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Global Education Coalition: Expanding online learning opportunities for Ukrainian learners and teachers10 November 2023 News Ukraine: UNESCO trains 50,000 teachers on digital pedagogy11 October 2023 News Teacher’s social dialogue paves the way for World Teacher's Day Celebrations in Uganda9 October 2023 News Central Asian Experts Discuss Reforms of Teacher Policies to Improve Educational Outcomes in the Region21 September 2023 Story UNESCO supports 50,000 Ukrainian teachers to safeguard learning amid war27 July 2023 Story The United States' return to UNESCO celebrated with a flag-raising ceremony26 July 2023 Story Teaching refugees against all odds in Uganda20 June 2023 News UNESCO and the World Bank hold a regional symposium on effective career trajectories for teachers in Central Asia30 March 2023 News International Women’s Day: New factsheet highlights gender disparities in innovation and technology7 March 2023 Story How Uganda’s new Teacher Management System will transform schools and education planning2 March 2023 News Women-led research teams receive unique catalyst grants for climate action17 November 2022 News The third “Skilled Teachers - Skilled Nation” regional symposium held in Astana28 October 2022 News “Anybody can become a refugee”19 July 2022 News Online Central Asian Symposium on Education: Spotlight on Teacher Policies20 May 2022 Story International Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022 News Online Central Asian Symposium on Education: “Skilled Teachers-Skilled Nation”15 October 2021 News Central Asian Symposium on Education Highlights the Crucial Role of Teachers1 February 2021 News NTI to take stock of progress made in support of teacher policy and improved learning outcomes at 12th Policy Dialogue Forum in Dubai4 December 2019 News The Norwegian Teacher Initiative to support Uganda in implementing its National Teacher Policy12 April 2019
News The United Nations Youth Forum erupts in applause for the call by a Mixtec youth woman to demand justice to eradicate inequalities17 April 2024
News More than 48,000 Ukrainian teachers enrolled in UNESCO’s "Digital teacher" training16 February 2024
News UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition: Expanding online learning opportunities for Ukrainian learners and teachers10 November 2023
News Teacher’s social dialogue paves the way for World Teacher's Day Celebrations in Uganda9 October 2023
News Central Asian Experts Discuss Reforms of Teacher Policies to Improve Educational Outcomes in the Region21 September 2023
News UNESCO and the World Bank hold a regional symposium on effective career trajectories for teachers in Central Asia30 March 2023
News International Women’s Day: New factsheet highlights gender disparities in innovation and technology7 March 2023
Story How Uganda’s new Teacher Management System will transform schools and education planning2 March 2023
Story International Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022
News NTI to take stock of progress made in support of teacher policy and improved learning outcomes at 12th Policy Dialogue Forum in Dubai4 December 2019
News The Norwegian Teacher Initiative to support Uganda in implementing its National Teacher Policy12 April 2019