2. INDEX
Introduction
Background
Three key data priorities for Education IN 2030
Targets, Indicators and Progress
Scope Of Education Targets In SDGs
Challenges
Links With Other SDGs
Education targets/indicators within other SDGs
Regional Support To SDG-4 (Implementation Road-Map)
Global Education Agendas compared
Monitoring of SDG-4 : global , regional and national and thematic
Thematic indicator framework for SDG4
Indicator availability by regions
Indicator availability by targets
Regional overview
4. INTRODUCTION:
Sustainable Development Goal is about
quality education and is among the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals established by the United Nations in
September 2015. The full title of SDG 4 is
"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and
promote lifelong learning opportunities for all".
SDG 4 has ten targets which are measured by 11 indicators.
The three "means of achieving targets" are: build and
upgrade inclusive and safe schools; expand higher
education scholarships for developing countries; and increase
the supply of qualified teachers in developing countries.
SDG 4 aims to provide children and young people with quality
and easily accessible education plus other learning
opportunities
5. BACKGROUND:
"Education for All" has been a popular slogan and given attention through different international
development courses ever since 1990.
Education is seen as a force for sustainable development, nation building and peace.
The role of education in ensuring sustainable development is not limited to developing regions;
but the whole world at large. The major aim of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) is to
provide an inclusive and high quality education which will improve the learner's standard of
living, and the community's future.
Major progress has been made in promoting access to education, specifically at the primary
school level, for both boys and girls. Sub-Saharan African countries experienced an increase in
primary education completion rate from 49 percent in 2000 to 60 percent in 2006.
The closure of schools in 2020 as part of the measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-
19 is having adverse impact on the learning outcome. It has affected more than 90 per cent of
the world's student population, with an estimated 1.5 billion children and young people having
disrupted access to education.
6. Three key data priorities for Education 2030
• Broad scope across the life cycle:
Indicators for areas which are on the
“margins” of the formal education
system, but recognized as critically
important to achieving the development
goals (levels and types)
• Education quality: results of learning
at all stages of education provision or
learning opportunities
• Equity: measures that capture those
who are excluded from education
provision or learning opportunities
8. TARGETS, INDICATORS AND PROGRESS:
SDG 4 consists of 7 targets, 3 means of actual application and 12 indicators.
Eight of them are supposed to be achieved by 2030, while one is to be achieved by 2020 and the
rest have no target years. Each of the targets has one or more indicators to measure progress.
The 7 targets include:
4.1 Free primary and secondary education .
4.2 Equal access to quality pre-primary education .
4.3 Equal access to affordable technical, vocational and higher education.
4.4 Increase the number of people with relevant skills for financial success.
4.5 Eliminate all discrimination in education .
4.6 Universal literacy and numeracy.
4.7 Education for sustainable development and global citizenship.
The 3 means of implementation:
4.a Build and upgrade inclusive and safe schools.
4.b Expand higher education scholarships for developing countries.
4.c Increase the supply of qualified teachers in developing countries.
11. CHALLENGES :-
Just as all SDGs, achieving SDG 4—for inclusive and equitable access to education—is likely to be missed due to
the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a projection that more than 200 million children will still be out of education by
2030.
Many educational institutions are attempting to maintain programs through online education. However, equity
remains a major constraint on access to distance learning, as many students in the developing countries do not
either have access to the internet or a safe and supportive learning environment appropriate for e-learning.
In an effort to foster international collaboration and ensure that education never stops, UNESCO in March 2020
launched the COVID-19 Global Education Coalition, a multi-sector partnership between the UN family, civil society
organizations, media and IT partners to design and deploy innovative solutions.
14. Education targets/indicators within other SDGs:
Achieving SDG 4 will help to achieve these other SDGs:
Eradicate poverty (SDG 1)
Achieve gender equality (SDG 5)
Ensure good heath and wellbeing (SDG 3)
Reduce inequalities among countries (SDG 10)
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic
growth and decent work for all (SDG 8)
Build resilient infrastructure and foster innovation (SDG 9)
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies (SDG 16).
17. Global Education Agendas compared:
• The Global Education Agendas
are Millennium Development
Goals(MDG) and Education
For All(EFA).
• The MDG2 refers to Achieve
Universal Primary Education.
• The SDG4 is compared with the
following global agendas:
18.
19.
20. Thematic indicator framework for SDG4:
SDG 4 consists of 7+3 targets and 43
indicators. There are 4 monitoring levels.
A set of 43 indicators to track progress on
the SDG4 – Education 2030 Agenda on
an internationally ‐ comparable basis.
It includes 11 indicators proposed by the
IAEG‐SDGs for tracking SDG 4.
A reference for regional reviews and
national monitoring.
Developed by the Technical Advisory
Group (TAG) established by UNESCO in
the framework of the SDG 4 education
agenda.