Category Archives: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Global Youth Summit Partners Announced
It’s a blockbuster week of workshops and open debates here in Geneva as WTPF and WSIS convene alongside each other to discuss the future of technology and development. These major events attract nearly 3000 people and many partners took the opportunity to confirm their support for the BYND 2015: Global Youth Summit ( #BYND15 ) […]
The impact of broadband on global access to education
According to UNESCO, in 2010, 61 million children of primary-school age, and a further 71 million of lower secondary-school age, were not in school. Research also indicates that 1.7 million extra teachers will be needed to achieve universal primary education. In addition, close to 793 million adults – 64% of them women – lacked literacy […]
Standards for technology enabled learning
Education is a fundamental human right. It is critical to our development as individuals and societies, and it helps pave the way to a successful and productive future. Universal primary education is also one of the eight Millennium Development Goals. Education is a prerequisite to using information and communication technologies (ICT) – and in return, […]
Integrating ICT into education
Leveraging the power of ICT to help improve the quality of education for students through access to teaching and learning resources has become a useful tool within an increasingly networked society. Technology improves educational opportunities by enabling personalized study. It also enhances the potential for learning through community-based education and access to educational resources, even […]
Are women the future of Tech?
There are too few women in the world of information and communication technologies (ICTs), and the numbers are going the wrong way. Girls are not studying, interested in, and in many cases without access to, the core information, education, role models, or reasons why their involvement in ICTs is so important. That is why we […]
