UNESCO Publications

This booklet looks at why private tutoring arises, seeking to identify variables in the education system, the wider socio-cultural context and the economy that accounts for, and shapes, its existence. It also analyzes how private tutoring can potenti ...

This book explores a range of conceptual, methodological, and empirical issues concerned with the application of needs-based resource allocation in education via formula funding in schools. The notion 'needs-based formula funding' employed in this di ...

The development of human resources : New trends in technical and vocational education
The study provides a comprehensive review of the emerging Jamaican training system. Particular attention is given to administrative, financial, institutional and delivery issues.

School mapping in Lok Jumbish, India - IIEP research and studies programme
The overall aim of the study is to examine the broadened approach to the school-mapping adopted under Lok Jumbish. It looks particulary at the process of preparing the school map and the role that the community plays in it.

This book examines the theme of adult learning and the changing world of work. The first part deals with global issues and contexts which create a social demand for adult learning, and the role of different partners in meeting this demand from the p ...

Educational studies and documents (69)
This document contains the papers and commentaries thereon presented at a round table of experts on the theme of the role of measurement and evaluation in education policy. The round table was organised by the International Association for Educationa ...

CONFINTEA - Hamburg 1997A series of 29 booklets documenting workshops held at the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education
29 various booklets about: 1. democracy & cultural citizenship 2. the quality of adult learning 3. literacy & basic education 4. empowerment of women 5. world of work 6. environment, health, population 7. media, culture 8. groups with special ...

Information Brochure on the work of UNESCO in the field of education.

Student journalists report on the right to education worldwide

Second International Congress on TVE, 26-30 April 1999, Seoul, Republic of Korea
These are, as an excerpt of the Final Report of UNESCO's Second International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education in Seoul 1999, the Recommendations adopted at said congress.

2ème Congrès international de l'UNESCO sur l'EFTP, Séoul, 1999.
This is the Final Report of UNESCO’s Second International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 26-30 April 1999. It includes an introductory chapter, the keynote presentations held in the plenary ses ...

Report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century
The outcome of a three-year work by a commission chaired by Jacques Delors, this report considers the requirements for an education for the twenty-first century capable of tapping and nurturing the rich potential for learning inherent in every indivi ...

Proceedings
To address the above-mentioned needs, the Second International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education (hereinafter referred to as “the Congress”) was held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 26 to 30 April 1999. It was organised by UNESCO, ...

Booklet about UNESCO and education in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Développement des ressources humains : Nouvelles tendances dans l'enseignement technique et professionnel

A. The Policy Level: Studies from Hungary, Romania and Sweden, B. The Institution Level: A Study from the Russian Federation
This document contains a synthesis paper and four case studies of cooperation with the world of work in vocational and technical education (VTE) in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Sweden. "Synthesis" (R. Barry Hobart) considers the common social and ec ...

The manual is addressed to primary- and secondary-school teachers and to instructors in non-formal education for children and adults. It is a teaching aid providing both theory and practical advice. However, parts of it can be used directly, without ...

Report of Theme V- Fifth International Conference on Adult Education. Hamburg, Germany, 1997
The Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA V) held in Hamburg Germany, from 14 to 18 July 1997, marked a turning point in the conception of adult learning. The Conference organised by UNESCO and in particular the UNESCO Institut ...

In many countries, institutions of technical and vocational education do not restrict the scope of their activities to education and training in a narrow sense. They also produce other goods and services for sale on the market. There are many reasons ...

This publication contains the final report of a UNESCO International Workshop on Technical and Vocational Education for Rural Development: Delivery Patterns which was held in Ottawa, Canada, from 17-20 September 1996. It contains a few country discus ...

CONTINTEA - Fifth International Conference on Adult Education, 14-18 July 1997

Cairo, 2-5 June 1997 - Final Report

Training, Reserach Studies, Oberservation, Dissemination, Operational Activities
This information document is a companion document to the report presented by the Chairman of the IIEP Governing Board to the 20th session of the UNESCO General Conference. It gives a comprehensive presentation of the programme of activities carried o ...

Final report and case studies of the workshop, 15-16 May 1997, Geneva, Switzerland, organized jointly by the International Bureau of Education and the University of Geneva