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«In May 2015,
the World Education Forum in Incheon (Republic of Korea), brought together
1,600 participants from 160 countries with a single goal in mind: how to ensure
inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all by
2030?
The Incheon Declaration for Education 2030 has
been instrumental to shape the Sustainable Development Goal on Education to
“Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all”.
It entrusts UNESCO with the leadership,
coordination and monitoring of the Education 2030 agenda. It also calls upon
the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report to provide independent monitoring
and reporting of the Sustainable Development Goal on education (SDG 4), and on
education in the other SDGs, for the next fifteen years.
The ultimate
goal of this agenda is to leave no one behind. This calls for robust data and
sound monitoring. The 2016 edition of the GEM Report provides valuable insight
for governments and policy makers to monitor and accelerate progress towards
SDG 4, building on the indicators and targets we have, with equity and
inclusion as measures of overall success.
This Report
makes three messages starkly clear.
Firstly, the urgent need for new approaches.
On current trends only 70% of children in low income countries will complete
primary school in 2030, a goal that should have been achieved in 2015. We need
the political will, the policies, the innovation and the resources to buck this
trend.
Secondly, if
we are serious about SDG 4, we must act with a sense of heightened urgency, and
with long-term commitment. Failure to do so will not only adversely affect
education but will hamper progress towards each and every development goal:
poverty reduction, hunger eradication, improved health, gender equality and
women’s empowerment, sustainable production and consumption, resilient cities,
and more equal and inclusive societies.
Lastly, we must fundamentally change the way
we think about education and its role in human well-being and global development.
Now, more than ever, education has a responsibility to foster the right type of
skills, attitudes and behavior that will lead to sustainable and inclusive
growth.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
calls on us to develop holistic and integrated responses to the many social,
economic and environmental challenges we face. This means reaching out beyond
traditional boundaries and creating effective, cross-sectoral partnerships.
A
sustainable future for all is about human dignity, social inclusion and
environmental protection. It is a future where economic growth does not
exacerbate inequalities but builds prosperity for all; where urban areas and
labour markets are designed to empower everyone and economic activities,
communal and corporate, are green-oriented. Sustainable development is a belief
that human development cannot happen without a healthy planet. Embarking upon
the new SDG agenda requires all of us to reflect upon the ultimate purpose of
learning throughout life. Because, if done right, education has the power like
none else to nurture empowered, reflective, engaged and skilled citizens who
can chart the way towards a safer, greener and fairer planet for all. This new
report provides relevant evidence to enrich these discussions and craft the
policies needed to make it a reality for all».
Irina Bokova Director-General of
UNESCO
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