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SDG Goal 4 - Education

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Goal 4 - Quality Education. The global indicator framework was developed by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) and agreed to, as a practical starting point at the 47th session of the UN Statistical Commission held in March 2016.

Goal 4 - Quality Education

Education and Sustainability: Responding to the Global Challenge - Daniella Tilbury, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Commission on Education and Communication. Comprehensive sexuality education. A demonstration of male and female condoms.

Comprehensive sexuality education

©Ollivier Girard What is comprehensive sexuality education? Comprehensive sexuality education enables young people to make informed decisions about their sexuality. It is taught over several years, introducing age-appropriate information consistent with the evolving capacities of young people. It includes scientifically accurate, curriculum-based information about human development, anatomy and pregnancy. Human rights issues, gender equality and gender roles should be integrated into every aspect of these discussions. Basic education and gender equality. Education for the 21st Century. Even at best schools, kids on free school meals are performing worse than their peers. It doesn’t matter if a school is outstanding or struggling, or if the majority of pupils are well-off or not – it’s likely that there will be a gap between how well poorer pupils perform compared to their peers.

Even at best schools, kids on free school meals are performing worse than their peers

The low achievement and below average progress of pupils who are entitled to free school meals is an issue for every school in England – whether in inner city urban areas or leafy rural shires. This “free school meals gap” – the difference in achievement between those children who are entitled to free school meals and those who are not – appears to exist in nearly all schools, according to forthcoming research I am presenting at the British Educational Research Association conference. Dealing with this problem is not a question of finding who to blame, but of recognising the importance of factors outside as well as inside the school gates. Six grades difference Best schools still fall short Data from schools inspectorate Ofsted can be used to illustrate the same point. Bright, poor students less likely to get into elite universities. Only 3% of able students from poorer backgrounds are likely to end up at an elite university, according to new research on the impact of education on social mobility.

Bright, poor students less likely to get into elite universities

This is compared to 10% of students overall. But poorer students are actually getting into elite universities with lower A-level grades than their richer counterparts. Education, particularly at university-level, is a major route to success in the labour market and is one of the main drivers of social mobility. It is essential we understand how to improve the chances of poor but able students attending higher education and specifically achieving access to the most high status universities. UN Resolution the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. List of countries by Social Progress Index. The Social Progress Index measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens.

List of countries by Social Progress Index

Fifty-four indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of wellbeing, and opportunity to progress show the relative performance of nations. The index is published by the nonprofit Social Progress Imperative, and is based on the writings of Amartya Sen, Douglass North, and Joseph Stiglitz.[1] The SPI measures the well-being of a society by observing social and environmental outcomes directly rather than the economic factors. The social and environmental factors include wellness (including health, shelter and sanitation), equality, inclusion, sustainability and personal freedom and safety.[2] UNICEF report: Growing inequalities threaten most disadvantaged kids.

Some 69 million children under five years of age will die from mostly preventable causes, 167 million children will live in poverty, and 750 million women will have been married as children by 2030, unless the world focuses more on the plight of its most disadvantaged children, according to a United Nations report published today.

UNICEF report: Growing inequalities threaten most disadvantaged kids

“Denying hundreds of millions of children a fair chance in life does more than threaten their futures – by fueling intergenerational cycles of disadvantage, it imperils the future of their societies,” said the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Anthony Lake, on the release of The State of the World’s Children, the agency’s annual flagship report. “We have a choice: Invest in these children now or allow our world to become still more unequal and divided,” he added. The report notes that significant progress has been made in saving children’s lives, getting children into school and lifting people out of poverty.

Investing in children pays off. Sustainable Development Goals. Set of 17 global development goals defined by the United Nations for the year 2030 A diagram listing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Sustainable Development Goals

Index. By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and Goal-4 effective learning outcomes By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and preprimary education so that they are ready for primary education By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.

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