Today marks the 50th聽anniversary of聽International Literacy Day. This year鈥檚 Day, under the banner of 鈥楻eading the Past, Writing the Future鈥�, honours five decades of global progress on literacy rates...
The theme of this year's International Literacy Day on Friday, 8 September, is 鈥楲iteracy in a Digital World鈥�. The Day aims to highlight the kind of literacy skills people need to navigate this world...
New data released today by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) show that 617 million children and adolescents worldwide are not reaching minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics....
The news that more than more than half 鈥� 617 million - children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age worldwide are not reaching minimum proficiency levels in reading and...
As the Fourth Meeting of the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) gets underway in Madrid, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) explores how best to measure functional literacy and...
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is working to develop reporting scales to help governments monitor student learning in mathematics and reading over time and make good use of the resulting...
This year鈥檚 International Literacy Day celebrates multilingual education
It is your very first day at school. You鈥檙e excited. Perhaps even a little nervous? What is this special day going to bring?...
