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We share a common belief in the important role ICT has to play in the progression of the knowledge economy in countries across Asia Pacific...DepEd's own Information Communication Technology for Education (ICT4E) initiative also provided another 100,...
Tags: Intel Philippines, Intel Teach, UNESCO, computers laboratory, communication technology, secondary schools, ICT, Philippines, Manila, Digital divide, Digital literacy, Literacy, Department of Education, Information and communication technologies in education, Technology Internet, Communication, Educational technology, Career and technical education, Education
Acting President of the Qatar Statistics Authority, Sheikh Hamad bin Jabor Al Thani, has participated in the Eleventh Ordinary Session of the Governing Board of Unesco Institute for Statistics (UIS) in Montreal, Canada, recently. The session reviewed...
Tags: UIS Director, UIS Governing Board, Qatar, Doha, UNESCO, House of Thani, International Standard Classification of Education, Emirates, Western Asia, Social Issues
RAJYA SABHA The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education as a percentage of the population cohort in the age group of 18-23 years is 12.4% based on 2007 enrolment data. As per the data obtained from the United Nations Educational,...
Tags: Enrolment ratiio, higher education, UNESCO, Gross Enrolment Ratio, central universities, University Grants Commission, eleventh plan
UNESCO Bangkok and Intel have signed an agreement which is expected to advance the 21st century teaching skills of pre-service teachers in nine countries across the Asia Pacific region. The countries are Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia,...
Tags: Asia, Bangladesh, ICT, Indonesia, Intel, Nepal, Pacific, Pakistan, program, Teach, Thailand, UNESCO, Vietnam, Educational technology, Intel Teach Program, Gwang-Jo Kim, UNESCO Bangkok, Intel Accelerate Teacher Development, Islamabad, Information and communication technologies in education, Intel Corporation, Education, Semiconductor companies, Intel&rsquo, Communication
Although women have long made major contributions to science, their efforts have often been overlooked...L'Or�al For Women in Science partnership announced the five 2010 laureates on Oct.15. Representing five distinct geographical regions, professors...
Tags: University of the Philippines, Lourdes J. Cruz, unesco award, women scientist, equal opportunity, Philippines, Lourdes, Gender, Human Interest, Scientists, Women in science, UNESCO, Education
Many dignitaries, experts and NGOs from Asia and the Pacific region flocked to Gedung Merdeka on Jl. Asia Africa trying to find common ground and solutions to the excesses of globalization. The coalition of cities against racism is an initiative launched...
Tags: Asia Africa, Pacific Coalition Against Racism, Unesco, Sulistyo Pudjo H. Bandung, Cambodia, Phnom Pénh, Discrimination, Racism, Affirmative action, Social Issues
Addressing an audience, including over 1,000 of the world�s pre-eminent thought leaders, Sheikha Mozah, who is also Unesco�s Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education, shared her vision of education and how to create a fertile ground for producing...
Tags: Sheikha Mozah, Unesco, Qatar, Doha
President Georgi Parvanov as she pays a visit to her native country...When defeated, Hosni complained about "a group of the world's Jews who had a major influence in the elections." Bokova has said her priorities in the job will be to focus on education,...
Tags: Irina Bokova, Native Bulgaria, UNESCO, Bulgaria, Sofia, Georgi Parvanov, Presidents of the United Nations Security Council, Digital divide, Reading, International organizations, Freedom of expression, Acronyms, Koᅢᆵchiro Matsuura, Novinite.com, United Nations, The Clash of Civilizations
World Heritage in Young Hands,” which encourages young people to become involved in heritage conservation. It tackled five main subjects: the World Heritage Convention signed in 1972, world heritage and identity, world heritage and tourism, world heritage...
Tags: World Heritage Convention, Sidon, World Heritage Site, UNESCO, Sidon District, Fouad Siniora, Education, Lebanon, Recycling, Waste management, Landfill, Environment
The UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence will be presented to this year’s two laureates - François Houtart, Belgian sociologist and theologian, and Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist –...
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