Education

Education is Major Programme 1 UNESCO programmes.
 
Generally, the sector has three 3 basic roles: Coordination; Consultation and Liaising. The respective roles are grounded in execution of various UNESCO programmes within education Sector as revealed below.
 
1. EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION
UNESCO’s approach is reinforced in the Education 2030 agenda and in particular in target 4.2 of Sustainable Development Goal 4 which aims to ‘By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education.’
In this regard, the Sector focuses on UNESCO’s ECCE activities about promoting holistic and quality pre-primary education for all children over the age of 3, ensuring the use of developmentally appropriate pedagogies and emphasizing the linkages with primary education as well as early childhood health, nutrition and social services.

 

2. EDUCATION ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE
Education about the Holocaust and genocide is part of the UNESCOs efforts to promote Global Citizenship Education (GCED), a priority of the Education 2030 Agenda. In this context, the sector advocates UNESCO role to support education stakeholders in their efforts to help learners become critical thinkers, responsible and active global citizens who value human dignity and respect for all, reject anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of prejudice that can lead to violence and genocide.
 
 3. EDUCATION AND GENDER EQUALITY
The sector has a role of fostering UNESCO intention to our country of developing education systems that foster high quality and inclusive lifelong learning for all. UNESCO is committed to promoting gender equality in and through education systems from early childhood to higher education, in formal, non-formal and informal settings and in all intervention areas from planning infrastructure to training teachers.
 
 4. EDUCATION FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
The sector advocates UNESCO’s goal is to support the contribution of national education sectors to ending AIDS and promoting better health and well-being for all children and young people. The Organization is committed to strengthening the links between education and health, reflecting growing international recognition that a more comprehensive approach to school health and coordinated action across sectors is HIV and Sexuality Education. Comprehensive sexuality education, of which HIV is a core component, is central to:
  • Preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections
  • Promoting awareness of HIV testing, knowing one’s status, and treatment
  • Strengthening puberty education
  • Preventing early and unintended pregnancy
  • Developing attitudes, values and skills for health and respectful relationships
  • Promoting gender equality
 
 5. EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
UNESCO supports countries to develop and expand educational activities that focus on sustainability issues such as climate change, biodiversity, disaster risk reduction, water, cultural diversity, sustainable urbanization and sustainable lifestyles through ESD . It advises policy-makers on how to integrate ESD into education policies, curricula and teacher training. Empowering learners to live responsibly and to address complex global challenges means that education has to promote critical thinking, imagine future scenarios and make decisions in collaborative ways
 
 6. EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES
UNESCO helps to strengthen the capacities of its Member States to provide access to quality educational opportunities for all in times of crisis. Data show that access to learning opportunities during crises is both life-saving and life-sustaining, and yet education is consistently the most under-funded sector in humanitarian response.
 
 7. EDUCATION POLICY AND PLANNING  
UNESCO supports national education authorities in developing robust and coherent education policies and strategies and in managing their effective implementation all within the context of Sustainable Development Goal 4, which aims to ‘to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’.
 
 8. GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
UNESCO’s work in this field is guided by the Education 2030 Agenda and Framework for Action, notably Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 4 on Education), which calls on countries to “ensure that all learners are provided with the knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development”.
UNESCO works by supporting Member States in their efforts to implement GCED. This includes raising awareness on GCED, advocating for its implementation, and developing guidance and capacity-building tools. 
 
 9. GLOBAL EDUCATION MONITORING REPORT
The Global Education Monitoring Report (the GEM Report, formerly known as the Education for All Global Monitoring Report) is an editorially independent, authoritative and evidence-based annual report published by UNESCO. Its mandate is to monitor progress towards the education targets in the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. The substance of the GEM Report is developed and its quality assured by an experienced team under the leadership of the GEM Report Director.
The report’s findings are also shared during ministerial meetings, international academic conferences, training courses for education practitioners and in seminars involving governments, donors, NGOs, researchers and teachers. They are also disseminated through the media and social networks.
 
 10. HIGHER EDUCATION 
With a focus on developing countries, notably in Africa, UNESCO supports national efforts to build inclusion and fairer and more sustainable development. Increasing globalization has given higher education a new dimension. Its action contributes to achieving the Education 2030 Agenda and in particular target 4.3 of Sustainable Development Goal 4 for education.
 
 11. ICT IN EDUCATION 
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can complement, enrich and transform education for the better. UNESCO shares knowledge about the many ways technology can facilitate universal access to education, bridge learning divides, support the development of teachers, enhance the quality and relevance of learning, strengthen inclusion, and improve education administration and governance.
 
 12. INCLUSION IN EDUCATION 
Ensuring that each individual has an equal opportunity for educational progress remains a challenge worldwide. Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Education and the Education 2030 Framework for Action emphasize inclusion and equity as laying the foundations for quality education.
UNESCO supports Member States to ensure that education policies, programmes and practices promote the development of inclusive education systems, from early childhood onwards. This includes overcome barriers that limit the presence, participation and achievement of all learners. Particular attention is given to those learners who may be at risk of underachievement, marginalization or exclusion.
 
 13. LEADING EDUCATION 2030
Through the Incheon Declaration adopted at the World Education Forum in May 2015, UNESCO, as the United Nations’ specialized agency for education, was entrusted to lead and coordinate the Education 2030 agenda with its partners. The roadmap to achieve the ten targets of the education goal is the Education 2030 Framework for Action, adopted in November 2015, which provides guidance to governments and partners on how to turn commitments into action.
The Global Education 2030 Agenda new expanded scope:
  • reaches from early childhood learning to youth and adult education and training;
  • emphasizes the acquisition of skills for work;
  • underlines the importance of citizenship education in a plural and interdependent world;
  • focuses on inclusion, equity and gender equality; and
  • aims to ensure quality learning outcomes for all, throughout their lives.
 
 14. LITERACY 
To advance literacy as an integral part of lifelong learning and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (link is external), UNESCO takes the following approaches to promote literacy worldwide, with an emphasis on youth and adults.
  • Building strong foundations through early childhood care and education
  • Providing quality basic education for all children
  • Scaling-up functional literacy levels for youth and adults who lack basic literacy skills
  • Developing literate environments
 
15.  RIGHT TO EDUCATION
The UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education occupies the foremost place among UNESCO standard-setting instruments in the field of education. It is the first international instrument which covers the right to education extensively and has a binding force in international law. It is recognized as a cornerstone of Education 2030 Agenda and represents a powerful tool to advance SDG4.
 
 16. SCHOOL VIOLENCE AND BULLYING 
To ensure safe and inclusive learning environments for all children and adolescents, UNESCO advocates a comprehensive school health approach that encompasses policy and systems, skills-based health education, safe learning environments and links to health services.
The education sectors must adopt and implement measures to prevent and address violence and discrimination, both because of their impact on education, health and well-being, and because they stop children and young people from achieving their potential.
 
 17. EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The TVET Strategy for 2016 – 2021 has three priority areas:
  • Fostering youth employment and entrepreneurship
  • Promoting equity and gender equality
  • Facilitating the transition to green economies and sustainable societies
 
 18. TEACHERS 
UNESCO has made the supply of well-trained, supported and qualified teachers one of its top priorities. This focus has been reinforced by Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education through the Education 2030 Framework for Action, which has a target calling for a substantial increase in qualified teachers through the betterment of their training, recruitment, retention, status, working conditions and motivation (target 4.c).
UNESCO hosts the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 and they work together to address the “teacher gap” as well as tackle the issues raised in target 4.c and in the Incheon Declaration, which specifically calls for Member States to “ensure that teachers and educators are empowered, adequately recruited, well-trained, professionally qualified, motivated and supported within well-resourced, efficient and effectively governed systems”.
 
 19. THE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMME (CAPED)
UNESCO places developing capacity at the heart of its operational action at country level. In education, this is delivered primarily through its Capacity Development for Education Programme (CapED).
Created in 2003 as the Capacity Development for Education for All (CapEFA) Programme, the Programme was modified in 2016 to better align with the SDG4-Education 2030 agenda and rebranded as Capacity Development for Education. Building on 14 years of experience and achievement, it aims to translate dialogue and advocacy for the global education agenda into concrete action at country level to offer quality education opportunities for all in line with SDG4 targets.
Through CapED, UNESCO provides targeted assistance and reinforces national capacities to undertake evidence-based national education reforms. CapED’s focus is on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and those countries considered furthest away from achieving the SDG4 targets.
 
 20. UNESCO NETWORKS
        A. UNESCO Associated Schools Network
              ASP-Net uses three complementary approaches:
  • Creating: As a laboratory of ideas, ASP-Net develops, tests and disseminates innovative educational materials and promotes new teaching and learning approaches based on UNESCO’s core values and priorities.
  • Teaching & Learning: Capacity-building, innovative teaching and participative learning in specific ASP-Net thematic areas allow school principals, teachers, students and the wider school community to integrate UNESCO’s values and become role models in their community and beyond.
  • Interacting: ASP-Net gives its stakeholders opportunities to connect and exchange experiences, knowledge and good practices with schools, individuals, communities, policy-makers and society as a whole.
     B. UNESCO-UNEVOC Network
 The UNEVOC Network is an exclusive global platform for Technical and Vocational Education and           Training (TVET) with the aim to further mainstream South-South and North-South-South cooperation. The UNEVOC Network, coordinated by the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre, is made up of UNEVOC Centres, which are established in TVET institutions and serve as focal points in the provision of services and platforms for international and regional cooperation in TVET. The Network is instrumental in the production and dissemination of research, case studies, databases, publications, and enables the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre to perform its function as a clearinghouse.
Through the Network, UNEVOC Centres can share knowledge and experiences related to all aspects of TVET, exchange country experiences and discuss issues of common relevance in meetings organized by themselves, by the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre or virtually through the UNEVOC Network Portal or the UNEVOC TVeT-Forum.
  C. UNITWIN / UNESCO Chairs Programme
Through this network, higher education and research institutions all over the globe pool their resources, both human and material, to address pressing challenges and contribute to the development of their societies. In many instances, the networks and chairs serve as think-tanks and bridge-builders between academia, civil society, local communities, research and policy-making. They have proven useful in informing policy decisions, establishing new teaching initiatives, generating innovation through research and contributing to the enrichment of existing university programmes while promoting cultural diversity. In areas lacking expertise, chairs and networks have evolved into poles of excellence and innovation at regional or sub-regional levels. They also contribute to strengthening North-South-South cooperation
 
 21. UNESCO PRIZES
The sector also coordinates the following UNESCO related prizes:

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    UNESCO/People’s Republic of China (The Great Wall) Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme 2019-2020

    What is it about?

    The Government of the People’s Republic of China has placed at the disposal of UNESCO for the academic year 2019-2020 seventy-five (75) fellowships for advanced studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. These fellowships are for the benefit of developing Member States in Africa, Asia–Pacific, Latin America, Europe and North America and Arab region.

    Tenable at a selected number of Chinese universities, these fellowships are intended for scholars who plan to pursue advanced studies or undertake individual research with periodic guidance from the assigned supervisor in China for a duration of one year. Selected candidates will undertake their studies in the host universities as visiting scholars. Most of the study programmes will be conducted in English. Selected candidates will undertake their studies in the host universities as visiting scholars. In exceptional cases, candidates may be required to study Chinese language before taking up research or studying in their fields of interest.

    Twenty-five (25) of the 75 fellowships are especially intended for candidatures from the Teacher Training Institutions supported by UNESCO-CFIT Project in the 10 African countries to pursue an Advanced Training Programme for Education Administrators and Teacher Educators at East China Normal University.

    Invited Member States

    AFRICA – 46 Member States:

    Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    ASIA AND THE PACIFIC – 38 Member States:

    Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Palau, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

    ARAB STATES – 13 Member States:

    Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Yemen

    LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBEAN – 26 Member States:

    Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Venezuela

    EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA – 12 Member States:

    Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Ukraine

    Programmes of Study

    Please visit the official web page of China Scholarship Council (CSC) for the fields of proposed studies at the selected chinese universities: http://www.campuschina.org/universities/index.html

    Eligibility

    (i) Applicants applying for General Scholar programs must not be older than the age of forty-five (45) and have completed at least two years of undergraduate study; and those who applying for Senior Scholar programmes must be a master’s degree holder or an associate professor (or above) and not older than the age of fifty (50).

    (ii) English proficiency is required.

    (iii) Be in good health, both mentally and physically.

    Application submission: Closed on 15 March 2019

    Attention:

    The link for the website of China Scholarship Council is http://www.csc.edu.cn/, or the webpage for International students http://www.campuschina.org/.

    For the information of available universities and study programmes under this fellowships programme, please visit http://www.campuschina.org/universities/index.html

    Before applying online, please check our step-by-step Intruction for Online Application.

    For any other inquiry, please contact a.slojneva@unesco.org

    Read the Workflow Steps for Application Submission and Selection to understand how the fellows are selected.

    Click to download:

    Announcement Letter for Session 2019-2020

    Foreigner Physical Examination Form

    Form of Certificate of Language Knowledge

    UNESCO Fellowships Application Form (optional, National Commissions can use this form for the selection at national level)

    Submission and Selection of Candidates

    Due to the intergovernmental character of UNESCO, individual application is not acceptable for UNESCO. Only the application endorsed by the National Commissions for UNESCO will be considered. Applicants should submit their application documents through the National Commissions. The National Commission will select qualified candidates and transmit the application documents of nominated candidates to UNESCO.

    UNESCO and the Chinese authorities will select the seventy-five (75) most qualified candidates. The National Commissions to UNESCO of the beneficiaries will be duly informed by UNESCO.

  • CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

    WHV – Preservation and Cleaning of the Rock Art
    Paintings in Kondoa Rock Arts Site

    Kondoa Rock-Art Sites, United Republic of Tanzania

    Cultural Property Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2006

    (A partnership initiative by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Antiquitie - Division and Kondoa Rock Arts Site World Heritage Site)

    Call for Participants

    1. Context
    The World Heritage Volunteers programme was launched by the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in 2008, to encourage young people to undertake concrete action and play an active role in the protection, preservation and promotion of the World Heritage Sites. This program has contributed significantly to bring changes of mentalities to individuals, communities towards heritage. More importantly, the program helps to bring a sense of belonging and ownership of cultural and natural heritage resources. It is in the spirit of the philosophy behind the programme that, UNESCO National Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania would like to invite all the young people (youth) around the World to volunteer and participate in this project which will be held in Kondoa Rock Arts Site World Heritage Site in Tanzania.

    2. Aim of the Project
    The project aims at engaging young people to appreciate their past by taking part in planned activities geared to improve the state of conservation of Kondoa Rock Art. Beyond this context, the project will draw attention to researchers interesting to conduct studies in Rock Arts and more importantly, raise awareness to the local community to involve, take responsibility and benefit from their heritage.
    Note: The result of this project (including reports, images, videos and other results) will be published in UNESCO Website and National Commission Website.

    3. Project Activities
    The volunteers will participate in various hands-on activities, including cleaning the surface of the rock art paintings, building paths for the tourists in the site and
    documenting and promoting the art paintings. Furthermore, they will develop bilingual information materials for schools and local communities. They will also engage in an outreach activity in order to raise their awareness about the importance of World Heritage and encourage them to take part in preserving and conserving the site.

    4. Eligible Applicants
    This project is open to young people who are interested in World Heritage Site management and conservation.
    > Aged between 23 and 30 years.
    > Experience in the field of Culture and World Heritage.
     Only 20 participants will be selected.
    > Proficient in English for foreigners. For local applicants, both English and Kiswahili are recommended.
    > Foreigner applicants also are requested to pay a participation fee of 840 USD and local applicants Tsh. 520,000/=. The fee includes Hotel and Camp Accommodation, Return transport from Dar to Kondoa, food and water during the project.
    > Applicants who are interested in participating in the project should send their CV to chamimax@btu.
    de, lusajo.mwaiteleke@natcom.go.tz, maximilian.chami@natcom.go.tz, , zuberi.salum@mnrt.go.tz not later than 17th June 2019.
    > Please visit https://whc.unesco.org/document/173307 and http://natcom.go.tz/.

    Important projects dates:
    - Application deadline: 17th June 2019.
    - Acceptance Notification: 26th June 2019.
    - Application Fees payment deadline: 14th July 2019.
    - Project Starts: 19th - 28th August 2019

    For further information and queries, please contact Mr Maximilian Chami:
    maximilian.chami@natcom.go.tz. Or chamimax@b-tu.de.
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    Creative Cities: Call for applications 2019/ Villes créatives : Lancement de l'appel 2019

    We are pleased to inform you of the launch of the 2019 Call for Applications of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Interested cities are invited to submit their application by 30 June (Midnight, CET).

    The documents of the 2019 Call are made available on the UNESCO Website via the following link: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/content/call-applications

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    UNESCO ICM_Call for Recommendation for MARIE programme

    On behalf of International Center of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement under the auspices of UNESCO (ICM), we are delighted to inform you that, the center will organize the 3rd Martial Arts Research initiative for Experts (MARIE), which will be held from 2 July to 2 August 2019 in Chungju, Republic of Korea.

    MARIE aims to encourage martial arts researchers and instructors in their capacity building to convey positive martial arts values for youth and women.
    The center will cover the training fees, airfare, place of residence and living expenses during the program.

    Eligibility criteria
    Age: Between 23 – 35
    Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher
    Language Proficiency: Spoken and written English

    Professional experience and expertise
    a. Proven knowledge/ experience of Martial arts
    b. Experience of carrying out teaching of youth and women
    c. Specialization in one of the following field will be given priority attention:
    d. Youth development and Engagement
    e. Women’s Social engagement
    f. ‘Leave no one behind’ for vulnerable groups including Youth, the poor, persons with disabilities etc

    Required Document
    a. (Form 1) Application form
    b. (Form 2) Personal Statement and study plan
    c. (Form 3) Two letters of recommendation
    d. Official undergraduate studies transcripts (in English)
    e. Bachelor’s Degree/ Undergraduate Graduation Certificate (in English)
    f. A copy of the applicant’s passport
    g. Curriculum Vitae (Must clearly state current and/or previous position and affiliation)
    h. (Optional) proof of English Proficiency (eg. TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC etc)

    Application Instruction
    Application Form: Your name should match the name on your passport
    Personal Statement and study plan
    • Provide evidence that you possess the required professional experience described in this call for application and indicate in writing your understanding of Martial arts, the interests and extracurricular commitment.
    • The study plan should state your goals and career aspirations. You may include questions that you hope to answer through the program and/ or timeline for how you plan to meet your objectives.
    Letter of Recommendation
    • Complete your part of this form, and supply them direct to two recommenders who know you well. Recommendation should be signed by recommenders.
    Additional Materials
    • Curriculum Vitae: Most updated is required. It should include Full name, address, Number (Including country code), Awards, Work experience, Martial Arts related experience, etc (All items organized from new to old)
    • Proof of English Proficiency: Optional but recommended.

    APPLICATION SHOULD BE POSTED TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS BEFORE 22nd MARCH 2019.

    Executive Secretary
    UNESCO National Commission of the United of Tanzania,
    P.O.BOX 20384,
    Dar es Salaam.

    NOTE: HAND DELIVERY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
    Attached herewith, are forms to be filled.
    MARIE PROGRAMME APPLICATION FORM.pdf

  • VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

    UNESCO Dar es Salaam Job Opportunity - National Associate Project Officer

    Title: National Associate Project Officer

    Domain: Education and Gender Equality

    Grade: NO-B (Only nationals of Tanzania may apply for this post)

    Organizational Unit: UNESCO in Dar es Salaam

    Duty Station: Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

    Type of contract: Project Appointment

    Duration of contract: 1 year with possibility of extension subject to availability of funds and satisfactory performance

    Annual salary: Approx. 100,312,000 Tanzanian Shillings (TZS

    Deadline: (midnight, East Africa standard time): 19th April 2019

    Click here to open the vacancy advertisement
    http://www.unescodar.or.tz/unescodar/
    jobs/VA_PO_KOICA_NOB_20190322.pdf

    Click here to download UNESCO CV
    http://www.unescodar.or.tz/unescodar/
    jobs/UNESCO_CV.doc