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The Nigerian Academy of Science’s six-month ReLM programme pairs 25 early-career researchers with 25 established scientists. It began with an orientation on 7 September and targets postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers; the source reports no outcomes yet.
Data includedThree university facilities were handed over in Kinshasa on 6 October.
Data includedEgypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has offered free basic English and German courses for workers in tourism and antiquities. Registration is available through the ministry’s Egypt Tourism and Antiquities Training Platform, EgTAP.
Data includedForty Egyptian universities were included in the Times Higher Education 2027 World University Rankings, four more than in the 2026 edition. Nine retained places among the world’s top 1,000.
Data includedUNESCO outlined preparations for COP31, where Türkiye is set to become the Greening Education Partnership’s 100th country member. The Antalya conference’s thematic day on children, youth, education and skills is scheduled for 14 November.
Data includedThe third cohort of UNESCO’s free online course “Educating in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Digital Citizenship at School” is scheduled to begin on 12 October 2026. A Portuguese version joins the existing English and Spanish editions.
Data includedEthiopia’s component of the six-year UNESCO-Huawei Open Schools initiative concluded with a review meeting in Addis Ababa. The project focused on science and English in Grades 9 and 10, reaching about 12,000 students and 250 educators across 24 pilot secondary schools.
Data includedPakistan marked the 60th International Literacy Day in 2026 with activities across the country. UNESCO’s Pakistan office said the events treated literacy as a basic right and a condition for participation in community life.
Data includedUNESCO selected ten finalists for the 2026 UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development. The initiatives come from Brunei, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Palestine, Türkiye, Uganda and Ukraine.
Data includedUNESCO representative in Peru Guiomar Alonso said in a 21 September commentary that PISA 2025 results show the scale of the country’s learning challenge. According to figures released by Peru’s education ministry, 42% of students reached at least Level 2 in reading, 47% in science and 30% in mathematics.
Data includedUNESCO published three new guides intended to strengthen Education for Sustainable Development across schools and education systems. They address a whole-institution approach, teaching methods and competencies, and the assessment of learning.
Data includedUNESCO and Ugandan partners held a five-day technical workshop in Kampala from 14 to 18 September to develop more inclusive, gender-transformative STEM teaching approaches. The work aims to turn findings from a national STEM skills-needs analysis into classroom materials and practice.
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