Background The UNESCO Global Education Coalition reported that over 100 million additional children will fall below the minimum proficiency level in reading as a result of the global health crisis. As highlighted in the UNESCO’s high-level ministerial meeting in March
You are invited to a Regional Launch of NEQMAP-ACER Topical Case Study in Using Learning Assessment Data in Education Policy and Practice: Examples from Asia-Pacific. This fourth Topical Case Study in the series is on Citizen-led Assessments: A Model for
Policymakers have increasingly seen the integration of 21st Century Skills (21CS) in education systems as crucial for enhancing students’ ability to participate in and contribute to knowledge economies and societies. Achieving this goal, however, will require considerations of alignment across
The Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP) is calling for contributions from members with regards to member updates, recent work related to our focus areas in learning assessments, learning outcomes and competency-based, pedagogy and curriculum to strengthen
The Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP) produces series of ‘thematic reviews’ to provide the opportunity for the network and its members to strengthen the knowledge base through research and analysis in specific thematic areas related to
Children and youth of today are faced with rapidly changing landscapes. As a result, education stakeholders find themselves debating what ‘skills’ our youth need for them to adapt to these changes. These skills are commonly known as ‘21st century skills’,
In Myanmar, as in other countries, the education system has traditionally placed an emphasis on the rote memorisation of information in teaching, learning and assessment. However, in 2016, the government introduced the National Education Strategic Plan (NESP) which called for
Despite the challenges that 2020 has brought to all of us the 2020 NEQMAP Annual Meeting served as an opportunity to share these experiences and how we can move forward. NEQMAP’s 2020 Annual Meeting, ‘Challenges in Monitoring Quality Education in
We are pleased to invite you to the ninth webinar of the joint series of webinars on Learning assessments and school reopening taking place on Tuesday, 24 November 2020 from 15:00 to 16:30 (Paris time, GMT+1). The joint UNICEF-UNESCO-World Bank webinar series is organized around the Framework
The fifth Knowledge Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe | Asia | Pacific (EAP) Webinar will cover the topic of « Curriculum implementation: competency-based learning and the alignment of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment ». The webinar is organised by NORRAG and facilitated
Many Asia-Pacific countries are shifting their education systems towards the competency-based learning. The aim is to build 21st Century Skills and competencies such as problem solving, communication and collaboration that will enable and prepare their learners for today’s complex challenges
Teaching and Learning Educators’ Network for Transformation (TALENT) is organizing an interactive learning series on teaching and learning 21st Century skills facilitated through the UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning Learning (IIEP) Portal. The objective of the learning series is
Fuelled by advanced technology and economies, today’s world is rapidly changing. Skills such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, and information technology literacy are in high demand. But how are countries integrating these skills and competencies into practice? Two examples
UNESCO Bangkok, through the Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP) Secretariat, in collaboration with UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, had organised a joint technical consultation on Developing Curriculum and Assessment Systems for 21st Century Skills
Join UNESCO for an online workshop series on how to transform society through learning with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), starting from September 2020. The discussions will be organized in the framework of the new programme ESD for 2030 and
