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Education is key to social inclusion in cities
By: Anni Beukes, Mara Forbes and Kilion Nyambuga More often than not, slum children of all ages have limited or no access to formal public schools within their settlements. Data collected by SDI, a network of community-based organisations of the … Continue reading
Target 4.1 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on primary and secondary education?
4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes Progress towards target 4.1 will be seen as a key measure of government and international … Continue reading
Target 4.2 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on early childhood education?
4.2 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 The SDG target on early childhood development, care and education is the … Continue reading
Target 4.3 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on technical, vocational, tertiary and adult education?
4.3 By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university Target 4.3 covers a very wide range of education opportunities. For monitoring progress, two issues stand out. First, … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged adult education, monitoring, monitoring sdg 4 blog series, SDG4, SDGs, Target 4.3, TVET
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Target 4.4 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on skills for work?
4.4 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 Global monitoring of skills for decent work is likely to prove elusive because of … Continue reading
Posted in data, Gender, monitoring, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Skills, Uncategorized
Tagged monitoring, monitoring sdg 4 blog series, SDG, SDG4, skills, skills training, Target 4.4
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City leaders can employ education for more than just growing their economy
One area where education doesn’t have to make its case is in its power to foster economic growth in urban areas. Cities can attract human capital and foreign direct investment by positioning themselves as global hubs for higher education, skills, … Continue reading
Posted in sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged cities, development, habitat, migration, place, places
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Visualising the remaining gaps in education
In recent years, the GEM Report’s World Inequality Database in Education has brought the magnitude of inequality in education between and within countries to wider attention. Today, we are launching a number of new features on the website in response … Continue reading
Target 4.5 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on equity in education?
4.5 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 While there is progress toward monitoring … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Language, Learning, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, equality, Gender, language, monitoring sdg 4 blog series
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Why hasn’t education got a seat at the table for urban policy discussions?
For too long, education has been missing from urban policy and planning discussions. As the New Urban Agenda is finalized, those going to the Habitat III Conference should take heed of the benefits that including education, training and lifelong learning … Continue reading
Posted in Economic growth, Environment, Poverty, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized, Urbanization
Tagged cities, Environment, urban policy
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Target 4.6 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on adult literacy and numeracy?
4.6 By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy While the indicator for measuring adult literacy and numeracy skills is effective, many countries have yet to adopt the … Continue reading
Posted in Literacy, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged lifelong learning, literacy, monitoring, monitoring sdg 4 blog series, target 4.6
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