Education

Climate change threatens the lives, health and well-being of children. They are the most vulnerable to its effects, and those who live in low-income communities are at particularly high risk of harm. To save and protect lives and prevent climate change’s worst impacts on children, we need to act now. There are clear, practical solutions that work…, Paving the way for a climate resilient education system in India, A group of students using polybags from waste and fill them with field soil to grow the saplings for school nursery  during environmental activities session at a school in Maharashtra, India India, 2023. Students use polybags from waste and fill them with field soil to grow saplings for their school nursery as part of an environmental activities…, Early detection of groundwater depletion in Madagascar, The semi-arid southern region of Madagascar has been hit hard by years of severe droughts, which has left more than 4.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. The region has the country’s lowest water supply coverage, which is further exacerbated by climate change. The lack of rainfall and other environmental factors have also affected…, Innovations in climate risk reduction in Venezuela, A boy, 10, collects safe water at the UNICEF-installed solar-powered water treatment plant in Venezuela Venezuela, 2023. Dahir Franco, 10,collects safe water at the UNICEF-installed solar-powered water treatment plant in San Francisco de Guayo, Venezuela. Disaster risk reduction is an essential element of responding to climate change as children…, Reducing the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from sanitation in Kampala, Uganda, Two masons construct a new pit latrine with a bathroom in a village in Uganda. Uganda, 2022. Two masons construct a new municipality-approved pit latrine with a bathroom, for a commercial structure in Mukono, Uganda. Climate change and sanitation are intrinsically connected. Poorly managed sanitation emits significant greenhouse gas (GHG)…

GENEVA/YEREVAN, Armenia, 24 October 2023 – Two-thirds of refugee children in Armenia are enrolled in national school systems, one month after more than 21,000 school-age children fled their homes. Efforts must now focus on increasing access for the remaining 1 in 3 children currently not attending school, UNICEF said today. Children who arrived in…

PORT-SUDAN, 9 October 2023 –An estimated 19 million children in Sudan are out of school as the brutal conflict approaches the six-month mark next week. Out of this total – or 1 in every 3 children in the country - some 6.5 million lost access to school due to increased violence and insecurity in their region, with at least 10,400 schools shuttered…

OUAGADOUGOU/DAKAR/NEW YORK, 2 October 2023 - On the first day of the new 2023-2024 academic year in Burkina Faso, UNICEF warns that at least 1 in 4 schools – or 6,149 – remain shut due to ongoing violence and insecurity in parts of the country. As a result, an estimated one million children are out of school and exposed to many threats. More than…

Some achievements 2022 Emergency response: The HOPE platform was used to deliver cash transfers to over 200,000 vulnerable households with children in Ukraine. Digital health: UNICEF developed U-Test, a mobile health innovation using AI and designed to reach high-risk adolescents and youth for HIV prevention in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria…

Celebrating 10 years of Partnership between Education Above All Foundation and UNICEF, NEW YORK, 13 September 2023 – The Education Above All (EAA) Foundation and UNICEF have a strong and longstanding partnership that has been instrumental in advancing education opportunities and access to quality education for children and youth, particularly the most marginalized, across the world. The partnership has not only helped more than five…, EAA-UNICEF Partnerships ,   Educate a Child (EAC): EAC has worked with UNICEF to provide out-of-school children with access to education. The partnership has supported over 5 million out-of-school children to enrol in quality primary education in 17 countries. (Chad, Comoros, DRC, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Nigeria, Paraguay, South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania…

GENEVA, 29 August 2023 – “Attacks on schools have continued unabated throughout the war in Ukraine. “Just last week teachers were among the casualties of an attack on a civilian area in the city of Romny. The attack ripped through a school where teachers were preparing lessons for the new school year. On the same day, a kindergarten in Kherson…

GENEVA/KYIV, 29 August 2023 – Children across Ukraine are showing signs of widespread learning loss, including a deterioration in learning outcomes of the Ukrainian language, reading and mathematics, as the war preceded by the COVID-19 pandemic have left students facing a fourth year of disruption to education. “Inside Ukraine, attacks on schools…

Transforming education starts with ensuring all children attain foundational learning – literacy, numeracy and socio-emotional skills which provide the building blocks for all other learning. To this end, a global coalition has been established, inviting governments and stakeholders to endorse the  Commitment to Action on Foundational Learning  as…, Governments and education stakeholders around the world are urged to endorse the  Commitment to Action on Foundational Learning  to ensure all children, including the most marginalized, develop foundational learning to realize their full potential and participate in society. ✔️ See which governments have  endorsed the commitment to action, Explore the data,    , Foundational learning action tracker, These scorecards present country-level results from the Foundational Learning Action Tracker, an initiative to monitor progress and foster knowledge sharing on achieving foundational learning for all children. Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Central African Republic Colombia Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic…, TRACKING PROGRESS ON FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING Findings from the RAPID 2023 analysis TRACKING PROGRESS ON FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING: FINDINGS FROM THE RAPID 2023 ANALYSIS 1 IntroductionWith the unprecedented impact left by the COVID-19 crisis, education systems cannot return to the business-as-usual approaches of the pre-pandemic period. School closures…

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, 23 July 2023 – Against the odds of displacement, fires burning down learning centres, and Cyclone Mocha’s wrath, classrooms in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are filling up today with children, excited on the first day of school. Thanks to expanded education opportunities for teenagers and girls, a record 300,000…

UNICEF’s 2022 Global Annual Results Report on Goal Area 2 summarizes the global education context in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the disproportionate effects of lost learning on the most marginalized girls and boys. The report presents the programme, policy and advocacy efforts supported by UNICEF and its partners across…, Filename: GoalArea2_Web_Final.pdf Report created by: Creatrix Designer Organization: [Personal and organization information from the Preferences > Identity dialog.], Summary, The checker found no problems in this document. Needs manual check: 2 Passed manually: 0 Failed manually: 0 Skipped: 0 Passed: 30 Failed: 0, Detailed Report, Document, Rule Name Status Description Accessibility permission flag Passed Accessibility permission flag must be set Image-only PDF Passed Document is not image-only PDF Tagged PDF Passed Document is tagged PDF Logical Reading Order Needs manual check Document structure provides a logical reading order Primary language Passed Text language is specified…, Page Content, Rule Name Status Description Tagged content Passed All page content is tagged Tagged annotations Passed All annotations are tagged Tab order Passed Tab order is consistent with structure order Character encoding Passed Reliable character encoding is provided Tagged multimedia Passed All multimedia objects are tagged Screen flicker Passed Page will…, Forms, Rule Name Status Description Tagged form fields Passed All form fields are tagged Field descriptions Passed All form fields have description, Alternate Text, Rule Name Status Description Figures alternate text Passed Figures require alternate text Nested alternate text Passed Alternate text that will never be read Associated with content Passed Alternate text must be associated with some content Hides annotation Passed Alternate text should not hide annotation Other elements alternate text Passed Other…, Tables, Rule Name Status Description Rows Passed TR must be a child of Table, THead, TBody, or TFoot TH and TD Passed TH and TD must be children of TR Headers Passed Tables should have headers Regularity Passed Tables must contain the same number of columns in each row and rows in each column Summary Passed Tables must have a summary, Lists, Rule Name Status Description List items Passed LI must be a child of L Lbl and LBody Passed Lbl and LBody must be children of LI, Headings, Rule Name Status Description Appropriate nesting Passed Appropriate nesting Back to Top Spotlight onthe UNICEFEducation FundResults achieved in 2022 to ensure every child learns U NIC EF/ UN I412 39 6/W ong 1 Spotlight on the UNICEF Education FundResults achieved in 2022 to ensure every child learns Health HIV/AIDS Nutrition Education Child…

Climate change and conflict shaped many children’s lives for the worse in 2022. Flooding, storms, drought, war, local and regional conflict, and other forms of violence negatively impacted children’s safety; their health and exposure to communicable diseases; their nutritional status; their access to education; their environment and access to safe…, Filename: Humanitarian_FinalWebAccessibility.pdf Report created by: Creatrix Designer Organization: [Personal and organization information from the Preferences > Identity dialog.], Summary, The checker found no problems in this document. Needs manual check: 0 Passed manually: 2 Failed manually: 0 Skipped: 0 Passed: 30 Failed: 0, Detailed Report, Document, Rule Name Status Description Accessibility permission flag Passed Accessibility permission flag must be set Image-only PDF Passed Document is not image-only PDF Tagged PDF Passed Document is tagged PDF Logical Reading Order Passed manually Document structure provides a logical reading order Primary language Passed Text language is specified Title…, Page Content, Rule Name Status Description Tagged content Passed All page content is tagged Tagged annotations Passed All annotations are tagged Tab order Passed Tab order is consistent with structure order Character encoding Passed Reliable character encoding is provided Tagged multimedia Passed All multimedia objects are tagged Screen flicker Passed Page will…, Forms, Rule Name Status Description Tagged form fields Passed All form fields are tagged Field descriptions Passed All form fields have description, Alternate Text, Rule Name Status Description Figures alternate text Passed Figures require alternate text Nested alternate text Passed Alternate text that will never be read Associated with content Passed Alternate text must be associated with some content Hides annotation Passed Alternate text should not hide annotation Other elements alternate text Passed Other…, Tables, Rule Name Status Description Rows Passed TR must be a child of Table, THead, TBody, or TFoot TH and TD Passed TH and TD must be children of TR Headers Passed Tables should have headers Regularity Passed Tables must contain the same number of columns in each row and rows in each column Summary Passed Tables must have a summary, Lists, Rule Name Status Description List items Passed LI must be a child of L Lbl and LBody Passed Lbl and LBody must be children of LI, Headings, Rule Name Status Description Appropriate nesting Passed Appropriate nesting Back to Top