Education in emergencies

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 learningpassport@unicef.org learningpassport@unicef.org . 

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 percent of children, in low-and-middle income countries experience Learning Poverty -- this means, they cannot read and understand a simple story by the time they finish primary school World Bank Icon of a classroom, 127 million children and young people, living in crisis-affected countries were out of primary & secondary school in 2019 -- this is equivalent to almost half the global out-of-school population INEE Icon of a house with the wifi signal crossed out, 1.3 billion children , aged 3 to 17 years old mostly from low-income countries and rural regions do not have internet connection at home -- this digital divide is perpetuating inequalities UNICEF, January-June 2023 Progress Report, 1.5 million new learners, 4 country launches, and 580,000 new course completions are only a few highlights of the Learning Passport in the first half of 2023.  Read our January-June 2023 Progress Report to learn more about our achievements. Learning Passport Progress Report 2023 A girl in Ukraine works on schoolwork from home UNICEF/Filippov, COVID-19 Response, The Learning Passport platform has undergone rapid expansion to facilitate country-level curriculum for children and youth whose schools have been forced to close due to COVID-19. The platform will also provide key resources to teachers and educators., #LearningPassport Tweets, Thanks to @Sony ’s support of UNICEF’s #LearningPassport , millions of children affected by the crisis in Ukraine can access education. Read the press release for more details ⬇️ https://t.co/HfuwYbto26 — UNICEF Education (@UNICEFEducation) August 5, 2022   In 2 years @UNICEF #LearningPassport has reached 2.2 million learners in 23 countries! We…, The Learning Passport, A new solution designed to close the learning poverty gap, the Learning Passport is an Online, Mobile, and Offline tech platform enabling high quality, flexible learning About Us

Latest News, Awards & Recognitions, World Economic Forum Selected as one of sixteen  Education Lighthouse  by the World Economic Forum Education 4.0 Alliance, successfully demonstrating a public-private collaboration that is exemplifying transformative practices to improve accessible and inclusive learning!  TIME 100 Best Inventions of 2021 Selected one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions…, #LearningPassport Tweets, Thank you, @moeghofficial , @CENDLOS , and @UNICEFGhana , for inspiring students across Ghana to explore, create, and learn with game-based learning! #GBL #EdTech #LearningPassport @gheduservice https://t.co/1BG41qYZz5 — Minecraft Education (@PlayCraftLearn) August 15, 2023 In 2 years @UNICEF #LearningPassport has reached 2.2 million learners in…

Group of children waving on a slide UNICEF/Hung The Learning Passport is an example of how UNICEF partners with business – based on a shared-value approach, where producing social value and addressing its challenges also makes perfect business sense. The Learning Passport welcomes collaboration with private and public partners on financial support…, Private Sector Partners, In 2020, funding was allocated to global project management in HQ and direct country support including the deployment of the Learning Passport to support out-of-school children due to COVID-19. Multi-year financing is required to support onboarding additional countries, measurement of learning outcomes, and children’s transitions along learning…, UNICEF Country Office Partners, The Learning Passport is offering to support UNICEF Country Offices in their work with Governments to provide continued access to national curriculum and learning resources for students with connectivity at home through an online web-based platform. ​This can involve the following: Provision of a platform to host the national curriculum (if there…, Non-Profit/NGO Partners, If you are interested in using the Learning Passport to support your organization's mission, or for additional details on how to access a UNICEF country-level platform, please contact your UNICEF Country Office UNICEF Country Office or email:  learningpassport@unicef.org . See our incredible partners that enable the Learning Passport to achieve…

Who determines the curricula of countries adopting the Learning Passport?, UNICEF’s in-country team, working alongside local governments will ensure the appropriate national curriculum is included on the Learning Passport. The Learning Passport does not contain a universal curriculum. The curriculum framework is global in nature, and focuses on mapping local curriculum and content in a globally comparable and systematic…, Is the curricula provided in national languages?, The aim is to make the Learning Passport accessible to all vulnerable children. As an education model, the Learning Passport utilizes locally developed content with supplemental curated global content, available in a number of languages. The Learning Passport can be deployed in a number of national languages and supports a country’s national…, What are some ways the Learning Passport can be leveraged for learners and educators?, Offering simple and easy ways to learn and achieve goals Engaging interfaces that make learning fun Developing skills with tailor-made training programs Tracking progress and measuring outcomes with visual analytics in one place Creating a custom training experience using the learner’s preferred device and language

As an extraordinary emergency response to the global pandemic, the Learning Passport underwent rapid expansion to enable countries with a curriculum capable of being taught online to facilitate online learning. It is now live in 40 countries including Zimbabwe, Egypt, Mexico, Costa Rica, Sudan, Lao PDR, Nigeria, and Poland and 20+ countries are in…, Voices from Around the World, “Just as COVID-19’s impact has no borders, its solutions must not have borders, as it requires the collaboration across public and private sectors to ensure every student stays engaged and continues learning. UNICEF's Learning Passport is uniquely positioned as a scalable learning solution to bridge the digital learning gap for millions of…

1.6, BILLION, Number of students across more than 190 countries affected by school closures at the peak of COVID-19 - disrupting the learning and the provision of critical services to children and youth across the world, especially the most disadvantaged. UNESCO A girl uses her computer tablet to complete schoolwork UNICEF/Khaliduzzaman When the global pandemic…

A great digital divide exists today, where two-thirds of the world’s children aged 3-17 years old, and 759 million 15-24 years old do not have access to the internet in their homes. This lack of connectivity, affecting low-income countries and rural regions in greater proportions, put children and youth from these areas at greater risk for missing…, Main Concepts of Offline Learning, The Learning Passport’s Offline Model enables learners and teachers to continue their education in low to no connectivity areas, helping to bridge the digital learning gap. The offline model utilises two general concepts to provide digital learning experiences in areas without connectivity. 1. Hub/Learner Device Concept   A hub device located in…

The Learning Passport is an Online, Mobile, and Offline Platform that enables continuous access to quality education. It is highly flexible and adaptable, allowing countries to easily and quickly adopt the Learning Passport as its national learning management system or use it to complement existing digital learning platforms. The Learning Passport…, How to Get Started: the Deployment Journey, LP Deployment Journey Infographic The deployment journey or implementation of the Learning Passport occurs once a UNICEF Country Office or the Government officially expresses an interest and typically involves the following process above. Country Offices, government officials, implementation & technical teams, and other stakeholders will have…, Additional Resources, A 7 years old girl, is studying at home, in Abidjan, in the South of Côte d'Ivoire UNICEF/Dejongh Discover how the Learning Passport's Offline model is helping to bridge the digital divide. 8 year old Akash reads a pratham book outside his house that has been given to him under the library program of Room to Read UNICEF/Kaur Read the research and…, Latest News