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SDG Index | SDG Index and Dashboard | SDG Index & Dashboards | A Global Report. Education index. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. SuitUp. Burkina Faso. The government of Burkina Faso has developed its education sector plan (Programme sectoriel de l’education et de la formation - PSEF) which covers the period 2012-2021 and aims at providing the country with an efficient and inclusive education system that trains citizens to contribute to the socioeconomic development of the country. To achieve this vision, the PSEF is built around four strategic priorities: Increasing education and training; Improving the quality of learning; Accelerating literacy and strengthening non-formal learning for early childhood, teenagers, youth, and adults; and Improving the management and monitoring of the education and training system.

Structured around specific objectives assigned to sub-sectors, the PSEF outlines ambitious goals to improve basic formal education: Improving the supply of formal basic education, as well as the demand, to ensure universal primary education by 2021 and a compulsory education of 10 years for all children by 2025. Burkina Faso Education System. Primary Education Although education in landlocked Burkina Faso in West Africa is compulsory for children aged between 7 and 14, this is not enforced. It is based mainly on the French model and the teaching language is French. Children enter primary school at the age of seven and, after 6 years, they write an elementary school completion examination that allows them to register at high school. Middle Education Only a very small proportion of young people study further. Junior high school takes 4 years during which time the curriculum includes languages, geography, history, mathematics, and sciences.

Secondary Education The academic trend continues for students who proceed on to senior high school (and who are among the very few). Vocational Education Junior high level vocational schools offer 2 to 3 year professional training for occupations including primary schoolmaster, nurse, midwife, police person, customs officer, and public administration clerk. Tertiary Education. UNICEF Burkina Faso - Education - Issue overview. Issue overview Raise the rate of children in full-time education In Burkina Faso, the percentage of children in full-time school and the literacy rates are amongst the lowest in the world.

Significant progress has been made over the past five years. The gross enrolment rate has increased by 15% and today 60.1% of school-aged children attend school, as against 45% between 2001 and 2002. The education system is characterized by geographical disparities both in terms of enrolment rate and in infrastructure coverage. With support from its development partners the government of Burkina Faso has undertaken major innovations in education on all fronts: pre-school, primary, non-formal and girls’ education. 6227.0 - Education and Work, Australia, May 2015. In May 2015 it was estimated that, of the 15.7 million people aged 15 to 64 years in Australia, 3 million, or nearly 1 in 5 people (19%), were enrolled in formal study. Of these, 1.2 million people were aged 15 to 19 years, and 718,800 people were aged 20 to 24 years.

Of people aged 15 to 19 years, 83% were engaged in study. This proportion then declined with age: 44% of persons aged 20 to 24 years were engaged in study, declining to 16% of persons aged 25 to 34 years, 9.4% aged 35 to 44 years, 5% aged 45 to 54 years and 2.4% of those aged 55 to 64 years. Females were more likely than males to be engaged in study, with 20% of females currently studying towards a qualification compared with 18% of males.

Fifteen percent of employed people aged 15 to 64 years were studying for a qualification in May 2015. The majority of people aged 15 to 64 years who were enrolled in study in May 2015 were Australian or New Zealand citizens (88%). Document Selection. Three challenges for higher education and the SDGs | IIEP UNESCO. The UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) convened a strategic debate this week on the important and unprecedented role of higher education in the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Keynote speaker Eva Egron-Polak, the Secretary-General of the International Association of Universities (IAU), began the discussion by highlighting some of the key aspects of the new agenda. “The SDGs are interconnected, and comprehensive. There is recognition that we cannot meet one goal without achieving the other goals.

Education and research are essential to all SDGs,” she said. "For higher education there is a lot to be pleased about because the contribution of higher education to the SDGs is clearly recognized in the new agenda and higher education is included in the Education Goal (SDG4).” A new opportunity for higher education While the new agenda is good news overall for higher education, Egron-Polak also raised some precautions and challenges ahead. Education - United Nations Sustainable Development. EducationFlorencia Soto Nino2017-02-10T15:49:35+00:00 Share this story, choose your platform! Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development.

Major progress has been made towards increasing access to education at all levels and increasing enrolment rates in schools particularly for women and girls. Basic literacy skills have improved tremendously, yet bolder efforts are needed to make even greater strides for achieving universal education goals. Enrolment in primary education in developing countries has reached 91 per cent but 57 million children remain out of schoolMore than half of children that have not enrolled in school live in sub-Saharan AfricaAn estimated 50 per cent of out-of-school children of primary school age live in conflict-affected areas103 million youth worldwide lack basic literacy skills, and more than 60 per cent of them are women Read More On International Day, UN promotes online literacy in digital world.

Goal 4: Quality Education. <a id="mobile-version-link" class="mobile-version-link" href=" the mobile version of globalgoals.org</a> Targets. Quality Improvement Plan. The National Regulations require approved services to have a Quality Improvement Plan (QIP). The aim of a QIP is to help providers self-assess their performance in delivering quality education and care and to plan future improvements. The QIP also helps the regulatory authorities with their assessment of the service. A QIP helps providers to document the strengths of their services and to recognise areas for improvement. Who is responsible? Approved Providers must make sure a Quality Improvement Plan is developed for each of their approved services.

How many Quality Improvement Plans need to be prepared? You need as many Quality Improvement Plans as you have approved education and care services. What information has to be included in my Quality Improvement Plan? The Quality Improvement Plan must: What should be considered when preparing a Quality Improvement Plan? Does our statement of philosophy reflect a commitment to improvement? When does a Quality Improvement Plan need to be ready? Overview of Australia's assistance for education.

How we are helping 2016-17 Budget Estimate: $692.7 million Education enables development and is crucial to helping people overcome poverty. Australia and its neighbours benefit from aid program investments in education which support human development, economic growth and stability across the region. Australia’s approach is outlined in the Strategy for Australia’s aid investments in education 2015-2020. This strategy guides our official aid expenditure in education, and supports our program teams to make informed investment choices in this sector.

Australia’s investments in education enable children, particularly girls and children with a disability, to gain the skills they need to obtain work or go on to further study and to lead productive lives. Why we give aid Significant progress has been made in universal primary education since 1999. Education quality is a pressing concern. Formal education during the adolescent years is the most effective base for learning and skills development. Strategy for Australia’s aid investments in education 2015–2020. Summary This strategy guides Australia’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) expenditure in education, one of the priority sectors identified in the overarching development policy framework, Australian aid: promoting prosperity, reducing poverty, enhancing stability, released by the Minister for Foreign Affairs in June 2014. Effective education systems can contribute directly to poverty reduction, economic growth and stability. The acquisition of knowledge and skills through education improves individuals’ earning potential and ability to invest wisely in their future and those of their families.

Educating women and girls is particularly transformative; every additional year of schooling makes a difference to marriage age, fertility rates and health outcomes for women and their children. Australia will invest in better education outcomes for all children and youth across the Indo-Pacific region, to contribute to reduced poverty, sustainable economic growth, and enhanced stability.