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Sudan’s 19 Million Learners are Facing the World’s Worst Education Crisis

One year after the outbreak of fighting in April 2023, the war in Sudan has become a generational catastrophe for 24 million children (half of Sudan’s population), with the country now home to the world’s largest child displacement crisis – over 4.6 million children have fled their homes in search of safety, food,...

Bridging learning gaps: Improving digital learning access for offline and hard to reach communities

In 2023, the Offline Learning Passport grew significantly, reaching new countries and making a positive impact on education in diverse contexts. With the deployment of 460 offline hub devices across the Philippines, Zimbabwe, Mexico, and Lebanon, we bridged learning gaps where children need it most. Let’s delve in...

27 February 2024

Empowering Teachers to Promote Mental Health and Well-Being in the Classroom

Two years after the escalation of fighting in February 2022, the war in Ukraine continues to have devastating consequences for the country’s children. Active fighting, shelling, and strikes threaten children and their families, particularly in frontline communities. 3.7 million people remain displaced inside Ukrai...

11 November 2022

2022 Transforming Education Summit

During the 2022 Transforming Education Summit Solutions Day on September 17, UNICEF and Microsoft hosted an event focused on “A Holistic & Equitable Approach to Digital Transformation." The event brought together representatives from Ministries of Lao PDR, Mexico & Zimbabwe, UNICEF and Microsoft to discuss...

Learning Passport: How did we get here?

In 2020 UNICEF’s Learning Passport was rapidly expanded to support the millions of students around the world impacted by school closures due to COVID-19. Today it is being used in 23 countries reaching 2.2 million learners helping students access national curricula, train teachers, support early childhood development and much more. The Learning…

11 October 2021

A passport to educational opportunity for girls in Jordan

Amani uses the Learning Passport on her smartphone at a Youth Centre in Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan. Amani uses the Learning Passport on her smartphone at a Youth Centre in Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan. 11th October 2021 – “I have always loved education” says Amani, 19-years-old, as she clutches on to a smartphone, scrolling casually through the…

09 September 2021

American Express Global Business Travel Joins the Learning Passport

American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has become an official supporter of the Learning Passport as part of its flagship charitable cause – educating children during times of crisis – in partnership with UNICEF USA. Originally launched in 2018 as a partnership between UNICEF, Microsoft, and the University o...

Puntland – Learning continuity during COVID-19 and beyond

The Government of Puntland’s COVID-19 school closures from March 2020 until early September 2020, affected over 250,000 learners (112,500 girls) of all educational levels. With face-to-face education disrupted for the foreseeable future, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Puntland (MoEHE) began expl...

Zimbabwe's Learning Passport Case Study

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of 2020, governments globally and in Africa closed schools fully or partially as one of various public health and social measures intended to curb COVID-19. In Zimbabwe, the school closure in March 2020 affected over 5 million learners. Since then, schools...

18 February 2021

Contact Us

Children from slums and mobile phone use, at St. Columba’s School, Delhi Find answers to frequently asked questions on our FAQs FAQ page or check out our About the Learning Passport About Us page that describes what the Learning Passport is. For all other inquiries, email E-mail [email protected] [email protected] .

18 February 2021

The Learning Passport

Our Mission , Enable continuous access to education for children, youth, and teachers around the world and drive improved learning outcomes through high-quality, portable education to support their entry into other education or opportunity pathways, including formal education UNICEF Icon of a child reading, 53 per...

18 February 2021

Curriculum Framework Adaption Guidance

The Learning Passport: Curriculum Framework Adaption Guidance Making progress possible: Improving the quality of education for vulnerable children everywhere March 2020