The United States Withdraws from UNESCO. Why?
On Thursday, October 12, 2017, the U.S. Department of State notified UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova of the U.S. decision to withdraw from the organization and to seek to establish a…
617 Million Students Lack Basic Reading Skills: UNESCO
According to a new report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), about 617 million children and adolescents worldwide are not achieving minimum proficiency levels in reading…
Aid to Education Falls for Sixth Consecutive Year: Report
The amount of aid allocated to education has been falling for six years in a row, shows a new policy paper, Aid to Education is Stagnating and Not Going to…
UNESCO Demands Investigation into the Murder of Journalist
Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, on Tuesday denounced the killing of award-winning journalist Javier Arturo Valdez Cárdenas in Culiacán in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico, on Monday 15 May.…
Governments Not Keeping Pace with Demand for Higher Education: UNESCO
A new policy paper from the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) at UNESCO shows that the number of university level students doubled…
Artists Announced to Receive UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, will award the 14th edition of the UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture to an Egyptian artist, Bahia Shehab, the first woman from the…