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[Summary] The Price of Inaction: The Global Private, Fiscal and Social Costs of Children and Youth Not Learning Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Commonwealth Secretariat Education is a fundamental human right for all. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 on education has received considerable attention since its adoption in 2015. But more than halfway through the implementation period, achieving the ambitious agenda of inclusive and equitable quality education for all by 2030 remains a significant challenge for countries around the globe. As this report shows, the US$10 trillion social cost of failing to educate all the world’s children is just too high. This is the summary of The Price of Inaction: The Global Private, Fiscal and Social Costs of Children and Youth Not Learning. 
Building Strong Foundations: What to Teach for Foundational Education for Health and Well-being (Building Strong Foundations Brief; 2) Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) In a rapidly changing world, establishing strong foundations for children is vital for their well-being and resilience. Quality education is central to this endeavour and is the key to lifelong health and success. Recognizing that children thrive in the classroom when they are in good health, it is crucial to learn about health and well-being early on in primary schools. The Building strong foundations briefs, developed jointly by UNESCO and UNICEF, provide evidence-based guidance to support primary school-aged children to thrive through foundational education for health and well-being. Drawing from extensive research and consultations with leading experts from various fields and across the world, these briefs serve as a roadmap for education stakeholders to equip learners with the requisite knowledge and skills to navigate their current and future health and well-being needs. The present document is the second of four briefs. It is a go-to resource to better understand what makes a primary school curriculum effective in supporting health, well-being and learning. The brief provides practical tips and insights on integrating core thematic concepts for health and well-being into the curriculum, including concrete examples of learning objectives for lower primary and upper primary curricula. Whether a seasoned curriculum designer, a passionate educator or an individual involved in primary school curriculum processes, this brief equips readers with the tools to design impactful curricula for transformative learning, health and well-being. 
Building Strong Foundations: What is Foundational Education for Health and Well-being? (Brief 1) Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) In a rapidly changing world, establishing strong foundations for children is vital for their well-being and resilience. Quality education is central to this endeavour and is the key to lifelong health and success. Recognizing that children thrive in the classroom when they are in good health, it is crucial to learn about health and well-being early on in primary schools. The Building strong foundations briefs, developed jointly by UNESCO and UNICEF, provide evidence-based guidance to support primary school-aged children to thrive through foundational education for health and well-being. Drawing from extensive research and consultations with leading experts from various fields and across the world, these briefs serve as a roadmap for education stakeholders to equip learners with the requisite knowledge and skills to navigate their current and future health and well-being needs. This document is the first of four briefs. It provides an overview of the essential role that primary schools play in enhancing health and well-being. The document outlines what foundational refers to, why it is important for health and education, and how it contributes to paving the way for healthier, inclusive and thriving societies. The brief shares compelling evidence and case studies to distill six essential elements for an effective whole-school approach to health and well-being. 
Building Strong Foundations: How to Include the Whole School in Foundational Education for Health and Well-being (Building Strong Foundations Brief; 3) Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) In a rapidly changing world, establishing strong foundations for children is vital for their well-being and resilience. Quality education is central to this endeavour and is the key to lifelong health and success. Recognizing that children thrive in the classroom when they are in good health, it is crucial to learn about health and well-being early on in primary schools. The Building Strong Foundations briefs, developed jointly by UNESCO and UNICEF, provide evidence-based guidance to support primary school-aged children to thrive through foundational education for health and well-being. Drawing from extensive research and consultations with leading experts from various fields and across the world, these briefs serve as a roadmap for education stakeholders to equip learners with the requisite knowledge and skills to navigate their current and future health and well-being needs. The present document is the third of four briefs. It explores how a whole-school approach to health and well-being in primary schools generates significant impacts on learners’ health, well-being and education. The brief shares practical guidance and case studies to distill six essential elements for an effective whole-school approach to health and well-being. 
Building Strong Foundations: How to Put Foundational Education for Health and Well-being into Practice (Building Strong Foundations Brief; 4) Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) The African Union’s designation of 2024 as the Year of Education highlights the critical importance of education for equipping young Africans with the skills essential for their own and for the continent’s development. It is also a recognition of the multiple challenges ahead before every child can complete primary school having acquire the foundational skills that open the door for lifelong learning. Currently the out-of-school population is rising, one in five children do not complete primary school and, of those who do, only about one in five achieve minimum proficiency in reading and mathematics. African countries have set targets on primary completion and foundational learning but to effectively translate their ambitions into results, the 2024 Spotlight continental report emphasizes the importance of coherence between their curricula, textbooks, teacher guides and assessments. It evaluates the alignment of these policy documents with each other but also with a global standard of what students are expected to know and by when. It also assesses how these key documents are used in classrooms and what the implications are for children’s opportunities to learn. This report is the second in a series of three envisaged between 2022 and 2025, each covering some 12 countries of which a selection is examined in depth, in dialogue with education ministries and national stakeholders. The focus countries for this second Spotlight report cycle were Mauritania, Niger, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia. The statistics and analysis presented in this publication aim to feed into the policy dialogue mechanism under the auspices of the African Union and its Continental Education Strategy for Africa. In particular, the Spotlight series aims to spark debate on foundational learning among African countries and encourage them to identify areas for joined action, given that they share a lot of policy challenges. 
Global Report on Early Childhood Care and Education: The Right to a Strong Foundation; Key Highlights Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This document is the key highlights of the Global Report on Early Childhood Care and Education: The Right to a Strong Foundation. 
Global guidance on addressing school related gender based violence Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) More than 246 million children are subjected to gender-based violence in or around schools every year. This is a violation of their human rights, and a form of gender-discrimination that has far-reaching physical, psychological and educational consequences. Ending schoolrelated gender-based violence (SRGBV) is a priority for countries wishing to achieve ambitious global goals on inclusive and quality education for all and gender equality.WHAT IS THE AIM OF THIS GUIDANCE? This guidance aims to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource on school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV), including clear, knowledge-based operational guidance, diverse case studies drawn from examples of promising practice and recommended tools for the education sector and its partners working to eliminate gender-based violence. It distils programme knowledge based on existing global literature, promising practices, expert recommendations and practitioner consensus.WHO IS THIS GUIDANCE FOR? The primary audience for this global guidance is the national education sector, including government policy-makers, education ministries, school administrators, educators and other school staff. The guidance may also have wider interest for other national and international stakeholders that are interested in addressing SRGBV, including NGOs, bilateral and multilateral agencies, teachers’ trade unions and policy-makers in other domestic sectors. The guidance is intended primarily for use in low- and middle-income settings, but is based on norms and principles that are universally applicable.WHAT IS COVERED IN THIS GUIDANCE? Promising practice case studies and recommended tools are embedded throughout the relevant sub-sections of the guidance. These provide readers with illustrative examples of implementation in real-life contexts and can serve as resources that have been successfully used – and can be adapted – for application in different contexts.This guidance complements other existing tools and materials for specific bilateral, multilateral and NGO audiences on violence against women and girls, and violence in schools. An expanded online version, which will be regularly updated, is available at www.endvawnow.org 
Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education: Information for Funding Partners Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education: Information for Funding Partners 
UNESCO, UNFPA & UN Women Joint Programme: on Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) The Joint Programme on Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education leverages the collective expertise, experience and networks of three United Nations agencies – UNESCO, UNFPA and UN Women.It aims to empower adolescent girls and young women aged 10 to 24 to make successful and healthy transitions into adulthood, in and through quality education.Taking a lifecycle perspective and a holistic approach, the Joint Programme strengthens the links between education, health and gender equality. 
Série de guides youthXchange: biodiversité et modes de vie Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The YouthXchange Biodiversity and LifestylesGuidebook is designed to help young people familiarize themselves with the dimensions of global biological and cultural diversity, as well as help them to develop essential skills whileengaging with biodiversity.The guidebook aims to:• Explore the interactions between biodiversity and lifestyle choices by explaining the interrelatedness of food, consumption, culture and biodiversity conservation;• Help young people familiarize themselves with the dimensions of global biological and cultural diversity, as well as help them to develop essential skills while engaging with biodiversity; and• Help young people consider how they can preserve biodiversity though responsible lifestyle choices, engagement and action.