Mention any two functions of the UNESCO in the field of education.

(1) It promotes FREE AND UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION and works to remove ILLITERACY, helping member states to expand and improve their school systems and to train teachers. (2) It encourages adult, technical and vocational education, grants fellowships and sends expert missions to developing countries, and promotes education for international understanding, human rights and peace — including equal educational opportunity for girls and women.

One mark each, and BOTH must be about EDUCATION — UNESCO’s scientific and cultural work, however correct, does not answer this question. Read the restriction carefully. The full form is a useful memory aid for exactly this reason: United Nations EDUCATIONAL, Scientific and Cultural Organisation — the three words are the three fields, and questions often ask about just one of them.