************************************************************** K12NewsLetters - From Educational CyberPlayGround http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** To: gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: edwebmaster@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: UNESCO Education News (8 December 2003) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:50:05 +0100 (CET) News articles featured on UNESCO's Education Portal -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANCAIS : http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=15200&URL_DO=DO_LANGUAGE_TOGGLE &URL_SECTION=201&URL_OPTIONAL=10035&EXIT_URL_ID=15200&EXIT_URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&EXIT_ URL_SECTION=201 -------------------------------------------------------------------- IN FOCUS _______________________ >> Education at the World Summit on the Information Society Equitable access to education is key in the building of knowledge societies. This is one of UNESCO's key messages to the World Summit on the Information Society, 9-12 December, in Geneva, Switzerland. http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=27214&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI ON=201 >> United Nations Literacy Decade launch in Africa The United Nations Literacy Decade (2003 - 2012) will be launched in Africa by UNESCO on December 4, in Grand Baie, Mauritius. The ceremony will also feature a roundtable discussion, an exhibition and a website about literacy in Africa. http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=27082&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI ON=201 http://www.unesco.org/africa/litdecade http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=5000&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTIO N=201 >> World AIDS Day at UNESCO The HIV/AIDS virus has killed 26 million people, half of them women, in 23 years. Sixty-eight million are expected to die by the year 2020. To mark World AIDS Day on 1 December, UNESCO is organizing a forum entitled: "AIDS Year 24: Mobilized on All Fronts", to be held at the Organization's Headquarters in Paris http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=26812&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI ON=201 NEWS ____________________________________ >> UNESCO and Germany sign Memorandum of Understanding in support of the Global Monitoring Report on Education for All December 4, 2003 - The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, and the Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Germany to UNESCO, Chair of the Executive Board, Mr Hans-Heinrich Wrede, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose of supporting the annual Global Monitoring Report on Education for All. The memorandum stipulates that the Federal Republic of Germany shall make available to UNESCO, for the years 2003 to 2005, an amount of up to ? 900,000. http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=27174&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI ON=201 >> Ministerial meeting in South Asia on Education for All December 4, 2003 - Ministers and deputy ministers from South Asian countries will meet today and tomorrow in Islamabad, Pakistan to discuss sub-regional cooperation in education. Organized jointly by the Ministry of Education of Pakistan and UNESCO, the meeting will discuss the conclusions of the EFA Global Monitoring Report and formulate required political actions recommended at national and sub-regional levels. It is also expected to issue a joint declaration concerning sub-regional co-operation by the Education Ministers. Pakistan's Federal Minister of Education, Hon. Ms. Zobaida Jalal, is chairing the meeting. http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=27176&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI ON=201 >> African Education Ministers to discuss the quality of education December 3, 2003 - The Quest for Quality: Learning from the African Experience is the theme of the biennial meeting of the Association for the Development in Africa (ADEA) that opened yesterday in Grand Baie in Mauritius. The four-day meeting will discuss the conclusion of a study on the challenges posed in improving quality in the process of Education for All in Africa. "If we do not pay sufficient attention to improving the quality of education, the movement in favor of basic education for all could result in a terrible waste," according to the study. http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=27161&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI ON=201 >> International Seminar on street children and HIV/AIDS opens in Bamako December 2, 2003 - Street children have to fight for survival daily. In such circumstances, it is difficult for them to become aware of the dangers of catching HIV/AIDS. Who is going to worry about a hypothetical future illness when the future is uncertain? This is the challenge faced by prevention programmes and actions. Tomorrow opens in Bamako, Mali, a 3-day international seminar on street children and HIV/AIDS. http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=27084&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI ON=201 >> Promising EFA developments, says UNESCO's Director-General December 1, 2003 - "I am convinced that EFA has risen higher on national agendas in recent years in many countries," said UNESCO's Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today at an information meeting with the representatives of the Permanent Delegations to UNESCO. "Governments in many developing countries in particular are addressing the EFA challenge more vigorously and the fruits of their efforts will become more visible", he stated. http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=27081&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI ON=201 >> HIV/AIDS threatens progress towards the Education for All goals, says UNESCO's Director-General December 1, 2003 - "The stark reality we face today is that all development goals, including those set for the Education for All programme, are threatened by HIV/AIDS," says UNESCO's Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura in a message on the occasion of World AIDS Day. He adds that "even partial achievement of those goals will be hollow if the future of whole societies is dimmed by the continued threat of HIV/AIDS and all its consequences." http://portal.unesco.org/education/ev.php?URL_ID=27056&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI ON=201 JUST PUBLISHED __________________________________ >> Catalogue of UNESCO's documents on education now online This catalogue provides bibliographical references for over 800 documents produced by the Education Sector since 1997. The titles in English, French and Spanish are presented by theme. Each bibliographic description is completed by an abstract of the document, a reference number and, where available, the online address where it can be downloaded in PDF format. The printed documents can be obtained free of charge, depending on availability. This catalogue and a large selection of the documents in full text will be available on Mac/PC CD-ROM at the beginning of 2004. Consult the online catalogue (in PDF) http://www.unesco.org/education/catalogue2003.pdf >> Technology Education Guide This guide is produced to help educators around the world implement technology education - and to do so in their present settings, or with minimal investment. The guide describes the purposes and goals of technology education and what it takes to start such a programme. It includes a course content outline, identifies performance objectives and suggests activities and evaluation procedures. The guide is prepared by the World Council of Associations for Technology Education for UNESCO. Download the Book in PDF http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001320/132001e.pdf >>Towards inclusive practices in secondary education It is possible to integrate all students, regardless of their disability, gender and ethnicity, into secondary education. A new booklet by UNESCO features examples from Chile, Hungary, Nepal, South Africa, Ukraine and the United States where inclusive practices at secondary level have been implemented successfully. The examples demonstrate that the success of inclusive practices depends on the goodwill and commitment of the stakeholders involved. The booklet also shows how these practices can be generalized. 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