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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are goals created by the United Nations in 2015 in order to provide a detailed framework for public, private, and civil society actors globally to bring about significant and transformative change towards a world that works for 100% of humanity and the planet as a whole.
In this article, we will show you what is the fourth of these goals and its importance!
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What is Goal 4 of the SDGs?
The fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is aimed at ensuring inclusive and quality education for all and promoting lifelong learning. Through this goal, the scope of education access targets are well beyond primary education.
Education being a human right, the fact that nowadays more than 262 million children and youth are out of school is certainly startling. The roadmap to achieve the education goal provides guidance to governments and partners on how to turn commitments into action and UNESCO is the UN agency responsible for coordinating the international community to achieve this goal.
What is the importance of the education SDG?
Education is the central SDG that will allow many other SDGs to be achieved. When people are able to get quality education they can break away from the cycle of poverty.
Then, education is helpful in reducing inequalities and reaching gender equality. It also functions to empower people everywhere to live more healthy and sustainable lives.
Finally, education is fundamental to fostering tolerance between people and it contributes to more peaceful societies.
What types of policies are in line with the education Goal?
Amongst the policies in line with the Quality Education SDG are:
- Ensure that all children have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education
- Equal access for everyone to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education
- Increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
- Eliminate gender inequalities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
- Ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
- Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
All the SDGs in one glimpse
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