Focus on Education For All

From 3-10 October, Commission II of the 33rd General Conference will discuss and adopt the Draft Programme and Budget for UNESCOs activities in education for 2006-2007.

The main focus is on 3 key areas: teacher training, literacy and HIV/AIDS prevention education.

Other topics to be addressed by the Commission include:

• Cooperation between UNESCO and OECD in drafting guidelines on Quality Provision in Cross-Border Higher Education
• An assessment of Education for All and its future prospects
• The implementation of a resolution concerning educational and cultural institutions in the occupied Arab territories.