Building Strong Foundations
Good quality education starts with healthy, happy and safe learners. In a rapidly changing world, establishing strong foundations for children is vital for their well-being and resilience.
Foundations
UNESCO recently launched the Building Strong Foundations initiative, highlighting the importance of helping every child, from an early age, to build foundations for healthier, safer and more informed transitions into adolescence and adulthood.
UNESCO and UNICEF have co-published four technical briefs providing evidence-based guidance to help children in primary school to thrive through foundational education for health and well-being.
They are:
- What is foundational education for health and well-being?
- What to teach for foundational education for health and well-being
- How to include the whole school in foundational education for health and well-being
- How to put foundational education for health and well-being into practice
The briefs draw from extensive research and consultations with leading experts from various fields. Globally, these briefs serve as a roadmap for education stakeholders to equip learners with the necessary knowledge and skills to navigate their current and future health and well-being needs.
