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The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organistaion (UNESCO) on Thursday said knowing how to read and write without knowledge of  computer was synonymous with illiteracy. The Regional Director of UNESCO, Ydo Yao, made this known on the sidelines of the National Launch of the 2017/2018 Global Education Monitoring Report in Abuja. The theme of the report: “Accountability in Education: Meeting our Commitments’’ is targeted at informing policymakers of approaches to accountability and share evidence based recommendations. The report is also aimed at facilitating connections and encourages collaborations among education actors to improve the effectiveness of accountability and education. “Today if you know how to read and write and you don’t master computer, you are illiterate. We are advocating so that governments will take measures to promote the use of  Information Communication Technology (ICT) in education. “We also know that the development ...

The withdrawal of the U.S. as a financier of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 2018 will impact negatively on UNESCO’s project in Nigeria, an official has said. The National Programme Officer of UNESCO, Dr Osuji Otu  made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. Otu said the decision by the U.S. to occupy an observer status in the affairs of UNESCO would mean it would stop its donation of up to 20 per cent of the finances used for  implementing projects across countries. “U.S. pulling out of UNESCO indirectly affects us a lot because over 20 per cent of UNESCO funding comes from the U.S. “Some of those funds, when given to UNESCO find their way to projects in Nigeria; so for them to withdraw and just remain as an observer state, indirectly it affects some UNESCO projects in Nigeria. “That means we will not have enough to deliver some of the ...