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Quality Education

SDGs stand for sustainable development goals, here sustainable refers to as everlasting. In September 2015 around 193 countries came together in a conference at the United Nations to plan a comprehensive strategy to tackle the world’s greatest challenges related to global sustainable development. The result of this meeting was the list of 17 goals of DGS which were to be attained by 2030. Quality Education is the fourth SDG listed by the countries. The enrollment rate in the last decade has increased drastically but still many children remain uneducated and families unaware hence this goal ensures that all girls and boys complete free primary and secondary schooling by 2030.
I have worked with underprivileged kids to provide them education and holistic development, it has been almost a year since I have been working towards this SDG. From my experience, I can tell the grave importance of adding quality education as an SDG. About 53% (approx) children of the world have no access to education. With Covid hit in 2020, the situation has worsened, as many children had to drop out of schools due to financial conditions or malfunctionality of government schools. Quality education enables-

Ensures higher earning capacity

Gives better social standing and pride

Making better choices/ decisions

Stimulates innovation

Facilitates adaptation of new technology

Provides knowledge to understand society and be more accepting of it.

SDG 4

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Targets under SDG 4
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
By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care, and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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 programs, in developed countries and other developing countries

 

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 

 

We are slowly moving towards quality education, but we are still far away from what we want to achieve till 2030. The concept of each one, teach one has always been dear to me and it works wonders. Do try taking some time out to teach the underprivileged in your locality.

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