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To accelerate progress towards Education for All by 2015, UNESCO is mobilizing its efforts in three key areas: Teacher Training, Literacy and HIV/AIDS prevention education.

 
What UNESCO is doing for Teacher Training

UNESCO promotes the development of a professionally-trained corps of teachers who provided the human contact, understanding and judgment necessary to prepare our children for the world of tomorrow. More
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NEW INITIATIVE
UNESCO’s Teacher Training Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa
UNESCO’s Teacher Training Initiative is a new 10-year project to dramatically improve teacher training capacities in 46 sub-Saharan countries. » More
 

OVERVIEW OF TEACHER TRAINING PROJECTS


These projects are designed to respond to national needs and priorities in countries that require the most support.

Africa - Arab States - Asia and the Pacific -

Europe & North America - Latin America & the Caribbean -

Worldwide

FACTS AND FIGURES

Percentage of trained teachers around the world (UIS)

Teachers for Tomorrow’s Schools (UIS)

 
TO KNOW MORE ABOUT TEACHER TRAINING
UNESCO's portal on Teacher Education
Addressing quality teacher preparation and training Targeting lead teacher training institutions in Africa

ICT Portal for Teachers
Internet resources and websites to help teachers utilize ICT to enhance their teaching

World Teachers’ Day
Each year UNESCO honours the world’s teacherson 5 October

Free UNESCO documents
Large selection of books, studies and documents about Teacher Training

UNESCO publications for sale
Recent UNESCO Teacher Training publications
60 Weeks of celebration
UNESCO's 60th anniversary
Education thematic weeks
The Memory Lane

UNESCO and Education
Mission Institutes Who's who? Partners Calendar 2005 

Coordinating Global Drives
Education for All by 2015
United Nations Literacy Decade
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

International Days & Years
International Mother Language Day
International Literacy Day
World Teachers' Day
 
2006 Global Monitoring Report
 
Education Today Newsletter
CIVIL SOCIETY PUSHES THE WAY FORWARD
 June - September 2006
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