The Global Goals: 4. Quality Education

The aim here is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Working in a school means that education is something that is very close to my heart and something that I feel very passionately about. I believe everybody should have access to a good education, giving everyone a chance to learn, develop and shine.

This is the goal that the inspirational Malala has chosen to support.
 

 

The targets for this goal are:

• Ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education
• Ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education
• Ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
• Increase by x% the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment and entrepreneurship
• Eliminate gender disparities 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 at least x% of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
• Ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity
• Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
• By 2020 expand by x% globally the number of scholarships for developing countries
• Increase by x% the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries

 

I love the above quote from Abraham Lincoln, and I hope a lot of people get behind this goal. Will you?