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Sun, October 1, 2023 | 08:13

More funds needed for education for all

More funds needed for education for all

Julia Gillard, board chairwoman of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), has called for more funds to ensure education opportunities for every child across the world. "The World Education Forum needs to take a very hard headed approach to how we not only lift ambition but how we increase resources so that goals can be realized," Gillard told The Korea Times, Monday, a d...

Chung Hyun-chae | 2015-05-20 19:08

Students' disposition to be assessed

Students' disposition to be assessed

Andreas Schleicher, director of the Directorate for Education and Skills at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), revealed a plan to include a new evaluation component called the “Global Competence Assessment” to the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) from 2018.

Chung Hyun-chae | 2015-05-20 16:11

'Smart learning' highlighted at World Education Forum

'신뢰와 화합의 아시아를 향해' 제10회 제주포럼 개막

INCHEON - With the explosive growth of online learning and the rapid expansion of mobile computing, information and communication technologies (ICT) will play a much bigger role in education for the next 15 years, UNESCO said in a report.

Jung Min-ho | 2015-05-20 15:56

Countries need to focus on creativity

Countries need to focus on creativity

Baek Sun-geun, president of the Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI), says countries should focus on the quality of education and creativity.“As the post-2015 education agenda shifts from quantitative development to qualitative improvement, creativity and skills are crucial factors of this transition, and policy innovation that helps to achieve these key objectives...

Chung Hyun-chae | 2015-05-19 18:26

Global citizenship education draws attention

Global citizenship education draws attention

Participants in the World Education Forum are showing keen interest in global citizenship education, one of the forum’s main issues. They are busy sharing each other’s experience of promoting global citizenship education at schools during a session organized by the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) under the auspices of UNESCO. “The chi...

Chung Hyun-chae | 2015-05-19 18:23

World seeks new vision for education

World seeks new vision for education

INCHEON - "An unshakable commitment to education” is what made Korea’s “Miracle on the Han River,” and the world today needs more miracles, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said Tuesday.

Jung Min-ho | 2015-05-19 17:37

World Education Forum to set new goals

World Education Forum to set new goals

More than 1,500 representatives from 195 member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), including education ministers and heads of U.N. agencies and NGOs, will gather for the World Education Forum (WEF) 2015 in Songdo, Incheon, from May 19 - 22 to set new education targets.

Chung Hyun-chae | 2015-05-13 15:26

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