UN Sustainable Development Framework 2018-2022
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- Message from Director-General of UNESCOOn the occasion of the Joint UN Advocacy for Education Campaign, September 2015
- Critical role of education towards attainment of SDGsMr. Shigeru Aoyagi Director and UNESCO Representative to India, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka, highlights the critical role of education in accelerating progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Empowering people through educationMr. Oscar Fernandes talks about how education empowers people and provides them with the knowledge and skills necessary to better their lives and plays a role in building equitable societies.
- Effective Implementation of the Right to EducationMs. Panudda Boonpala explains how effective implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) will go a long way to ensuring that children complete basic education before entering the labour market.
- Fight to End Child LabourMr. Kailash Satyarthi, human rights activist and winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, tells UNESCO MGIEP about his fight to end child labour.
- Education for the 21st CenturyDr. Anantha Duraiappah, Director of UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), discusses the values and skills needed to face the challenges of an increasingly interdependent and interconnected world.
- From Education for All to Education 2030This video features high level speakers at the World Education Forum, held in Incheon, Republic of Korea in May 2015. On this occasion, the Forum adopted the Declaration on the Future of Education, a transformative vision for education over the next 15 years, encouraging countries to provide inclusive, equitable, quality education and life-long learning opportunities for all.
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Government of IndiaSarva Shiksha Abhiyan interventions include the opening of new schools and alternate schooling facilities; the construction of schools and additional classrooms, toilets and drinking water; the provision of teachers; regular teacher-in-service training and academic resource support; free textbooks and uniforms; and support for improving learning achievement levels.
- New Education Policy, Government of IndiaFor the first time, the Government of India is embarking on a time-bound grassroots consultative process, which will enable the Ministry of Human Resource Development to reach out to individuals across the country through over 2.75 lakh direct consultations while also taking input from citizens online.
- UNESCO MGIEP’s The Blue Dot MagazineThe Blue Dot was inspired by Carl Sagan’s view of our fragile planet and his call for people to set aside their differences and to work towards the betterment of humanity.
- India: Education for AllIndia has made substantial progress towards achieving Education for All goals during the last two decades. The adoption of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), 2009 has given further impetus to the national effort for ensuring quality education for all.
- Education for All 2000-2015This report draws on the outcomes of various fora and makes recommendations for the place of education in the global sustainable development agenda.
- Regional Overview: South and West AsiaWhat are the main Education for All achievements and what challenges remain as the world defines a new education agenda after 2015? Which countries have advanced fastest?
- World Education Forum 2015: Incheon DeclarationHighlights the commitments of the Member States at the World Education Forum 2015, held at Incheon, Republic of Korea.
- Sustainable Development begins with EducationThis policy paper provides a succinct, evidence-based overview of the numerous ways in which education can advance the proposed post-2015 Sustainable development Goals.
- GEFI: Sustainable Development begins with EducationThe UN Secretary General’s Global Education First Initiative video illustrating the power of education in acting as a catalyst for development.