Secondly, Mobile Learning Week served to guide UNESCO in developing policy guidelines to help national governments to take advantage of the educational opportunities offered by mobile technologies.
Speaking to the BBC's economics editor Stephanie Flanders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mr Stiglitz called for more work to boost the educational opportunities of the "bottom 50%" of Americans, higher minimum wages, and more collective bargaining in the workplace.
However, if today's "flat world" means that a student in Jordan or Budapest, Hungary, or the Gangsu province of China has the same educational opportunities as a student in Palo Alto, Calif.
She hoped the significant contribution of the participants to improve and enrich content of the toolkit would pave the way for expanding educational opportunities for the disabled children in Pakistan.
"This calls for the extension of educational opportunities in their fullest sense beyond basic schooling and the rapid creation of employment opportunities commensurate with the abilities of these new entrants to the labor market, " stresses the report.
In that capacity, she oversees the work of the Employment Litigation and Educational Opportunities Sections of the Civil Rights Division and spearheads interagency policy projects related to combating discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity in education and employment.
The lack of educational opportunities for socially marginalised communities is a clear indicator of the disparity between economic growth and social well-being.
The right policy may be increasing educational opportunities all the while managing the budget.
The educational and business opportunities here are great.
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Because of the many interactive activities and educational opportunities, this is one of the better places in the city to take children.
And because of the current lack of jobs and educational opportunities, many of the region's young leave at the first opportunity.
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Four decades after its establishment, SERVOL continues to implement a number of community-based development and educational projects primarily because the socio-economic problems that led to its formation, such as poverty, sharp socio-economic inequalities, youth criminality or gang violence and drug abuse as well as the disintegration of family structures, high illiteracy rates among and lack of livelihood and educational opportunities for the poor majority, remain prevalent in the country today.
Even the migration to cities can be positive, for it means the poor can share in the new jobs, educational opportunities and housing stock to come.
Under this theme, UNESCO will highlight the need to expand educational opportunities and outcomes for rural women and girls as both a fundamental human right and an essential condition for sustainable development.
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The Department of State, like the great team behind Girls Who Code, recognizes the importance of inspiring young women to pursue educational and professional opportunities in the science and technology sphere.
The neighbourhood comprehensive school was not just the guarantor of a fair allocation of educational resources and opportunities, but the bedrock of a more egalitarian society.
Funded by the Scottish government, the line is expected to open up new economic and educational opportunities for those living along the route and offer an alternative for commuters using the M8.
Data show that the most important issues shaping educational opportunities are household wealth and location.
Yet, according to the data, the most important issues shaping educational opportunities are household wealth and location.
Equally and perhaps more importantly, the programme has created more educational opportunities for women who often have limited access to education due to entrenched socio-cultural practices.
Instead of working, the children will be given educational opportunities.
Called All Together Now, the new group says the scheme will celebrate the history of both clubs and bring educational benefits and job opportunities to communities surrounding the clubs.
Improve educational opportunities for the poorest Americans, make sure that nobody is turned away from university on grounds of financial need, and you will progressively weaken the link between background and educational success.
If home study opportunities are not acceptable, the student will be counselled to seek other educational opportunities.
As a result, there has been a heavy reliance and dependence on textbooks to maintain the education system and to provide educational opportunities to primary and secondary schools.
From Sierra Leone to Ethiopia to Malawi, the story is the same: an emerging middle class, growing in confidence and ambition, that seeks the same educational, economic and social opportunities that Americans and Singaporeans enjoy.
At a conference organised by the Sutton Trust, which promotes educational opportunities for young people from underprivileged backgrounds, Mr Clegg called for "a more dynamic society: one where what matters most is the person you become, not the person you were born".
At secondary level, educational opportunities in much of the region are deeply limited -- and limiting.
In 2011, Intel launched She Will, a campaign to educate and empower girls and women around the world by fostering equal economic and educational opportunities.
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