We enable young people to become productive and engaged members of society. If the largest generation of young people in history is prepared for the transition to work, the potential for global progress is unlimited. UNICEF aims to have every child and young person – some 3.5 billion by 2030 – connected to world-class digital solutions that offer personalized learning.Ī TIME Best Invention of 2021, this platform enables high-quality, flexible learning for children anywhere, to close the learning poverty gap. In a world facing a learning crisis, digital learning should be an essential service. In many emergencies, UNICEF is the largest provider of educational support throughout humanitarian response, working with UNHCR, WFP and other partners. Crises not only halt children’s learning but also roll back their gains. It also requires that education outcomes be monitored and feed back into instruction.Įducation in emergencies: Children living through conflict, natural disaster and displacement are in urgent need of educational support.
Quality learning requires a safe, friendly environment, qualified and motivated teachers, and instruction in languages students can understand. Outcomes must be at the centre of our work to close the gap between what students are learning and what they need to thrive in their communities and future jobs. Quality learning: For the first time in history, there are more non-learners in school than out of school. We make targeted efforts to reach children who are excluded from education and learning on the basis of gender, disability, poverty, ethnicity and language. We focus on:Įquitable access: Access to quality education and skills development must be equitable and inclusive for all children and adolescents, regardless of who they are or where they live. In 147 countries around the world, UNICEF works to provide quality learning opportunities that prepare children and adolescents with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive. They are more likely to suffer adverse health outcomes and less likely to participate in decisions that affect them – threatening their ability to shape a better future for themselves and their societies.Įducation is a basic human right. Without quality education, children face considerable barriers to employment and earning potential later in life. Others come to class too hungry, ill or exhausted from work or household tasks to benefit from their lessons.Ĭompounding these inequities is a digital divide of growing concern: Some two thirds of the world’s school-aged children do not have internet connection in their homes, restricting their opportunities to further their learning and skills development. In some countries, education opportunities for girls remain severely limited.Įven in schools, a lack of trained teachers, inadequate education materials and poor infrastructure make learning difficult for many students. Children living through economic fragility, political instability, conflict or natural disaster are more likely to be cut off from schooling – as are those with disabilities, or from ethnic minorities. Poverty remains one of the most obstinate barriers. This learning crisis – the rift between the levels of learning children receive and those they, their communities and entire economies need – hit a global scale even before the COVID-19 pandemic brought education systems to a halt.Īround the world, children are deprived of education and learning for various reasons. For out-of-school children, foundational skills in literacy and numeracy are further from grasp.
Over 600 million children and adolescents worldwide are unable to attain minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics, even though two thirds of them are in school. Yet, for too many children across the globe, schooling does not lead to learning. A child’s right to education entails the right to learn.
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