Non-formal Education and Literacy

In Lao PDR and Myanmar, UNESCO Bangkok is providing technical assistance in developing equivalency programmes for lower secondary education. In Myanmar, under the supervision and guidance of a UNESCO consultant, a technical writing team from key MOE...

In the highlands of Tak province, Thailand, there are a large number of ethnic minority groups especially Karen people who are Thai illiterate which accounts for 3 percent of the total population over 15 years old age group. UNESCO in collaboration with...

It’s not your typical karaoke session. The giggles and apparent trepidation a young woman shows before launching into a Thai love ballad might not be out of place among a group of friends out anywhere in the country, but the focus here is neither on vocal...

A successful graduate says a UNESCO-run literacy programme made her feel more confident and opened up personal and work opportunities she previously hadn’t dreamed about Twenty-four-year-old Karima grew up forbidden to go to school – first under Taliban...

An orphanage opened more than a decade ago at the Thai-Myanmar border offers ‘a future and hope’ to dozens of abandoned and orphaned youngsters When Lily tells the story of her Heavenly Home orphanage at the Thai-Myanmar border, she doesn’t focus much on...