Upper Egypt’s Aswan has been named one of the ten cities that showed “exemplary progress and commitment to promote education and lifelong learning at the local level” by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). UIL’s coordinator in Aswan, Mervat al-Samman, believes that Aswan enhanced its educational system by merging gardening and water-conservation programmes into its schooling system. The southern city has also expanded its entrepreneurial opportunities giving access to a larger segment of locals living in Aswan governorate. The cities along side Aswan were Chengdu, China, Heraklion, Greece, Ibadan, Nigeria, Medellín, Colombia, Melitopol, Ukraine, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Santiago, Mexico, Seodaemun-gu, Republic of Korea, and Sønderborg, Denmark. Although these cities have their individual social, political, economic and environmental conditions contributing to their varying starting points, UNESCO Learning City Award emphasized that the 2019 winners “have initiated innovative and target-specific policies and programmes that provide fruitful opportunities for their communities to benefit from lifelong learning.” The cities also include Malaysia’s Petaling Jaya, China’s Chengdu, Greece’s Heraklion, Nigeria’s Ibadan, Ukraine’s Melitopol, Mexico’s Santiago, South Korea’s Seodaemun-gu, and Denmark’s Sonderborg. This year’s awards ceremony will be held at the International Conference on Learning Cities in Colombia’s Medellin, one of the ten winning…
Aswan Awarded UNESCO Learning City Award for Enhancing Its Education System
February 4, 2019
