Early education

Summary information on UNICEF's education programmes in Timor-Leste  

Ermera, 17th July 2023 - Titibuti village lies off the main road from Dili to Ermera Municipality. The road leading to the village is lined with vast coffee plantations, where inhabitants of the village spend long hours harvesting coffee beans to raise wages to sustain their families.  As a child growing up in Titibuti, Almeria dos Santos’ daily…

Remarks by Bilal Aurang Zeb Durrani, Country Representative of UNICEF in Timor-Leste on the First Meeting of the Accão Conjunta da Educação em Timor-Leste (ACETL) in 2023. Dili, 28 February 2023

A one percentage point increase in the allocation of public education resources to the poorest 20 per cent may pull 35 million primary school-aged children out of learning poverty globally   NEW YORK, 17 January 2023 – Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding, UNICEF said in a new report…

Remarks by Bilal Aurang Zeb Durrani, Country Representative of UNICEF in Timor-Leste on the handover ceremony of 2 million books to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in Dili, 15 December 2022.   

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Global Partnership for Education, are training parents on how to keep children learning should pandemic-related restrictions disrupt schooling in Timor-Leste. Since the first positive case of COVID-19 was identified in March 2020 in…

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.2 states that by 2030, all girls and boys should have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education to ensure they are ready for primary education.  Although access to preschool education has improved in Timor-Leste, data shows that access is still low with only…

Let’s Inspire and Empower Youth Together! HAMUTUK INSPIRA NO EMPODERA FOIN-SA’E SIRA Dili, 10 May 2022 – Today, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, together with the United States Embassy and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched an initiative to introduce 21st Century Skills training for youth in Timor-Leste. The trainings…, Ministériu Edukasaun, Juventude no Desportu, Embaixada Estatus Unidus, no UNICEF Lansa Treinamentu Kona-ba Abilidade Sékulu 21 ba Foin-Sa’e sira iha Sentru Aprendijazen Komunitária, HAMUTUK INSPIRA NO EMPODERA FOIN-SA’E SIRA Dili, 10 Maiu 2022 – Ohin loron, Ministériu Edukasaun, Juventude no Desportu, hamutuk ho Embaixada Estadus Unidus no Fundus Nasoens Unidas ba Labarik (UNICEF) lansa ona inisitative atu introdús treinamentu kona-ba Abilidade Sékulu 21 ba foin-sa’e sira iha Timor-Leste. Treinamentu ne’e sei implementa iha…

Dili, 3 November 2021 – The U.S. Embassy in Dili announced new funding to advance 21st century skills through the implementation of online learning courses to strengthen employability skills for adolescents and youth.  The program will be implemented through UNICEF and builds on ongoing efforts by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports (…, Estadus Unidus Amérika halo parseria ho UNICEF, no Ministeriu Edukasaun, Juventude no Desportu hodi Advansa Kompeténsias Ekonómika Sékulu 21 nian ba Adolexente no Foin-Sa’e Sira iha Timor-Leste , Dili, 3 Novembru 2021 – Embaixada E.U.A. iha Dili anunsia kona-bá fornesimentu fundus foun liu husi implementasaun kursu aprendizajem online hodi haforsa kapasidade empregu ba adolexente no foin-sa’e sira iha Timor-Leste. Programa ne’e sei implementa liuhusi UNICEF no bazeia ba kontinuasaun esforsu husi Ministériu Edukasaun, Juventude no Desportu…

NEW YORK, 22 July 2020 – At least 40 million children worldwide have missed out on early childhood education in their critical pre-school year as COVID-19 shuttered childcare and early education facilities, according to a new research brief published today by UNICEF. https://www.unicef.org/timorleste/ Produced by UNICEF’s Office of Research –…

As school closures in more than 190 countries force over 1.57 billion students from their classrooms, the Learning Passport aims to keep children learning  NEW YORK, 20 April 2020 –UNICEF and Microsoft Corp. today announced the expansion of a global learning platform to help children and youth affected by COVID-19 continue their education at home…

Ermera, Timor-Leste - The sound of singing children’s voices carries on the warm midday breeze. The students are belting out a Tetun-language rendition of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” as they wrap up their first training session on their way to becoming young facilitators of the new School Readiness Project. The project is being piloted here at…, A little help from my friends, Nilton G. Leite is 12 years old, in Grade 6 and a newly trained young facilitator. “I feel happy because I’m going to be teaching the younger kids,” he says. “It’s good to teach children, because it will make them better in school and help them to read and write, and to keep studying longer.” Nilton says he can’t wait to share what he has learnt…, The benefits of change, Sonia De Carvalho, a Grade 1 teacher, has been working at the school since 2006 and took part in the teachers’ training session. “I now have the skills to teach children through play, which is different to what I have done before,” she says. “I think these teaching methods will help us to create child-friendly learning environments, especially for…, Layers of support, The School Readiness initiative targets not only young facilitators and teachers to support children transitioning into formal schooling - their parents and other family members have important roles to play as well. “I want to do at home the things I learnt in the training,” says Eusita da Cunha, who participated in the training session for…, A learning journey, Nicolau Goveia Leite is EBF No.680 Hatulailete’s School Coordinator, a position he has held for the past 13 years. During his tenure, he and his staff, with the support of UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, have elevated the school to become one of the best of its kind in the country. “This school is an example to which other…, It’s a numbers game, As illustrated by national data, the importance of preschool education cannot be underestimated. According to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, just 22 per cent of children in Timor-Leste are enrolled in preschool, while almost 24 per cent of students repeat the first grade. Statistics also show that one in 40 children in Timor-Leste…