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29th March 2021

Education as Humanitarian Response

Global Migration Centre
4
News
23rd April 2024

NORRAG Becomes a Research Centre

NORRAG
4
Research
Research project in progress

The Impact of Compulsory School Laws in a Developing Country Context: Examining Impacts and Explanations in Sub-Saharan Africa

Martina Viarengo and Centre for International Environmental Studies
4
News
28th January 2020

The Human Capital Index: Good Intentions, Flawed Methodology to Measure Learning

Gita Steiner-Khamsi
48
Research
Research project in progress

Reaching the Unreached: Skills Development Policies and the Promise of ICT – A Scoping Study from India and South Africa

Michel Carton
48
Events
10–11 October 2019

Global Interdisciplinary Policy Research Conference on Youth Transitions – In partnership with ILO and other partners

Maison de la Paix
Centre for Finance and Development
417
News
27th March 2019

An Expert Look at Public-Private Partnerships in Education

Gita Steiner-Khamsi
Events
9 November, 2017

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

Auditorium Jacques Freymond, Geneva
Executive Education
Teaching
Academic courses

Advanced Development Macroeconomics: Empirical Research

Martina Viarengo
413
Events
8 April, 2024

Climate, Justice and Education

Maison de la Paix
NORRAG and Centre for International Environmental Studies
4
Events
1 October, 2015

Research and Teaching in International Education and Development: New Paradigms and Perspectives in the Post-2015 Era

Michel Carton
Events
22–24 November 2017

Philanthropy in Education: Setting the Stage for Analyzing Global Trends, Regional Differences and Diverse Perspectives

Maison de la paix, Geneva
Gita Steiner-Khamsi and Michel Carton
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Goal 4 aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all which, according to the UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, will require “increasing efforts, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia and for vulnerable populations, including persons with disabilities, indigenous people, refugee children and poor children in rural areas”. The promotion of lifelong learning opportunities for all is another aspect of the goal. Read more about Goal 4

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Target 4.1

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

Target 4.2

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

Target 4.3

By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university

Target 4.4

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

Target 4.5

By 2030, 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

Target 4.6

By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy

Target 4.7

By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, 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 and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

Target 4.a

Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, nonviolent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all

Target 4.b

By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries

Target 4.c

By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing states