Curriculum and Assessment Issues in the Asia-Pacific
In line with a global shift from access to access with quality learning, there is need to strengthen alignment between educational policies, curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment systems. At the same...
View ArticleImproving Pedagogical Approaches for Quality Learning
One way of achieving this is to ensure quality and relevant teaching and learning, which is one of the priority areas in regional and international debates on education for the future and in the...
View ArticleEnvisioning Alternative Futures of Education
As the Director of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Professor Dator emphasized that there was no way to make an accurate prediction of “the future”....
View ArticleA Regional Highlight of the EFA Global Monitoring Report
Education is not only a fundamental human right, but also a driver of economic and social development. Citing education’s positive impact on income, health, democracy, governance, tolerance, conflict...
View Article13th Issue of Multilingual Education E-Newsletter
MLE e-News: Issue 13 – 3 April 2014 The13th issue of Asia MLE WG’s electronic newsletter has just been sent out to MLE WG members. The eNewsletter is a quarterly publication that highlights key...
View ArticleRegional Technical Feedback Workshop: National EFA 2015 Reviews, 29-30 April...
As a follow-up to the Technical Feedback Workshop on the National EFA 2015 Reviews in November 2013, this workshop aimed to enhance country capacity to improve and finalize the national EFA reports...
View ArticleAPREC: Asia-Pacific Regional Education Conference
The first in the series of regional education conferences to take place around the world before the World Education Forum 2015 (May 2015, Incheon, Republic of Korea), the Conference aims to celebrate...
View ArticleFirst Sub-Regional Workshop on Pre-primary Teacher Development in South-East...
1-3 July 2014, Radisson Blu Plaza Bangkok, Thailand Around 30 experts from 11 SEAMEO countries will gather in Bangkok to discuss the SEAMEO countries’ achievements and challenges in the field of...
View ArticleWorkshop on Sharing Promising EFA Practices in Asia-Pacific
30 June 2014, Bangkok, Thailand UNESCO Bangkok with support from the Japanese Funds-in-Trust will organize a workshop on Sharing Promising EFA Practices in Asia-Pacific on 30 June 2014 in Bangkok. The...
View Article14th Issue of Multilingual Education E-Newsletter
MLE e-News: Issue 14 – 31 July 2014 The14th issue of Asia MLE WG’s electronic newsletter has just been sent out to MLE WG members. The eNewsletter is a quarterly publication that highlights key...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific Progressing in Education
But Still “Unfinished Business”, UNESCO’s Education Chief Says Since the Education for All (EFA) goals were established in 2000, the Asia-Pacific region has made tremendous strides in education, but...
View ArticleAPREC ‘Education (Quiz!) for All’
In addition to the various thematic sessions, presentations, debates and discussions on the future of education in the Asia-Pacific, UNESCO also made for other important activities. One such activity...
View ArticleNational Launch of the 2013/4 EFA Global Monitoring Report, Bangkok,...
Under the theme of Teaching and Learning, ministry officials, academics and EFA partners in Asia-Pacific will meet at the national launch of the 2013/4 EFA Global Monitoring Report. “An education...
View ArticleBuilding Regional Recommendations for Teacher Effectiveness
Given the centrality of teachers to quality learning and to the post-2015 development agenda, UNESCO Bangkok and the Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI) focused their 2014 conference on...
View ArticleRallying International Effort to Ensure Teacher Effectiveness
Since its creation in 2009, the Teacher Task Force has been developing and implementing various activities to mitigate three “problem areas” for teachers: the policy gap, the capacity gap, and the...
View ArticleTeachers ‘Centre Stage’ at EFA-GMR Launch in Thailand
The Bangkok launch, attended by ministry officials, academics, NGO representatives and others, provided opportunity for UNESCO Bangkok to share its research into the Quality Challenge: Improving...
View Article15th Issue of Multilingual Education E-Newsletter
MLE e-News: Issue 15 – 2 October 2014 The15th issue of Asia MLE WG’s electronic newsletter has just been sent out to MLE WG members. The eNewsletter is a quarterly publication that highlights key...
View ArticleA Year of Achievements for EPR
The year 2014 has been no different - EPR has worked hard to support education ministries and produce a number of important regional conferences, workshops, studies and publications all aimed at...
View Article16th Issue of Multilingual Education E-Newsletter
MLE e-News: Issue 16 – 6 January 2015 The16th issue of Asia MLE WG’s electronic newsletter has just been sent out to MLE WG members. The eNewsletter is a quarterly publication that highlights key...
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