[Assam] [UNESCO Education News] Celebrating Secondary and Vocational Education

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UNESCO at 60: Celebrating Secondary and Vocational Education John Yoon, physics student at Ward Melville High School in Setauket, NY (USA) / © Stony Brook University UNESCO is celebrating its 60th anniversary over 60 weeks, with each week devoted to a theme. The week of 30 January-4 February is dedicated to secondary and vocational education. In many countries, progress towards universal primary education is sharply increasing the demand for secondary education. This is creating unprecedented challenges of transition from primary to secondary levels of education for about one billion adolescents worldwide. UNESCO is helping countries by approach focuses on strategies for increasing the primary to secondary transition and improving the quality and relevance of secondary education. :: How many children in Africa reach secondary education? (PDF) Read the Factsheet prepared by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) on secondary education in Africa. :: Secondary Education at UNESCO Learn more about what UNESCO is doing in the field of Secondary Education. :: Secondary and Vocational Education Brief from UNESCO's Bureau of Public Information (PDF) A growing number of young people have access to secondary education. This rise in demand requires urgent measures to increase opportunities, to diversify subject matter and to re-evaluate technical and professional training. :: Technical and vocational education under scrutiny Find out how UNESCO assists governments to provide education that prepares young people for the world of work. :: Vocational Education: The Come-back? Education specialists tend to prescribe technical and vocational education and training as a recipe for jobs for young people. But experiences around the world tend to show that this is not always the case, reports Education Today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :: NEWS :: 31/01/2006 (UNESCO) - Inclusive education workshop for French teachers (1 February) :: 30/01/2006 (UIS) - Just Published: Factsheet on Secondary Education in Africa :: 26/01/2006 (UNESCO) - New edition of Study Abroad 2006-2007 :: 26/01/2006 (UNESCO Nairobi) - Just published: Uganda Basic Education Quality Assurance Guide :: 26/01/2006 (UNESCO Bangkok) - Just Published: Towards Inclusive Education in the Pacific :: 24/01/2006 (UNESCO) - Education for All high on the agenda of special Executive Board Information Session (19 January) :: 23/01/2006 (UNESCO) - Just Published: Connect- UNESCO International Science, Technology and Environmental Education newsletter :: 23/01/2006 (UNESCO) - Education is focus of African Union Summit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

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