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UNESCO IICBA: strategic plan Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa (IICBA) UNESCO IICBA’s Strategic Plan for 2018-2021 is guided by its mandate and mission to strengthen the capacity of Member States in Africa in teacher policy and development. This work is vital to realizing its vision of an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa where everyone has access to qualified, motivated and professionally supported teachers. This plan is supported by a vision for Strategic Partnerships, because UNESCO IICBA recognizes their value in promoting regional and national cooperation in teacher-related issues, and in fostering dialogue on teachers and education. Strategic partnerships have three objectives:Successfully implement UNESCO IICBA’s Strategic Plan 2018-2021 Ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of resource mobilizationStrengthen advocacy, cooperation and coordination mechanisms The Strategic Plan is also supported by a Communication Strategy that covers all of UNESCO IICBA’s programme areas and will support collaboration, coordination and institutional operations. The strategy aims to contribute to effective communication that will:Help to fulfill UNESCO IICBA’s strategic goals and objectivesAmplify the visibility of UNESCO IICBA to its stakeholdersInform partners and donors on implementation progress, and demonstrate UNESCO IICBA’s accountabilityEnsure people understand what UNESCO IICBA represents and doesImprove teachers’ professional image and raise awareness to address teachers’ issues in AfricaKeep UNESCO IICBA team members proud, motivated, innovative and accountable in their tasks 
The promise of large-scale learning assessments Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO The benefits and advantages of Large-scale learning assessments(LSLAs) have been extensively reviewed in specialized literature, and there is growing recognition of the potential of assessment data to inform policy in a variety of ways. As a result, increasingly higher expectations have been placed on LSLAs as drivers of policy change over the past few decades. They are indeed expected to serve a range of uses, including monitoring, accountability, agenda-setting and analysis. The potential of such tools reaches far beyond reporting purposes. They can provide insight into areas in need of improvement and help pinpoint the most appropriate, promising and effective policy interventions. However, both national and cross-national learning assessments have raised some concerns. A growing volume of evidence calls attention to a range of unexpected and even negative effects resulting from such exercises. Drawing on a diverse body of evidence, including scholarly literature and the experience of a range of international organizations, development partners and assessment specialists, this publication reflects on the possible unintended consequences of LSLAs. Some concerns stem directly from the characteristics inherent to their design while others centre around the (mis)uses of data to inform agenda-setting and policy formulation. 
Indigenous peoples’ right to education Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO This document follows a previous series of thematic mappings on the implementation of the right to education regarding specifically Girls’ and Women’s Right to Education, the Right to Education for Persons with Disabilities, and the Right to Education and the Teaching Profession. It compiles practical examples related to indigenous people’s right to education, extracted from reports submitted by Member States within the framework of the Ninth Consultation on the implementation of the 1960 Convention and Recommendation against Discrimination in Education. It is intended to serve as a practical tool for both information sharingandadvocacy. 
Improving quality and relevance of education through mobile learning in Rwanda: a promise to deliver: case study by the UNESCO-Fazheng project on best practices in mobile learning Year of publication: 2019 Author: Wallet, Peter | Kimenyi, Eric | Miao, Fengchun | Domiter, Anett Corporate author: UNESCO Rwanda’s education sector is evolving through the adoption of information and communication technology (ICT ). Whereas the focus was previously on the extensive deployment of laptop devices, it is shifting towards advancing adaptive child-centred learning and the use of ICT augmented environments to enrich teaching and learning. In developing countries, however, an orientation frequently remains to select strategies which have previously shown to be successful in developed contexts without taking into account the full range of elements required for effective implementation including a comprehensive assessment of the financial implications required to ensure longer term sustainability. This case study aims to showcase Rwanda’s customised approach to the integration of ICT in classrooms adapted to meet the particular needs of the Rwandan education system. The SMARTRwanda Master Plan lays out a vision to transform Rwanda’s economy by leveraging the use of ICT. Aligned to SMART Rwanda, the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) is implementing the SMARTClassroominitiative under its ICT in Education Master Plan to reach all schools by 2020. Although there have been several challenges encountered during the various phases of implementation, more than half of all schools across the country are now equipped with ICT devices and many teachers have undergone various capacity-building initiatives to make better use of ICT in teaching and learning. More work is required in order to develop a fully functioning ICT in education ecosystem in Rwanda; nevertheless, this case study demonstrates progress made thus far and describes the various system stakeholders, their roles, responsibilities and contributions to date to improve access, quality and relevance of education through ICT adoption. 
Let's work together: education has a key role in helping achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team This publication has been produced on the occasion of the 2019 High-level Political Forum by the Global Eduation Monitoring Report. It draws upon findings from reports produced since 2015, showing the importance of education for the other goals in the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and calling for sectors to work together to achieve their aims. 
Capacity Develoment for Education: the CapED Programme at a glance Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO Education has the power to transform lives and is at the heart of UNESCO’s mission to build peace, eradicate poverty and drive sustainable development. Right now, 750 million adults – two-thirds women – still lack basic literacy skills. Around 264 million children and youth are out of school and the international community must have almost 69 million new teachers to reach the 2030 education goals. These challenges can be tackled effectively through education reforms. However, these can only take place when countries have the capacities to put this change into action. As well as trained staff, countries need efficient organizational processes, functioning institutions and the tools and resources to design, implement and manage tailored education policies and plans. This is where the CapED Programme steps in. By mobilizing UNESCO’s global network, the Programme provides selected countries with a cohesive package of support. It works alongside stakeholders to reinforce national capacities to undertake evidence-based education reforms that fit into their national priorities and respond to SDG4 commitments, in order to offer quality education opportunities to all. 
Her education, our future: snapshots of UNESCO's work Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO This collection provides snapshots of some of UNESCO’s efforts to empower women and girls through education. It highlights core areas of work undertaken, as profiled on the next page. The aim is to give the reader a flavour of what it is that UNESCO, including its 53 field offices and specialized institutes, is doing to transform her education and our future. 
[Video] UNESCO Associated Schools 4 Climate Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) Discover what UNESCO Associated Schools around the world do about Climate Change and Get Inspired. 
Blended learning for quality higher education: selected case studies on implementation from Asia-Pacific Year of publication: 2016 Author: Lim, Cher Ping | Wang Libing Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok Together with The Education University of Hong Kong, UNESCO Bangkok gathered experts from higher education institutions in the Asia-Pacific region to explore the potential of blended learning, including its impact on the role of teachers, the relationship between teachers and students, and the nature of educational institutions themselves. Issues about the quality of education are at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted during the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015. 
FramerSpace Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) FramerSpace is an AI-powered digital platform where the curriculum’s content can be implemented in a multi-modal environment, data collected in an open and transparent manner and analysis done with ease and the highest data analytics capabilities in the pursuit of implementing personalised learning plans in a teacher driven setting. From the Content creator’s point of view, FramerSpace offers rich content creation abilities including embedding Audio, Rich Text, Video, Journaling, Games (developed using Unity/Phaser) to name a few. The platform framework design has been made extremely intuitive and powerful to help reduce the learning curve for creators significantly and make it look significantly different than any existing learning system out there. Creators are further armed with the real-time Emotion Analysis insights related to course reviews and related discussions and facilitated dialogues. These insights would help creators identify the emotion shift on pertinent topics and identify influencers by studying context-specific trends. FramerSpace has embedded analytics that helps creators always be mindful of what is working and what is not in terms of the learning outcomes of the respective courses. Predictive analytics within FramerSpace can potentially help creators take pro-active actions, especially in the case of at-risk learners who may be on the verge of dropping out. URL: https://framerspace.com/