Goal 4: Quality Education Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/category/education/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:50:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 ‘Education is a human right,’ UN Summit Adviser says, urging action to tackle ‘crisis of access, learning and relevance’ /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2022/09/education-is-a-human-right-un-summit-advisor-says-urging-action-to-tackle-crisis-of-access-learning-and-relevance/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 19:37:47 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=106590 14 September, NEW YORK – Education is a human right - those who are excluded must fight for their right, Leonardo Garnier, Costa Rica’s former education minister, emphasized, ahead of a major United Nations summit. “Education is going through a very specific and difficult crisis,” said Mr. Garnier, the Special Adviser for the Transforming [...]

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]]> Showcasing nature-based solutions: Meet the UN prize winners /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2022/08/showcasing-nature-based-solutions-meet-the-winners-for-indigenous-peoples-prize/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 22:39:09 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=105996 NEW YORK, 11 August – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and partners have announced the winners of the 13th Equator Prize, recognizing ten indigenous peoples and local communities from nine countries. The winners, selected from a pool of over 500 nominations from 109 countries hail from Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Panama, [...]

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]]> UN and partners roll out #LetMeLearn campaign ahead of Education Summit /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2022/08/united-nations-partners-roll-out-letmelearn-campaign-ahead-of-education-summit/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 18:14:04 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=105726 New York, 1 August – Amid the education crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations is partnering with children's charity Theirworld to launch the #LetMeLearn campaign, urging world leaders to hear the voices of young people and put in place the plans and finance required to provide a quality education for every [...]

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]]> Amélie Jézabel Mariage, United Nations Young Leader for the SDGs and Co-founder of Aprendices Visuales /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/02/amelie-jezabel-mariage-interview/ Thu, 07 Feb 2019 01:28:51 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=59248 United Nations Young Leader for the SDGs Amélie Jézabel Mariage discusses her inspiration in advocating for children's rights to access inclusive education, adding that “innovation in education is a proven path to inclusion and a bridge to opportunity.”

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]]> Madelle Kangha, United Nations Young Leader for the SDGs and Founder of JumpStart Academy Africa /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/02/madelle-kangha-interview/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:16:58 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=59287 I believe that educating and empowering young people everywhere, to become effective and productive members of society, is essential for sustainable growth and development.

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]]> SDG Advocate Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, met with Antonio Guterres and Henrietta Fore at Hamad bin Khalifa University to discuss progress on SDG 4 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/12/sdg-advocate-her-highness-sheikha-moza-bint-nasser-met-with-antonio-guterres-and-henrietta-fore-at-hamad-bin-khalifa-university-to-discuss-progress-on-sdg-4/ Sun, 16 Dec 2018 15:03:16 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=56247 On 16th December 2018 SDG Advocate Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Founder and Chairperson of Education Above All Foundation met with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore and discussed Sustainable development Goals progress and ongoing education efforts. Her Highness then attended the insightful lecture by the UN Secretary [...]

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]]> Partnership key to ensuring all children can access education – senior UN officials /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/02/partnership-key-ensuring-children-can-access-education-senior-un-officials/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:41:33 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=44406 Stressing the importance of quality education for the future of young people and children, senior United Nations officials, including the head of its education agency and the UN youth envoy, called for cooperation to strengthen education and learning programmes in all corners of the world.

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]]> UNIC Tunis holds SDG-themed writing workshop for children /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/01/unic-tunis-holds-sdg-themed-writing-workshop-children/ Tue, 09 Jan 2018 19:12:18 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=43644 On the first day of the school holidays, fifty-two children braved the cold weather - and the temptation to spend a Monday morning at home - to come to the Public Library of Ariana, a town near Tunis, for a writing workshop on the SDGs. They were in for a surprise; the organizers greeted them with an SDG-branded toolkit with pens, pencils, copybooks, stationery and everything they needed to unleash their creativity.

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]]> Children are the face of conflict-fuelled humanitarian tragedy in South Sudan – UNICEF /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/12/children-face-conflict-fuelled-humanitarian-tragedy-south-sudan-unicef/ Fri, 15 Dec 2017 20:09:10 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=43372 South Sudan's children are facing a raft of daily horrors and deprivations and urgently require a peaceful, protective environment, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday, warning that “anything less, places children and women at even greater risk of grave violations and abuse.”

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]]> Young students getting better at reading, finds international study /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/12/young-students-getting-better-reading-finds-international-study/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:12:46 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=43083 Reading literacy levels are on the rise across the globe, giving young students a set of strong skills to serve them in their futures as well as contributing to the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular those related to inclusive and quality education.

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]]> Violence against children pervasive in homes, schools and communities – UNICEF /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/violence-against-children-pervasive-in-homes-schools-and-communities-unicef/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 19:35:48 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=33997 About 300 million, or three-quarters, of the world’s two- to four-year-old children experience either psychological aggression or physical punishment, or both, by their caregivers at home, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report published Tuesday.

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]]> Don’t just blame teachers when system is at fault, says UNESCO /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/dont-just-blame-teachers-when-system-is-at-fault-says-unesco/ Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:11:21 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=33343 Blaming just the teacher or the school for systemic educational problems can have serious negative side effects, warns a new report from the United Nations educational agency.

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]]> Yemen: UNICEF warns conflict shutters one in 10 schools; teachers unpaid for a year /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/yemen-unicef-warns-conflict-shutters-one-in-10-schools-teachers-unpaid-for-a-year/ Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:59:56 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=33232 The conflict in Yemen – now into its third year – continues to take a toll on millions of children, with their education now under threat, adding to an already long list of bitter hardships including malnutrition, displacement and violence, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned.

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]]> UN, Thomas and Friends™ announce new collaboration to promote SDGs to children /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/united-nations-and-thomas-friends-announce-new-collaboration-to-promote-the-sustainable-development-goals-to-children/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:01:27 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32865 The new collaboration will result in the inclusion of elements from five of the 17 goals in the upcoming Thomas & Friends™ series, which will be aired in over 110 countries in 33 languages.

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]]> Over half of schools remain closed in epicentre of Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria – UNICEF /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/over-half-of-schools-remain-closed-in-epicentre-of-boko-haram-crisis-in-nigeria-unicef/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:02:16 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32364 About 57 per cent of all schools are closed in Nigeria's Borno state, worst hit by the Boko Haram insurgency and the subsequent humanitarian crisis, leaving an estimated 3 million children in need of emergency education support, even as the new school year begins, the United Nations child agency said today. “Children in northeast Nigeria [...]

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]]> Global ‘learning crisis’ threatens future of millions young students – World Bank report /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/global-learning-crisis-threatens-future-of-millions-young-students-world-bank-report/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 22:25:51 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32167 Schooling without learning is a terrible waste of precious resources and of human potential, the World Bank said today, warning in a new report that millions of young students in low and middle-income countries face the prospect of lost opportunity and lower wages in later life because their primary and secondary schools are failing to [...]

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]]> Malala Yousafzai (UN Messenger of Peace) on “Financing the Future: Education 2030” /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/malala-yousafzai-un-messenger-of-peace-on-financing-the-future-education-2030/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:22:42 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32042 The post Malala Yousafzai (UN Messenger of Peace) on “Financing the Future: Education 2030” appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> More than half of children and youth worldwide ‘not learning’ – UNESCO /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/more-than-half-of-children-and-youth-worldwide-not-learning-unesco/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 22:47:14 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31993 About 617 million children and adolescents worldwide are not achieving minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics, signalling “a learning crisis” that could threaten progress on global development goals, a report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows. “The figures are staggering both in terms of the waste of human potential [...]

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]]> World leaders gathered at UN commit to boosting investment in education /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/world-leaders-gathered-at-un-commit-to-boosting-investment-in-education/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:52:17 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31913 World leaders today pledged to tackle the education crisis that is holding back millions of children and threatening economic development, at a high-level event at United Nations Headquarters in New York aimed at securing finance for this critical goal. “Financing education is indeed the best investment we can make for a better world and a [...]

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]]> Press release: World leaders commit to tackling global education crisis /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/press-release-world-leaders-commit-to-tackling-global-education-crisis/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:34:11 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31845 Around 264 million children and adolescents are not in school and only 1 in 12 young people in low-income countries is on track to gain secondary level skills.

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