Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education: UNESCO Asia-Pacific In Graphic Detail #1

Children learn better in their mother tongue first, but 40% worldwide never have that chance. In concert with UNESCO’s ‘Writing Peace’ manual launched this year, the UNESCO Bangkok Office is highlighting Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education in the first in a series of six infographics to be released over the next weeks in commemoration of key International Days.

• Tuesday, 23 October: ‘Writing Peace’ manual launch – Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education
• Saturday, 27 October: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage – Memory of the World
• Friday, 2 November:  International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists – Safety of Journalists
• Tuesday, 6 November: 19th UNESCO Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development International Conference – Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
• Saturday, 10 November: World Science Day for Peace and Development – Shared Groundwater Resources
• Friday, 16 November: UNESCO’s birthday / Adoption of UNESCO World Heritage Convention – Safeguarding World Heritage

These infographics convey core concepts of UNESCO’s work in areas that profoundly affect the lives of people throughout the region.

We encourage everyone to share widely and utilise these resources in their own projects and campaigns. Click here for high-resolution .pdf file.