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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4

In 2015, all countries committed to achieving 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Education International played a critical role in securing a stand-alone goal for education - Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4): Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Significantly, SDG4 recognised that quality education can only be delivered by qualified teachers.

However, at the current pace, governments will fail to achieve SDG 4. The COVID-19 pandemic poses additional challenges, and risks reversing years of progress on education. Urgent and decisive action is imperative.

Together with our member organisations around the world we are working to ensure that governments live up to their promise to achieve SDG 4 and all its targets by 2030.

  • We monitor progress and hold governments accountable.
  • We advocate for enhanced domestic financing for public education through fair and progressive taxation and international aid.
  • We oppose corporate interests that treat education as a market instead of a public good accessible to all.
  • We promote quality education that is free from violence, develops the “whole child”, builds tolerance, understanding, democracy, respect for human rights and active citizenship for sustainable development.
  • We promote the achievement of the “teacher target” (target 4.c), underlining every students’ right to be taught by a trained and qualified teacher.

Our work in this area

  1. News 30 September 2014

    Germany: future of teaching profession revisited

    Teachers’ training and qualifications have been at the heart of a seminar organised by the German education union GEW, one of the numerous culmination events around the globe of the Unite for Quality Education campaign.

    Germany: future of teaching profession revisited
  2. News 26 September 2014

    Teachers take centre stage in New York

    When the United Nations convenes its annual General Assembly, long-winded speeches and policy talk usually own the day, which wasn't the case when global education leaders and students were treated to a programme organised by Education International that combined practice and policy and saw teachers take the same stage as...

    Teachers take centre stage in New York
  3. News 25 September 2014

    Fiji: Three-day tour to end Unite campaign

    Teacher unions in Fiji have come together in a three-day tour to mark the end of the Unite for Quality Education (Unite) campaign.

    Fiji: Three-day tour to end Unite campaign
  4. News 25 September 2014

    EU governments must invest in quality education

    “Invest in quality teachers and education for all, and keep education and public services out of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement!” This was the message for policy-makers from trade unionists attending the Unite culmination event in Brussels, Belgium, on 22 September.

    EU governments must invest in quality education
  5. News 23 September 2014

    Latin America shows passion for quality education

    Hundreds of people have taken part in the culmination events that unravelled today in Buenos Aires, Argentina, showcasing the support of an entire continent for quality education, and reflecting the will of a region that will not let go off its political achievements.

    Latin America shows passion for quality education
  6. News 21 September 2014

    Campaign events reach Latin America

    Just in time for the beginning of spring in the Southern hemisphere, the campaign tour has reached the west side of the Atlantic Ocean. After a regional women's conference in Brazil, it's time for Buenos Aires.

    Campaign events reach Latin America
  7. News 20 September 2014

    Teachers’ unions join forces as Unite Campaign celebrates in South Africa

    Sleeping late wasn’t an option Saturday morning as the streets of Pretoria sprang to life with hundreds of teachers, students, and unionists rising early to celebrate quality education under the sun.

    Teachers’ unions join forces as Unite Campaign celebrates in South Africa
  8. News 20 September 2014

    Educators on the march for Quality Education in New Delhi

    12,000 educators from all over India and international guests from the Asia-Pacific region braved the heat in New Delhi, India, this Friday, to march for Quality Education. The rally was one of the worldwide culmination events of Education International's Unite for Quality Education campaign.

    Educators on the march for Quality Education in New Delhi
  9. News 18 September 2014

    India: Passionate debates about Quality Education

    At a press conference in New Delhi, India, today, leaders of EI affiliates from Asia-Pacific, joined by EI President Susan Hopgood and Indian singer-songwriter Shankar Sahney, debated what Quality Education meant for the region.

    India: Passionate debates about Quality Education
  10. News 18 September 2014

    Haiti: Education unions rally for quality education

    On 19 September, education unions in Haiti participated in a national teachers’ rally for quality education. This is a move in support of Education International’s (EI) global campaign for quality education.

    Haiti: Education unions rally for quality education
  11. News 18 September 2014

    Philippines: Educators back Unite campaign

    Di kami titigil! – We will never stop until we achieve quality education for all in the Philippines! This is the rallying slogan used by the National Alliance of Teachers and Office Workers (SMP-NATOW) to galvanise teachers, students and communities who took action on 7 September.

    Philippines: Educators back Unite campaign
  12. News 18 September 2014

    Unite Campaign’s global tour to focus efforts on TTIP during European stop

    Hundreds of European education unionists and students are set to celebrate the end of the Unite for Quality Education Campaign and rally against the trade agreement being negotiated between the European Union and the USA.

    Unite Campaign’s global tour to focus efforts on TTIP during European stop
  13. News 17 September 2014

    Pakistan: culmination events in full swing

    Affiliates in Pakistan are promoting quality education throughout the country, and have joined the campaign’s culmination events by blending its slogans with Pakistan’s traditional culture and teachers’ daily lives.

    Pakistan: culmination events in full swing
  14. News 15 September 2014

    Quality education threatened by new European Commission structure

    Education and training policy has been seriously undermined in the new European Commission, according to the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), Education International’s (EI) European region.

    Quality education threatened by new European Commission structure
  15. News 12 September 2014

    Unite Campaign global tour set to begin down under

    Hundreds of educators, students and unionists are expected to fill the shore line of Sydney Harbour tomorrow as quality education is celebrated to mark the beginning of the end of the Unite Campaign.

    Unite Campaign global tour set to begin down under
  16. News 11 September 2014

    India: Teachers to be tapped for expert advice on quality education

    Looking to teachers’ experiences to address issues in education is an approach seldom used in policy circles, but unions in India are looking to buck the trend in order to achieve quality education.

    India: Teachers to be tapped for expert advice on quality education