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...

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...

On 29 October 2021, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning launched its publication 'Inclusive lifelong learning in cities: Policies and practices for vulnerable' groups at the book fair of the fifth International Conference...

With the adoption of the Yeonsu Declaration at the fifth International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC), UNESCO learning cities from around the world pledged to place lifelong learning...

Ten cities with outstanding achievements in the implementation of the learning city...