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The UNICEF Youth Foresight Fellowship 2025 offers an extraordinary opportunity for young leaders passionate about education and child rights. Spanning January to September 2025, this initiative invites individuals aged 15 to 25 to engage in advocacy, research, and leadership to drive ...

TEMROBO, an end-to-end solution provider for K-12 schools, has announced a collaboration with UNICEF and the ANK Foundation. This partnership aims to promote STEM skills among young girls through "The Game Changers," a Hackathon held at Mount Abu Public School in ...

Every year on December 11, UNICEF Day is observed. The acronym UNICEF refers for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, and the organization's mission is to save children's lives by delivering humanitarian relief around the world. It also protects children's ...

It's been 18 months since the COVID-19 outbreak started and education for millions of children is still disrupted. As of today, primary and secondary schools are shuttered in 19 countries, affecting over 156 million students. This should not go on. Schools should ...

New Delhi, Janurary 29, 2016: Haryana-based O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Unicef-Bhutan to help elected representatives and policymakers in the Buddhist kingdom implement social policies in an efficient way. "The partnership on the ...

Geneva, January 27, 2016: The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has called for $2.8 billion in 2016 to assist 43 million children in humanitarian emergencies across the world. At least 25 percent of this appeal will be used in child education ...

United Nations: With more than 200 million children unable to read and write globally, the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will focus on access to quality education, the executive director of Unicef said. "There are 250 million children around the ...

United Nations, May 8: At least 950,000 children in Nepal will not be able to return to school, unless urgent action is taken to provide temporary learning spaces and repair damaged school buildings following the earthquake on April 25, Unicef said. ...

New Delhi, March 10:The human resource development ministry on Monday launched a "Digital Gender Atlas for girls" in a move to identify and ensure equitable education for girls in the country. The tool, developed with the support of ...

Bhopal: Education Department of Madhya Pradesh will train its school teachers in English. For this initiative the education department is set to launch a pilot project from Ujjain. The teachers will be trained in English with support of British Council and ...

New Delhi, November 17: Unicef has partnered with daily deals site Groupon to raise funds for promoting quality education for children in India. Unicef India Celebrity Advocate Kareena Kapoor has also lent her support to the initiative. Through ...

Saltlake, Kolkata, June 7, 2014: On the occasion of the World Environment Day the International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene (IFH), UK in association with the Institution of Public Health Engineers (IPHE), India launches the Hindi and Bengali versions ...

The school dropout scenario in the country is "extremely high" as over 80 million children are not completing the full cycle of elementary education, while eight million are out of school over a period of years, according to UNICEF. ...

UNICEF Chief of Education suggests investing in 'Girls Education' in order to breakdown the poverty level. Also, investing in education of girls, is required on most social indicators in India. Urmila Sarkar, Chief of Education UNICEF had marked the 'Second ...