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+ Korea and UNESCO provide TVET training scholarships to Jordanian and Syrian youth - February 2019
Ahmad Oun, 22, and his family fled the conflict in Syria in the spring of 2013. They arrived in Jordan, and after a brief stay in Zaatari camp, the whole family moved in with Jordanian friends in Irbid. Ahmad, the eldest of four siblings, had just finished secondary school and was looking for work so that he could contribute to supporting his family. Soon, he found a retail job selling jewelry at a local jewelry shop. -
+ The Can’t Wait to Learn programme for children affected by conflict - February 2019
Can’t Wait to Learn is fast, effective and low-cost - and utilises custom gaming technology to deliver quality education. The evidence-based programme was developed by War Child and partners through years of testing and research. -
+ Presentations on the Implementation of SDG4 at the Regional Level - March 2019
Presentations on the Implementation of SDG4 at the Regional Level, from the 6th meeting of the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee -
+ At UNESCO Middle School in Meksseh, Bekaa, teachers receive training in active learning and psychosocial support for Syrian refugee students - February 2019
“The war has created a human tragedy. Not only it provoked large-scale displacement of people out of Syria, but it also generated an acute education crisis, with an increased number of out-of-school children. By providing education opportunities for young Syrian refugees, the schools established by UNESCO give hope that we will not have a lost generation of Syrians, deprived of education”. With these words, Ms Nahed El-Kholy, expresses her satisfaction for the establishment of the UNESCO Middle School in Meksseh village, Bekaa. -
+ “Education gives a future” – the journey of a young female learner to achieve education in war-torn Yemen - April 2019
“I consider myself lucky as I escaped the war and managed to continue my education despite the atrocities in my country. Education will give me a future”. With these words, Ms Manar Sameh Shamsan Zagheer, a 15-year-old girl from Aden expresses her happiness for being able to pursue her studies despite the war in Yemen. -
+ UAE SDGs Annual Report 2018 - July 2019
Sustainable development has been the cornerstone of the UAE’s policy making, pioneered by the nation’s founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Given this legacy, the UAE is committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, and to achieving the 17 goals whilst pursuing economic development. -
+ First Technical Workshop on the Elaboration of a Transitional Education Plan in Syria - May 2019
As part of UNESCO’s efforts to guarantee continued education provision in Syria and to ensure Syria’s progress towards SDG4-Education 2030, UNESCO Beirut organized on 8-9 May 2019 the first technical workshop for the elaboration of a Transitional Education Plan (TEP) in Syria for the period 2020-2022. -
+ Kick-off Workshop: Curriculum Development in Yemen - April 2019
Based on the demand of Yemen’s Ministry of Education, UNESCO Beirut organized on 15-17 April 2019 a kick-off workshop on “Curriculum Development in Yemen”, that aims at providing a solid basis for future curriculum processes in Yemen based on enhancing the capacities of a core staff (curriculum core group) of the Yemeni Ministry of Education. -
+ A young female achiever from Lebanon contributes to the development of UNESCO’s Strategy for Youth and Adult Literacy (2020-2025) - July 2019
Dana Adnan, 25 years old, is a young graduate in biochemistry. Despite having pursued her studies in a scientific discipline, she has always sought to link sciences with humanities. As she says: ‘”Sciences are at the service of the human life. Biochemistry, in particular, is inextricably linked to health. And when a person has a healthy body and a healthy lifestyle, he/she has a healthy mind”.
