India’s Collaboration With Unesco In Education: A Study Of Progress And Impact

Abstract

UNESCO works mainly in the fields of education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and in field of communication. The Organization's Constitution outlines UNESCO's fundamental mission of promoting access to, and the transfer and sharing of knowledge. India and UNESCO are natural partners from the origin of Organization and both try to build peaceful and sustainable world through education, science, culture, heritage and in information technology. UNESCO’s renewed emphasis on using education as an agent for transformation becomes especially vital in this regard. The Government of India’s focus on the youth and skill development resonates closely with the vision of UNESCO for the country, and the larger education agenda of the future.