Education

Girld stands in front of a mural

Meet some students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine who are currently taking part in the scholarship programme administered by UNOPS.

Palestinian girls, donning traditional garments, dance dabkeh in a school yard.

UNRWA Inaugurates New School in Dera’a Refugee Camp

Yvonne stands next to Eric, who proudly holds his newest school books wearing his school uniform.

“These are our children”

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan speaks to a girl attending a center for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Bamako, Mali.

Muzoon Almellehan is an education activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Muzoon has been campaigning for children’s education in emergencies since she was forced to flee Syria in 2013 with her family. In this article in the UN Chronicle for the International Day of Education, she shares her personal story and her motivation for the work she does. "Education is the key to peace and prosperity, and the foundation of equality," she says.

Students at the “25 de Junho” School, located in Beira, Mozambique.

The International Day of Education, 24 January, this year highlights the integrated nature of education, its humanistic aims, as well as its centrality to our collective development ambitions. The 2020 celebration will reaffirm the role of education as a fundamental right and a public good. It will frame ‘inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all’ as a goal in and of itself, as well as a necessary means to accelerate progress to meet the targets of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

students reading in class

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participants in Futurecasters Global Young Visionaries Summit

Some 700 outstanding young students from 25 countries are meeting in Geneva (8-10 January) to discuss how the power of technology can change the world. Hosted and co-organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and FerMUN, the Futurecasters Global Young Visionaries Summit focuses on how technologies can be harnessed for progress towards the SDGs. Model United Nations (MUN) simulations are a popular way to learn about the UN. More than 400,000 students worldwide participate every year in MUN at all educational levels – from primary school to university.

Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, meets young Rohingya refugee students in Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh.

This report tells the stories of some of the world’s 7.1 million refugee children of school age under UNHCR’s mandate. 

Over one million beads were used in Demond Melancon's Mardi Gras Indian chief suit.

‘Big Chief’ and the Million Beads

inmate learning handpainting poster

The Juan Luis Vives school is located in the Valparaiso Penitentiary Centre, Chile. Founded in 1999, the institution provides basic and secondary education, and vocational training for detainees. The school was awarded the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy in 2015.

Tulisa sits at his desk in a classroom at Tarse Primary School in Butembo, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

UNICEF is working with psychologists, teachers and students in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help children reintegrate.

Nuns and monks, with shaved heads and dressed in crimson robes, sit in organized rows as they look ahead in unison.

Bhutan's Changemakers in Crimson Robes

Families in China talk about comprehensive sex education for UNESCO’s Foundation of Life and Love campaign. What does CSE mean for you? Join the conversation at #CSEandMe

Multi-ethnic, funky, male and female cardboard characters are grouped together on a board game.

The Game of Life

Schools in Torodi, in the Tillabery region of Niger, have been the target of violent attacks, which have prevented children from exercising their right to education.