February 7, 2023
By RODNEY NKRUMAH-BOATENG (rodboat@yahoo.com) The other day, in a telephone conversation with my friend the writer Kofi Akpabli about everything and nothing, he mentioned that Accra […]
February 7, 2023
The Biosphere Reserve Bia is located in the Western North Region of Ghana close to the border of Côte d’Ivoire and overall covers 1956 km². Following […]
January 24, 2023
UNESCO has launched the call for nominations for the 2023 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Generously funded by the Government of Japan, the Prize will […]
January 17, 2023
Created in 1997, the annual UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honours a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence […]
January 17, 2023
Celebrated every 3rd of May, this year’s theme for the Day will be “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression as a driver for all other human […]
January 12, 2023
Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration […]
January 11, 2023
Thousands of worried citizens have taken to the streets to protest for rights that are openly exercised elsewhere after the death of Masha Amini, a stunning […]
January 3, 2023
Children explore the world by engaging it with all their senses. They like to get to know nature, plants, and animals like the little explorers that […]
December 19, 2022
Conserving the Beautiful Ecosystem of Ghana’s Meteorite Lake Lake Bosomtwe is one of six meteorite lakes in the world. It was caused by a meteorite action […]
December 6, 2022
Initiation as a socio-cultural practice of transmission of endogenous knowledge in Africa (12 December 2022) On 12 December 2022, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) […]
December 4, 2022
Planting Mangroves at Songor Ramsar Site Since 2011 the Songor Ramsar Site has been part of the Network of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. It is situated […]
November 29, 2022
On Wednesday, 23rd November 2022, the Ghana Commission for UNESCO organized an Inception Meeting to kickstart the ICH project in Ghana at the Ellking Hotel in […]
November 3, 2022
WE CELEBRATE THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOSPHERE RESERVES It was decided in November 2021 to proclaim a day in recognition of the contribution of Biosphere […]
November 2, 2022
Between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 journalists have been killed around the world, with close to 9 out of 10 cases of these killings remaining judicially […]
October 20, 2022
One in five primary school-age children in sub-Saharan Africa are out of school; their number is nearly as high as it was in 1990. Only two […]
October 6, 2022
The All-Africa Student Union is organizing the COP27 Global Student Pre-Summit ahead of the 27th session of the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27), which will […]
October 4, 2022
The majority of people had a favorite teacher, someone who went above and above to support them because they recognized their potential. Spend time on October […]
October 4, 2022
In 2022, the celebrations of World Teachers’ Day will focus on the theme “The transformation of education begins with teachers”. The official celebration event will be […]
September 30, 2022
The Honorable Minister, who was amongst the High-Level Officials invited to speak at the Conference, delivered his statement on the 28th of September 2022 after the […]
September 27, 2022
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2022 will be convened by UNESCO forty years after the first Mondiacult […]
September 22, 2022
On the occasion of the Transforming Education Summit (16-19 September) led by the UN Secretary-General, UNESCO, the UN specialized agency for education, will rally world leaders […]
September 7, 2022
INTRODUCTION The Ghana Commission for UNESCO will welcome next week, African National Commissions for UNESCO in Accra to participate in a three-day meeting on UNESCO’s Global […]
September 7, 2022
INTRODUCTION The Ghana Commission for UNESCO will welcome next week, African National Commissions for UNESCO in Accra to participate in a three-day meeting on UNESCO’s Global […]
September 7, 2022
INTRODUCTION The Ghana Commission for UNESCO will welcome next week, African National Commissions for UNESCO in Accra to participate in a three-day meeting on UNESCO’s Global […]
August 30, 2022
The Jury of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize has awarded the 2022 Prize to Ms Angela Merkel, former Federal Chancellor of Germany, in recognition of her […]
August 29, 2022
On Thursday, August 25, 2022, the Associations and Clubs for UNESCO coordinators in Kumasi, Koforidua, and Accra participated in a 180-minute training on Introduction to Learning […]
July 1, 2022
More than 150 ministers of education discuss key elements for transforming education ahead of September Summit Governments and key stakeholders lay out national pathways to address […]
June 30, 2022
CivicLeicester and the Africans in Ukraine Education Fund are inviting and accepting poems, short stories and creative nonfiction (including memoir, diary entries, chronicles, biographical and autobiographical […]
June 24, 2022
Paris, 24 June – UNESCO is to host the Transforming Education Pre-Summit, a meeting of Ministers of Education, policy and business leaders and youth activists, who come […]
June 24, 2022
New data show COVID-19’s worsening of the global learning crisis, risking $21 trillion in lifetime earnings Paris, June 24, 2022 — As a result of the […]