K12> UNESCO EDUCATION WEB DIGEST (4 April 2003)
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Summary of news articles featured on UNESCO's education website
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World record attempt at the largest lesson in support for Education for
All
Children and adults from more than 100 countries will attempt to break the
world record for the Largest Simultaneous Lesson on Wednesday April 9, as
part of the celebrations for this year?s Education For All Week (April
6-13) which is being held under the banner of ?All for Girl?s Education?.
http://portal.unesco.org/unesco/ev.php?URL_ID=10955&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SE
CTION=201
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Education for All Week 2003
All for Girls' Education ! is UNESCO's slogan for EFA Week 2003,
celebrated from 6 to 13 April. It calls on governments to get the gender
balance right. Learn more about girls' education and how close countries
are to reaching the 2005 goal through the EFA Week 2003 website.
http://www.unesco.org/education/efaweek/
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Second edition of the UNESCO Race
The second "UNESCO Race" will take place on Saturday 5 April, beginning at
8.30 a.m. The Director-General of UNESCO will signal the start of the run,
in which he will take part.
This event, which covers a distance of 5.2 kilometers (from UNESCO to
Avenue Foch), will not be timed, following the example of the "United
Nations Run" in New York.
There will be musical entertainment throughout the route and "UNESCO Run"
tee shirts will be available to all those taking part.
Breakfast will be served at the finishing point, near the tents set up for
the Paris Marathon.
You are all warmly welcomed to take part in this "Friendship Run", which
will give us an opportunity to rediscover some of the beautiful avenues of
Paris.
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=10919&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION
=201.html
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UNESCO and Education in IRAQ: Fact Sheet
The Education system in Iraq, prior to 1991, was one of the best in the
region, with over 100% Gross Enrolment Rate for primary schooling and high
levels of literacy, both of men and women. The Higher Education,
especially the scientific and technological institutions, were of an
international standard, staffed by high quality personnel.
- http://www.unesco.org/bpi/iraq/Education_factsheet.shtml
- http://www.unesco.org/iraq
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The High Commission on Education in Afghanistan meets in Paris
A few months after its creation by President Hamid Karzai in November
2002, the High Commission for Education in Afghanistan held a meeting of
its coordinators at UNESCO, Paris, from 24 to 29 March 2003. The purpose
of the meeting was to draft a report for submission to the Afghan
President at the final meeting of the Commission to be held in Kabul next
May. The document, which will review the country?s educational situation,
will contain recommendations and guidelines on educational policy. Basic
education, distance education pre-schooling and girls? education will hold
a significant place. UNESCO assisted the High Commission by putting at its
disposal the expertise of specialists in these aspects of education.
For more information please contact Dorian Gay (d.gay@xxxxxxxxxx)
http://www.unesco.org/afghanistan
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Launch of Literacy Decade in Thaïland
Hot on the heels of the official international launch of the literacy
decade in New York on 13 February 2003, the national launch in Thailand
took place during the Bangkok International Book Fair on Wednesday, 2
April 2003. The Opening ceremony was held in the morning, with speeches by
the Director of UNESCO Bangkok, Mr Sheldon Shaeffer, the Minister of
Education, H.E. Pongpol Adireksarn Dr Gamini Abeysekera, and the
representative of UNICEF Thailand.
- http://www.unescobkk.org/education/appeal/litdecade/calendar.htm
- http://www.unesco.org/education/litdecade
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Information and Communication Technology in Education: A Curriculum for
Schools and Programme of Teacher Development
Information and communication technology (ICT) has become, within a very
short time, one of the basic building blocks of modern society. Many
countries now regard understanding ICT and mastering the basic skills and
concepts of ICT as part of the core of education, alongside reading,
writing and numeracy.
This book deals with ICT in secondary schools and with the changing
competencies required of both students and teachers if they are to
function effectively in today's society. It sepecifies an ICT curriculum
for secondary schools and outlines an accompanying programme of teacher
development to implement such a curriculum.
For more information, please contact Mariana Patru (m.patru@xxxxxxxxxx)
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001295/129538e.pdf
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Education in a multilingual world
UNESCO is launching this year a new series of Education Position Papers
with a focus on reflecting the Organization's views, policies, proposals
and practices in key areas of educational thinking at an international
level. The Papers complement other more specialized publications coming
from UNESCO and are intended as core reference documents, reflecting
UNESCO's leadership worldwide in the field of education. The first of
these is Education in a Multilingual World dealing with the issue of
Languages and Education.
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001297/129728e.pdf
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More on UNESCO Education Website
http://www.unesco.org/education/
FRANCAIS : http://www.unesco.org/education/index_fr.shtml
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