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Advantages and Risks of Introducing the “Multilingual and Multicultural Education” Program in Kyrgyzstan Year of publication: 2019 Author: Kanzada Zayirbekova Corporate author: Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) According to the author, multilingual education makes it possible to simultaneously master the state, official and one of the foreign languages, and also creates cohesion in society and enhances the culture of interethnic communication, and all this strengthens interethnic relations. 
Literacy and the Promotion of Citizenship: discourses and effective practices Year of publication: 2008 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and its partners, the Agence Nationale de Lutte Contre L’Illettrisme (ANLCI) and the UNESCO French National Commission, organized a Regional Meeting on “Literacy and the Promotion of Citizenship: The Challenge of Learning” from 2-5 April 2005 in Lyon, France. Participants from 38 countries of what UNESCO considers to be the European Region (i.e. Europe, Canada, Israel and the United States of America) reviewed pertinent policies and shared good practices.By focusing on the theme of citizenship, the meeting sought to establish a link between literacy and the empowerment of citizens. This publication brings together the main presentations from that meeting, and as such documents the diversity of literacy-related thinking and practice in the region. 
Happy Schools!: A Framework for Learner Well-being in the Asia-Pacific Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok The Happy Schools Project was launched in June 2014 in the aim of promoting learner well-being and holistic development. It follows on the findings of UNESCO Bangkok’s research on ‘Learning to Live Together’, which examined the ways in which education systems can promote peace through education in the Asia-Pacific region. While the concept of ‘Learning to Live Together’ is often reflected at policy level, there is little evidence as to how it is implemented in practice. Therefore, the Happy Schools Project aims to identify and recognize proven practices at school level that integrate this concept. 
Inclusive Education Year of publication: 2008 Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) Inclusive education: the road to the future is the subject of the forty-eighth meeting of the International Conference on Education (CIE) to be held in Geneva from November 25 to 28, 2008. I believe that a genuine dialogue and a frank debate between Ministers and other education actors on this central theme and on the four related sub-themes: approaches, scope and content; public politics; systems, interfaces and transitions, and students and teachers, will be both timely and appropriate. 
Education Sector Analysis: Methodological Guidelines (Vol. 3) Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | Global Partnership for Education (GPE) | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (UK) This present volume is the third in a series of education sector analysis (ESA) guidelines following two volumes published in 2014. The series provides methodologies and applied examples for diagnosing education systems and informing national education policies and plans. This volume proposes guidelines to strengthen national capacities in analyzing education systems in four areas: inclusive education system for children with disabilities, risk analysis for resilient education systems, functioning and effectiveness of the educational administration, and stakeholder mapping and problem-driven analysis (governance and political economy). 
Life in the Times of Covid 19: A Guide for Parents of Children with Disabilities Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO New Delhi The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic has affected educational systems worldwide, leading to the widespread closure of schools and universities. The radical changes and ensuing stress brought about by COVID-19 and the lockdown may also result in different sorts of difficulties among these children.Hence, parents and caregivers of such children must know how to manage and guide their children during this pandemic.This guideline explains the different aspects that a parent/ caregiver must take into account while taking care of children with special needs. This guideline also addresses the need to maintain the mental health of the parent/ caregiver of children with special needs. The eleven sections in this guideline explain the duties and responsibilities that parents/ caregiver must follow. 
Handbook on Measuring Equity in Education Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) This handbook is aimed at professionals involved in the measurement and monitoring of equity in education, which includes not only those working on the SDGs but also any stakeholders in the field of education: technical staff in ministries of education and national statistical offices, education practitioners,members of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) active in the field of education and researchers. This material provides a conceptual framework for measuring equality in learning; offers methodological guidance on how to calculate and interpret indicators; and investigates the extent to which measuring equity in learning has been integrated into country policies, national planning and data collection and analysis. 
Personalized Learning within Teacher Education: A Framework and Guidelines Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) This paper explores the theoretical and practice elements that together inform the concept of personalised learning. These insights are then used to develop a Framework for Personalized Learning within Teacher Education. In addition, the final chapter outlines pedagogical strategies to support the development of personalised learning that were tested during the project within the participating universities.The Framework and Guidelines are intended for use by to teacher educators and their students, as well as by teachers and students in schools, to support the on‐going shift towards a personalised learning and collaborative paradigm which forefronts learner agency and autonomy and encourages learners of all ages to assume increased responsibility for their own learning and achievements. 
Sharing Malaysian experience in participation of girls in STEM education Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) The Malaysia government has placed STEM as a focus in developing the country towards achieving the status of a developed nation. The government acknowledges the role of women as equal partners in nation building. Thus, various policies ranging from economy, education, women’s welfare and human resources have been formulated through the years. These policies have resulted in among others, the increase in women researchers from 35.8% in 2004 to 49.9% in 2012 as well as more women’s participation in selected STEM courses at the tertiary level. A total of 84 girls’ day schools with 6 of them as residential STEM Girls’ schools have been built since 1939. There are many female role models in STEM for the girls to emulate. This has been made possible by the successful implementation of the various policies related to women in STEM as well as innovative measures in facing the continuing challenges in STEM education. 
UNESCO Survey on Intercultural Dialogue, 2017: Analysis of Findings Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) The present report sets out the key findings of the first UNESCO survey on intercultural dialogue conducted among its Member States. The survey takes stock of the current understanding and operational mechanisms and strategies of intercultural dialogue at national level. It assesses the main issues and opportunities, current policies and legislation, available data and resources, and main stakeholders in this field. The resulting information permits an initial inventory of countryspecific intercultural dialogue policies that will function as a point of analysis for future monitoring and inform future policy-making.The questionnaire for the survey was distributed to 199 National Commissions for UNESCO in six official United Nations languages with a submission deadline of Spring 2017. There was a response rate of 21.622%. The respondents represent all geographic regions, including countries with large, middle and small populations, and over half are from developing economies.