UNICEF has expressed concerns that about 430 million children affected by school closures in South Asia due to COVID-19 crisis are now in danger of dropping out of the education system.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) have launched the second edition of their Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge in partnership with the School of Leadership Foundation.
One third of the poorest of girls, aged between 10 and 18, have never stepped inside a school, the United Nations has revealed in a scathing new report.
The Ministry of Human Rights in collaboration with UNICEF has launched a campaign to highlight the outstanding achievements of young Pakistanis who have worked hard to achieve their goals and hold the power to influence and inspire other young minds.
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) process and feels a special sense of responsibility to incorporate the SDGs process into academic activities in Pakistan. This was stated by Dr Tariq Banuri, HEC Chairman, while talking to a UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) delegation comprising of Musarrat Youssuf, UNICEF Chief, Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Section and Dr Luis Gorjon Fernandez, UNICEF Head of Social Policy.
The United Nation has said that there is still a considerable population of school-age children without access to schools and ‘zero progress’ has been made in the past decade to improve that situation.