The Global Learning ExchangeTM (GLX) has established a constructive synergy with the Read and Earn Federation for UNESCO under the NEPAD EY and will be implemented on the TAP Category 2.9 platform to launch and promote an education and skills development program, with relevant schemes such as the master’s support program and to incorporate job offers abroad for the best graduating students. TAPians have an added advantage.
UNESCO REF commences TAP Project for the Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano students.
Judicial systems worldwide are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help lawyers identify precedents through the analysis of large amounts of data, to enable administrations in streamlining judicial processes, and to support judges with decision-making related to sentence duration and recidivism scores.
UNESCO’s Executive Board has approved the designation of 8 new UNESCO Global Geoparks bringing the number of sites participating in the Global Geoparks Network to 177 in 46 countries. Two new countries, Luxembourg and Sweden, this year join the Global Network with the designation of their first geoparks.
Although girls have more difficulty accessing education and make up the majority of out of school children at primary level, boys face increasing challenges at later stages, according to UNESCO’s new report Leave no child behind: Global report on boys’ disengagement from education.