Five UN agencies, govt join hands to boost elementary education

  • 07/12/1997

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)

Five United Nations agencies for the first time have come together to extend $ 20 million aid to initiate a programme for universalisaiton of elementary education . To this effect an agreement was signed on Friday among the department of economic affairs, education and the five UN agencies--UNDP, Unicef, UNESCO, ILO and UNFPA.