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Selected Recent Publications
Developing management information systems for community learning centres: A guidebook
This guidebook presents the steps to develop and operate a management information system for community learning centres (CLC-MIS). It targets primarily all individuals who are responsible for operating and managing a CLC. those at central education ministries to build nationwide CLC-MIS networks.
Effective pedagogy in mathematics
This is the nineteenth booklet in a series on educational practices that improve learning. It complements an earlier booklet, Improving Student Achievement in Mathematics, by Douglas A. Grouws and Kristin J. Cebulla. It is intended to be a catalyst for systemic improvement and sustainable development in education.
Global synthesis of findings of UNESS documents: progress report (working document)
This global synthesis summarizes the findings of over 80 country-based UNESCO National Education Support Strategies' (UNESS) documents on national educational challenges, government policies and development partner priorities. It builds on the regional syntheses, conducted by the respective Regional Bureaux.
Inclusive education: the way of the future; conclusions and recommendations of the 48th session of the International Conference on Education (ICE)
In their conclusions and recommendations, participants in the 48th session of ICE reaffirmed that inclusive quality education is fundamental to achieving human, social and economic development.
International Conference on Education, 48th session, Geneva, Switzerland, 25-28 November 2008: Inclusive education: the way of the future: final report
The structure of the 48th session of the ICE was designed to provide multiple opportunities to foster genuine dialogue among all participants and stakeholders, as evidenced in this report.
International guidelines on sexuality Education: an evidence informed approach on effective sex, relationships and HIV/STI education
These Guidelines have been developed primarily to assist education, health and other relevant authorities in the development and implementation of school-based sexuality education programmes and materials. Effective sexuality education is a critical part of the prevention work: properly designed and implemented programmes can reduce the risk of HIV and other STIs, unintended pregnancy, but also coercive or abusive sexual activity.
Peer and outreach education for improving the sexual health of men who have sex with men: a reference manual for peer & outreach worker
This manual aims at helping peer educators and outreach workers update their knowledge about HIV/STI and sex issues. The information is presented in a question/answer format in order to find answers easily when in the field.
Public responsibility for higher education
Viewing knowledge and higher education as a service in the public interest requires and justifies that its overall development, without encroaching on institutional autonomy, must be framed by a proactive public policy. This public responsibility is here developed into a variety of contextually-defined policies.
The Impact of the crisis on public expenditure on education: findings from the UNESCO Quick Survey
In March 2009, the Education Sector of UNESCO launched a Quick Survey in order to assess the impact of the current financial and economic crisis on public expenditure on education in Member States. This report, dated June 2009, presents the findings and salient points of this survey based on the questionnaires filled by Field Offices in fifty-one countries; some other information sources were used to complement the country responses to the survey.
The university as an institution of public domain: the Polish perspective
Non-Polish readers will find in this book a broad panorama of conceptual transformations in Poland’s higher education system and, most importantly, an exhaustive description of the model currently in place with an in-depth justification of the adopted solutions.