UNESCO Publications

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is very expensive and governments are obliged to explore different sources of funding. If funding is in short supply, it is likely to create a mismatch between the training that the students rece ...

Six Case Studies from Southern and Eastern Africa
The studies were commissioned in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius and Zambia. Carried out by writers connected with the UNEVOC Network as part of capacity building and of contributing to knowledge building and sharing, the authors have primarily de ...

In this 11th volume of the UNESCO-UNEVOC Book Series, the renewed interest in the apprenticeship tradition and the various steps towards the implementation of innovative apprenticeship programmes are analyzed and discussed from different perspectives ...

Published as CD-ROM or Online Course
UNESCO Bangkok with funding support from Japanese-Funds-In-Trust (JFIT) has published an e-learning CD-ROM containing two modules. Module 1: ICT in Education Essentials: provides learners with essential information about ICT in education and a ...

International Conference on AIDS, 17th, Mexico City, 2008
This document briefly outlines what is known, and what needs to be learned, about scaling up education sector responses to the AIDS epidemic

Bridging Academic and Vocational Learning
This 6-volume Handbook covers in detail all of the latest practice in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Edited by two world-leading authorities on the subject, contributions have come from more than 200 international authors, ma ...

Bridging Academic and Vocational Learning
This 6-volume Handbook covers in detail all of the latest practice in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Edited by two world-leading authorities on the subject, contributions have come from more than 200 international authors, ma ...

Diagnosis and Comparative Analysis for Identifying Quality Improvement Strategies
It is apparent that for some time now, there has been a general mobilization on the part of African countries to position the [technical and vocational education and training] TVET sub-sector at the centre of development policy. This renewed consider ...

Indeed, ICT in schools are seen by education policy-makers as an opportunity. Yet, once policy-makers consider making significant investments in ICT, a host of questions emerge, from how many computers are needed in a school to how teachers can use t ...

Publications of the Finnish National Commission for UNESCO No. 84
This publication is a product of a collected effort by international leaders and aims to offer a tool for a better understanding of the challenges of global education and cultural dialogue. It provides findings and thoughts that can contribute to enh ...

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) research has become a recognized and well-defined area of interdisciplinary research. The Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Research is the first handbook of its kind th ...

6th international conference on adult education, Belem, Brazil, 19-22 May 2009
Leaflet on 6th International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI)

This book gives an overview of the policies, strategies and financial commitments of the 23 influental Western donors that constitute the OECD in relation to education in fragile and conflict-affected states. Three donors, including the European Comm ...

Community participation, along with good governance, rights ownership and accountability, can contribute greatly to reconstruction efforts and conflict resolution. Communities are often among the first to step forward to provide education, which can ...

Bridging Academic and Vocational Learning
This 6-volume Handbook covers in detail all of the latest practice in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Edited by two world-leading authorities on the subject, contributions have come from more than 200 international authors, ma ...

This publication provides a snapshot of activities in the Asia-Pacific to stimulate discussion for all players in the ever increasing circle of stakeholders in Education for Sustainable Development. The importance of consistently creating network ass ...

Bridging Academic and Vocational Learning
This 6-volume Handbook covers in detail all of the latest practice in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Edited by two world-leading authorities on the subject, contributions have come from more than 200 international authors, ma ...

Bridging Academic and Vocational Learning
This 6-volume Handbook covers in detail all of the latest practice in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Edited by two world-leading authorities on the subject, contributions have come from more than 200 international authors, ma ...

This book reviews some alternative education programmes, including those providing alternative access, such as accelerated learning programmes and home-based or community-based schools. It also examines programmes that are alternative in curriculum p ...

Asian Perspectives
Co-ordination mechanisms between TVET and enterprises in different economic sectors are eminently important for the relevance of TVET to both employers and job seekers. Such mechanisms, linkages and “bridges” between training providers and compan ...

in: UNEVOC Forum 13, 2008 (Supplement to UNESCO-UNEVOC Bulletin 14)
This edition of the UNEVOC Forum provides a snapshot into countries emerging from conflict, examining some of the challenges faced, and vocational training issues to be addressed, when seeking to reintegrate ex-combatants into civilian life. Prolonge ...

UNESCO-sponsored programmes and publications

The right to education is an internationally recognized right. It is established in a number of standard-setting instruments adopted by the United Nations and by UNESCO. It is an integral part of UNESCO’s mission, and central to Education for All ( ...

29 to 31 January 2008, Maputo
Second regional meeting on the Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) in the African region.

21-24 January, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Report on second regional meeting of the 9 Asian and Pacific countries which participate in UNESCO's literacy initiative for empowerment (LIFE).