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QUALITY AND RELEVANCE |
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UNESCO’s strategy unifies its four main programme areas with a common purpose built on three main strategic thrusts: (a) developing and promoting universal principles and norms based on shared values; (b) promoting pluralism through recognition and safeguarding of diversity, together with the observance of human rights; and (c) promoting empowerment and participation in the emerging knowledge society through equitable access, capacity-building and knowledge sharing. |
There are three objectives with regards to education:
Promote education as a fundamental right in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
- Build partnerships for Education For All (EFA)
- Support policy reform in favour of EFA
Advance the right to education, with an emphasis on girls
- Empower the poor and reach the un-reached through education (ensuring access to education, expanding non-formal education and supporting education needs of countries in crisis situations)
Improve the quality of education through the diversification of contents and methods and the promotion of universally shared values
- Promote universally shared values through education
- Improve and diversify the contents and methods of education
- Promote science and technology education for all
- Develop effective strategies of preventive education
Promote experimentation, innovation and the diffusion and sharing of information and best practice, as well as policy dialogue in education
- Identify new trends of educational development and promoting policy dialogue
- Renew education systems
- Harness information and communication technologies (ICTs) for education |
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UNESCO & Primary Education |
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International commitments |
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