Education Committee

Education is at the heart of sustainable human development and is key to achieving the MDGs. The quality of education is key to ensuring the success of learners; and gender equality in education is a priority. UNESCO’s strategies, approaches and modalities of action are based on the following basic tenets, which are in line with the six goals of the Dakar World Education Forum: education is a human right; education includes both formal and non-formal systems; equality education at all levels is critical; education for all refers to all levels of education, i.e. from early childhood to higher education; and lifelong learning UNESCO provides support to improving educational quality through its work in content, curriculum, learning assessments and school management. UNESCO assists, especially in Africa, in expanding access for all learners to quality education at all levels of the education system, and in drawing on innovative ICT-based approaches. The UK National Commission for UNESCO’s Education Committee focuses on delivering and highlighting the UK’s contribution to UNESCO’s strategy through providing expert policy advice to DIUS and DCSF and engaging UK experts in 1. Education for All 2. Education for Sustainable Development 3. School Linking 4. Literacy The Committee has 24 members all of whom are volunteer experts drawn from a broad spectrum of the UK education sector - primary, further and higher education, vocational training, and formal and informal education. The Committee is currently chaired by Professor John Morgan, UNESCO Chair in Political Economy of Education at the University of Nottingham).

RECENT EVENTS Colloquium 'Education for All by 2015: Will we make it?' 17 January 2008 Final Report and Papers now available.  MEMBERSHIP Terms of Reference List of Members   UNESCO STRATEGY AND PROGRAMME 2008-2013 Medium Term Strategy  (summary  156kb, 2 pages) 2008-2009 Programme and Budget  (extended summary  337 kb, 17 pages)