption and inequalities,...

The theme of this year’s International Day of Education on 24 January is ‘Changing course, transforming education’. Our world stands at a turning point: persistent inequalities, a hurting planet, growing polarization and the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic puts us on the precipice of...

From 15 September to...

The third capacity-building workshop on ‘Strengthening education systems from a lifelong learning perspective’ by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the Shanghai Open University (SOU) has drawn to a close. With it, an important phase of lifelong learning policy development...