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Education
We support every child’s right to learn with access to inclusive and equitable quality education.
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Reducing the number of out-of-school children
Reduce the number of out-of-school children in South Asia and improve the quality of education
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Early learning and early childhood development
We work to ensure that all children, especially the most vulnerable, achieve their developmental potential and are ready for primary school.
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Education on hold for 230,000 children in Pakistan’s flood-affected Sindh
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, 11 September 2024, : Children are bearing the brunt of extreme weather in Sindh with 230,000 students affected by school closures due to devastating monsoon floods that have swept through the southern part of the country. Over 1,300 schools are damaged, 228 of which are fully destroyed. Over 4...
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Transforming Girls Education in a Reluctant Community
Khairpur district, Sindh -, In the small village of Ghano Kalhoro, surrounded by lofty date palms, a group of 33 adolescent girls sit under a makeshift roof to learn from their 22-year-old teacher, Nadia Maitlo at the UNICEF-supported Non-Formal Education Centre (NFEC). Being able to teach the girls was not alw...
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Learning Continues for Children Affected by Floods in Pakistan
Rajanpur district, South Punjab, - Engrossed in her class work, Farzana (12) attends a lesson along with fellow students in the Temporary Learning Center (TLC) established in a High-Performance Tent (HPT) provided by UNICEF. Excited and jubilant, Farzana is happy to be learning again after an unwanted break in he...
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Education
Challenge, Every child has the right to learn. While tremendous progress has been made to improve enrolment rates in South Asia and get every child in school, the heartbreaking reality is that too many children are not actually learning, in particular foundational skills, even when they are in the classroom. Class...
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Non-formal education centres help out-of-school girls learn in Pakistan’s Punjab
Bahawalpur, Southern Punjab, Pakistan – 8 April 2022: , “Education has given me the confidence to fulfil my dreams,” says 16-year-old Malook Akram. Driven by her ambition to become a teacher, Malook is enthusiastically pursuing her education at the Accelerated Education Programme (AEP) centre in Basti Jhabail, Bah...
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Teachers should be prioritized for vaccination against COVID-19
NEW YORK, 15 December 2020 –, “The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on children’s education around the globe. Vaccinating teachers is a critical step towards putting it back on track. “At their peak in late April 2020, nationwide school closures disrupted the learning of almost 90 per cent of students worldwi...
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UNICEF South Asia
Featured, Improving preconception malnutrition among women and girls in south Asia, Information hubs, Social media highlights, Good news from 2024: Bangladesh introduced HPV vaccination, protecting 5.6 million girls against cervical cancer, a preventable disease. Do you know which 2 South Asia countries are next? ...
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From Education to Employability: Preparing South Asian Youth for the World of Work
South Asia is home to the largest share of the world’s youth population. With 48 percent of its population below the age of 24, South Asia’s young people offer the potential to drive its economies to be more vibrant and productive. Optimism over the region’s so-called demographic dividend is tempered by questions ...
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Mela in Martadi
The clacking of donkey’s hooves on the narrow cobbled streets and the jingling of bells around their necks as they shuffle through town are nothing new to the residents of Martadi bazaar. Martadi is the headquarters of Bajura district in the remote northern part of far-western region of Nepal, and two days’ journe...
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Helping every girl and boy complete primary education in Pakistan
Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan - 7 March 2019, : “When I go to the market with my Naani (maternal grandmother), I can read the shop signs for her,” seven-year-old Sunaina proudly says. “Once, a shopkeeper made a mistake counting how much money we owed him, and I told my Naani . I got an ice cream as a reward!” she adds ...
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From the market to the classroom: Pakistani youth get a second chance at education
QUETTA, Pakistan, 14 November 2018, – Fourteen-year-old Safeerullah Khan’s day usually starts before the sun even rises. After saying his morning prayers, Safeerullah puts on his worn-out running shoes and jogs to the main road to catch a ride on one of the many commercial vans speeding to Quetta’s biggest fruit m...
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South Asia leaders meet in Nepal to radically improve education in the region
KATHMANDU, 7 May 2018, – Facing an urgent need to tackle the learning crisis across South Asia, Ministers of Education, senior officials from finance and planning, international education experts, development partners and civil society are gathering in Kathmandu this week to discuss what can be done to accelerate ...