The Bengali language movement (বাংলা ভাষা আন্দোলন|Bangla Bhasha Andolôn) was a political movement in former East Bengal (renamed East Pakistan in 1952) advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government affairs, the continuation of its use as a medium of education, its use in media, currency and stamps, and to maintain its writing in the Bengali script.

Braille is a tactile writing system developed by Louis Braille in the early 19th century.

The Ekushey Book Fair (একুশে বই মেলা), officially called Amar Ekushey Boi Mela (Bengali: অমর একুশে বই মেলা), is the national book fair of Bangladesh.

The International Day of Education is a globally recognized day observed on January 24 each year.

The International Day of the African Child, also known as the Day of the African Child (DAC), has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the OAU Organisation of African Unity.

The International Year of Indigenous Languages was a United Nations observance in 2019 that aimed to raise awareness of the consequences of the endangerment of Indigenous languages across the world, with an aim to establish a link between language, development, peace, and reconciliation.

Kofi Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat and the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.

Multilingual education typically refers to "first-language-first" education, that is, schooling which begins in the mother tongue, or first language, and transitions to additional languages.