Off Track: Educators Assess Progress Towards SDG 4
July 2019
July 2019
In 2015, Education International ensured that the new international agenda for a better world included a commitment to quality education and recognised the importance of teachers in making this a reality.
Today EI joins governments and other stakeholders at the United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York to review progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.
Off track: educators warn of slow progress at first major review of SDG 4In 2015, governments committed to achieve inclusive, equitable, quality education for all by 2030 (Sustainable Development Goal 4, SDG 4). Four years later, the world is severely off track to achieve the goal. This mini blog series illustrates some of the many obstacles to the achievement of SDG 4, from...
#OffTrack #0: Educators Assess Progress Towards SDG 4, by David Edwards.Today, the United Nations High-Level Political Forum will focus on reviewing Sustainable Development Goal 8 on decent work and interrelations with other goals. We are far off track to achieve decent work for all educators. In fact, in some countries, governments are introducing policies that are worsening the employment and...
#OffTrack #1: In Morocco, Teachers Protest Precarious Employment Contracts That Disregard SDG Commitments to Improve Teacher Employment ConditionsToday, the United Nations High-Level Political Forum will focus on reviewing Sustainable Development Goal 10 on reducing inequalities and its interrelations with other goals. We are far off track to achieve equitable access to education and equitable educational opportunities for all. In fact, in some countries, governments are introducing policies...
#OffTrack #2: In the Philippines, Schools Serving Indigenous Communities Are Under Attack.Today, at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLFP), Turkey will be presenting a Voluntary National Review (VNR) of its progress towards achieving the SDGs.
#OffTrack #3: Government Violation of Trade Union Rights and Educators’ Academic Freedom in TurkeyToday, the UK will be presenting a Voluntary National Review (VNR) of its progress towards achieving the SDGs at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLFP).
#OffTrack #4: In the UK, many challenges remain to achieve the SDGs domestically, by Mary Bousted.Today, Ghana will be presenting a Voluntary National Review (VNR) of its progress towards achieving the SDGs.
#OffTrack #5: Financing Education in Ghana: Operationalising “Ghana Beyond Aid” to Deliver SDG 4?