News of UN agencies and organizations for the period from January to March 2021 are available in the first issue of the “UN in Russia” Bulletin. This issue includes article about the global EdHeroes forum “Education 2021: Family in Focus”.

Participants of the forum discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic changed both the perception of education and its delivery formats, explained why today's education should be aligned with family interests, offered advice on how to encourage children and adolescents to learn while combining traditional and innovative forms of learning, and much more. 

The new publication continues a series of publications “Digital Transformation of Education” initiated by UNESCO IITE. It describes the fundamentals of AI and AI-based technologies, their impact on the modern information and media environment, new challenges in the field of media and information literacy associated with the growing automation of the processes of creating, disseminating and accessing information, the use of AI in decision-making and control systems in various areas.

Signing the Memorandum of Understanding will facilitate the exchange of international experience on the issues of digital transformation of general and higher education, implementation of innovative teaching and learning technologies, and development of networking.

Almost one in three students has been bullied by their peers at school at least once in the last month. A similar proportion were affected by physical violence. Newly-released video by UNESCO highlights practical actions all people can take to help stop bullying in school.

International high-level event about the crucial role of media and information literacy (MIL) for the good of society will take place on 23, 27 and 29 April 2021. 

UNESCO will convene a high-level ministerial event to take stock of lessons learnt, the greatest risks facing education today and strategies to leave no learner behind. The event will be held on 29 March 2021, at 2:00 PM-4:00 PM (Paris Time) via Zoom. 

The project is aimed to support the ongoing growth and capacity building of teachers in the era of smart learning by fully unleashing the potential of ICT and Artificial Intelligence.