IV.

ROLE OF UNESCO IN PROVIDING

INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES.

REPORTERS:
1. AHLIE MAE BORREROS
2. B.A. FRANKIE L. LUZA
3. DANILO DARADAR JR.
 UNESCO

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND

CULTURAL ORGANIZATION.
 WHAT IS UNESCO?

• UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting world

peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences
and culture.
• UNESCO works to promote learning that brings about personal transformation,
resilience, peace and a sustainable planet. Its unique mandate to promote lifelong
education for everyone was born in the aftermath of World War II and has evolved
to meet the global challenges of a digital era and a planet threatened by climate
change, conflict and other crises.
 HOW DID UNESCO START?

• UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee on
Intellectual Cooperation. Its constitution establishes the agency's goals, governing structure, and
operating framework.
• UNESCO is governed by the General Conference, composed of member states and associate members,
which meets biannually to set the agency's programs and the budget. It also elects members of the
Executive Board, which manages UNESCO's work, and appoints every four years a Director-General,
who serves as UNESCO's chief administrator.
• UNESCO is a member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, a coalition of UN
agencies and organizations aimed at fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals.
 PREAMBLE

• The preamble of UNESCO’s constitution states “since wars begin in the minds of men
and women, it is the minds of men and women that the defenses of peace must be
constituted.” In view of this the main contribution of UNESCO is in the area of world
peace through imparting quality education and developing educational tools to help
people live as global citizens free of hate and intolerance, by promoting cultural
heritage and equal dignity of all cultures, by fostering advancement of science and
technology and free flow of ideas and expressions.
 MISSION

• UNESCO's mission is to rethink and reimagine education for a sustainable future

while providing concrete guidance on how to strengthen and improve education
systems worldwide by: Supporting countries to develop education systems that
provide quality lifelong learning opportunities for all. Empowering learners to be
creative and responsible global citizens Leading and coordinating the education 2030
agenda through partnerships, monitoring and research.
 VISION

• UNESCO’s Education Sector provides global and regional leadership to ensure every
child and citizen has access to quality education from pre-school to higher and
throughout life while keeping two priorities, Africa and Gender, sharply in focus.
 WHAT ARE THE ROLES DOES UNESCO PROVIDE IN
THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES?
UNESCO offers:
• 1. Promoting a right-based approach to education.
• 2. Mainstreaming SDG4 into national education policies, strategies and plans.
• 3. Optimizing the use of assessment for better policy alignment and improved learning
outcomes.
• 4. Collaborate and reach Sustainable Development Goal targets related to early
childhood care and education.
 PROMOTING A RIGHT-BASED APPROACH TO
EDUCATION

Education is one of the most effective tools in lifting excluded children and adults out of
poverty and is a stepping stone to different fundamental human rights. UNESCO
acknowledges the state as the ultimate duty-bearer in protecting, respecting and
gratifying the right to education.
 MAINSTREAMING SDG4 INTO NATIONAL
EDUCATION POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND PLANS

UNESCO’s sector-wide policy and planning program supports member states to enhance
and enforce sector-wide education policies, techniques and plans, as well as monitor and
consider their implementation inside the Education 2030 Framework for Action.
OPTIMIZING THE USE OF ASSESSMENT FOR BETTER POLICY
ALIGNMENT AND IMPROVED LEARNING OUTCOMES 

• UNESCO’s program on system alignment for better learning results will grant aid to
Member States through the ongoing operations of its installed networks at the regional
and national levels. Mobilizing research and expertise to assist networking, knowledge
exchange and knowledge brokering in the vicinity of gaining knowledge of
assessments.
 COLLABORATE AND REACH SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOAL TARGETS RELATED TO
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION 
• UNESCO’s programed on early childhood care and education (ECCE) gives aid to
countries to attain Target 4.2 of sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4), for early
childhood in synergy with ambitions for essential child health, nutrition, water and
sanitation, baby rights and protection, disability, and gender.
• ECCE commenced an initiative referred to as the global partnership strategy,
development associate businesses to stimulate discussion and collect experts’ inputs on
key enabling elements to strengthen the early childhood care and education agenda.
 WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 4?

The sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4) ensure inclusive and equitable quality
education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. This goal ensures that all
girls and boys complete free primary and secondary schooling by 2030. It also aims to
provide equal access to affordable vocational training, and to eliminate gender and
wealth disparities with the aim of achieving universal access to a quality higher
education.
 SDG4’S 3 UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES:

• Education is a fundamental human right and an enabling right.

• Education is a public good
• Gender equality
 SDG4’S 10 TARGETS

OUTCOME TARGETS MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION

1. Universal primary and secondary education 1. Effective learning environments

2. Early childhood development and universal pre-primary 2. Scholarships

education
3. Teachers and educators
3. Equal success to technical/ vocational and higher
education

4. Relevant skills for decent work

5. Gender equality and inclusion

6. Universal Youth Literacy

7. Education for sustainable development and global

citizenship