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UNESCO MGIEP's initiatives are designed to mainstream social and emotional learning in education systems [3] and put youth (18–34 years of age) at the center of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development in order to achieve SDG 4.7.
The UNESCO General Conference adopted their recommendations in the fall of 1962 and the French Government provided a building to house this new institution. [2] Philip Hall Coombs who had been the first Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Kennedy administration , was appointed as its first director in 1963.
Rising With Kindness was the theme of the fourth International Youth Summit which started in 2018 [1] and was organised as a three-day residential seminar by Heartfulness in association with UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) and AICTE to spread awareness of practices for self, society, and environment.
Duraiappah has been the director, UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) since 2014. [2] [15] During his directorship the institute has developed The International Science and Evidence based Education (ISEE) Assessment, [16] [17] LIBRE, [18] theTalking across Generations on Education (TAGe) [19] dialogue platform, the Knowledge Commons [20 ...
UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation. [10] UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the events of World War II, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboration and dialogue among nations. [11]
In 1968 UNESCO issued an official endorsement in full support of the ISIC card. UNESCO recognised the ISIC card as the only internationally accepted proof of full-time student status and a unique document encouraging cultural exchange and international understanding. A renewed Memorandum of Understanding was signed in 1993.
Largest repository of education data: The UIS is the repository of the world's most comprehensive education database. [citation needed] More than 200 countries and territories participate in the UIS annual education survey, which is the basis for calculating a wide range of indicators, from female enrollment in primary education to the mobility of higher education students.
The first version, known as ISCED 1976, was approved by the International Conference on Education (Geneva, 1975), and was subsequently endorsed by UNESCO's 19th General Conference in 1976. The second version, known as ISCED 1997, was approved by the UNESCO General Conference at its 29th session in November 1997 as part of efforts to increase ...