Sustainable Development Goal 4 Quality Education By Taryn Reid
Sustainable Development Goal #4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Targets All girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education All girls and boys have access to quality early childhood education Equal access for all to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education Eliminate gender disparities in education Achieve literacy and numeracy Increase the supply of qualified teachers
True or False Enrollment in primary education in developing countries has reached 91%
True However, 59 million children remain out of school.
True or False Over 103 million youth in the world lack basic reading and writing skills.
True Globally, 103 million youth (aged 15 to 24) lack literacy skills and 60% of them are women.
True or False There is no difference in a lack of availability to education between boys and girls.
False Girls are at the greatest disadvantage in receiving access to education at the primary school age. Globally, as of 2010, there were 95 literate young women for every 100 young men.
True or False To achieve Universal Primary Education would cost $10 billion a year.
True
George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars has a net worth of $5.2 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook has a net worth of $35.7 billion.
Why is education important? What are the benefits of receiving an education?
Benefits of Universal Education Reduces poverty Lowers child mortality rate Fights HIV and AIDS Promotes gender equality Promotes economic growth Promotes concern for the environment Overall safety Provides access to food and shelter
Increases vulnerability Abuse Exploitation Disease Increased cycle of poverty, gender inequality, and higher child mortality rates Lack of Education
Percentage of children attending primary school by region
Minimum Learning Standards
Girls and Education When countries run low on money, girls are the first to be excluded Discrimination Higher likelihood of experiencing violence or sex trafficking
Multiplier Effect Educated girls are likely to marry later and have fewer children and more likely to survive and be better nourished and educated Investing in 100% of the population rather than 50% Educated girls will make them more involved politically, in the work place, and at home Girls and Education
Ratio of Girls to Boys in Secondary School
The #1 barrier keeping children out of school is household poverty Child labor/exploitation Human trafficking, slave trade, child soldiers Discrimination and racism Girls are more likely to be excluded Violence Barriers
Barriers School fees!! (books, uniforms, teachers salaries) Poor education system No focus on secondary school Large classes and different varying standards Location/lack of accessibility
Ex: Afghanistan Child Warfare After decades of violent conflict, severe poverty and a lack of other opportunities have driven children into the fighting on all sides. Children taking part in hostilities risk being killed, injured or sexually abused, and have been used as suicide bombers. For many children in Afghanistan, war is a way of life. The Taliban have been training and deploying children for various military operations including the production and planting of improvised explosive devices (IED). In Kunduz province, the Taliban have increasingly used madrasas, or Islamic religious schools, to provide military training to children between the ages of 13 and 17, many of whom have been deployed in combat.
Sustainable Development Goal Progress Enrollment in primary education in developing countries has reached 91 percent in 2015, up from 83 percent in 2000. Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia account for over 70 percent of the out of school population. The literacy rate among youth aged 15 to 24 has increased globally from 83 percent to 91 percent between 1990 and 2015. The number of out-of-school children of primary school age worldwide has fallen by almost half, to an estimated 57 million in 2015, from 100 million in 2000. Many countries have already achieved full primary completion: East Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Central Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
What can be done to ensure Universal Education? Increase funding! Open Education Promote secondary education Start to train teachers Build schools and classrooms Improve instructional technology Remove barriers to attendance Cultural stigmas (gender stigmas) Fees and lack of transportation
Peace Corps Teach for America Barefoot College CARE Escuela Nueva NGOs and Education
What can YOU do? Be part of the SDGs and help achieve these goals Donate money to organizations that help build schools worldwide or encourage education Donate books to schools, libraries or community centers Get Educated Volunteer abroad: tutor and mentor students