Education is the backbone of national development and is widely accepted as an instrument of social change. India has been an active partner in the worldwide movement for education for All that began in 1990 in Jomtien followed by Millennium development goals. The important issues which need immediate attention to achieve MDG targets in Education are as follow.
03-12-2011The SurDeep project supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency is using the power of music and dance to inculcate creative educational pursuits and self-reliance among street children in the Indian city of Mumbai.
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Image: Yuri Nishimura with the street children in Mumbai/ Photo credit: Satish Nagaraji/ OneWorld
06-01-2012UNICEF is re-constructing schools in Pakistan since 2010 floods damaged or completely destroyed most of the government school buildings. more...
Image: Children cook their daily meal in one of the 5,900 camps that sprung up across Pakistan in 2010 when the country was hit by the worst floods in its history/ Photo credit: UN
23-11-2011Employing child labour should be treated as a non-bailable offence with stringent punishments, says Harsh Mander, member of National Advisory Council of India. The latest government report reveals that over five million children are economically active in the Indian labour market.
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Image: A child working in a roadside restaurant/ Photo credit: AFP
08-12-2011An Afghan version of "Sesame Street" will debut on two local television channels to encourage learning capacities and cultural awareness among preschool children.
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Image: Sesame Street'' characters act with Afghan girls before the inauguration of a show at French Culture Center in Kabul November 30, 2011/ Photo credit: Omar Sobhani
01-11-2011Global education digest 2011 report published by UNESCO Institute of Statistics reveals that girls face the greatest barriers in attaining secondary education as the gender gap widens across the globe.
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