01Programme
Localising UNESCO's global education agenda — quality, inclusive and lifelong learning for all — across PNG's twenty-two provinces.
Overview
Education is the cornerstone of the Commission's mandate. Working with the Ministry of Education and school communities across all twenty-two provinces, the programme localises UNESCO's global education agenda — quality, inclusive and lifelong learning for all — in the Papua New Guinean context.
The programme's work runs from national policy advice through to classroom practice: supporting curriculum alignment with Sustainable Development Goal 4, strengthening teacher capacity in remote and rural schools, and connecting Papua New Guinean students to a worldwide network of peers through UNESCO's school and youth platforms.
Particular attention is given to the learners most at risk of being left behind — girls in remote districts, children with disabilities, and out-of-school youth — through literacy, non-formal and second-chance learning pathways.
5 workstreams
01
Coordinating PNG's member schools, admitting new schools each year, and running joint projects on peace, sustainability and intercultural learning that link classrooms here with more than 12,000 ASPnet schools worldwide.
02
Embedding climate, environment and disaster-resilience content into teaching and learning materials, and training teachers to deliver it in ways that speak to local land, sea and community realities.
03
Developing classroom resources on peace-building, human rights, gender equality and civic participation, drawing on PNG's own traditions of consensus and community responsibility.
04
Supporting adult and youth literacy initiatives, mother-tongue early learning, and non-formal education providers reaching learners outside the formal school system.
05
Working with teachers colleges and the Ministry of Education on professional development, and contributing PNG data and reporting to UNESCO's global education monitoring.
