Accelerating progress towards the SDGs through education

Partners
Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University, International Council for Adult Education, and Sulitest
Description

This session discussed how education can build bridges and lead to a more equitable and justice-oriented society. The session demonstrated how SDG 4, and in particular SDG 4.7, can bring about transformative education. Panelists and participants shared experiences on what the global education community has learned from the pandemic, and how to best reach the most vulnerable groups. Further to this, panelists explored the mechanisms to integrate the SDGs using case studies and their respective areas of expertise

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Date / Time
9 July 2021
Venue
Virtual
Series
2021
SDG Wheel SDGs
Themes
Education

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SDG 4 progress snapshot

SDG 4

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Education

Education

Education for all has always been an integral part of the sustainable development agenda. The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002 adopted the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) which in its Section X, reaffirmed both the Millennium Development Goal 2 in achieving universal primary education by 2015 and the goal of the Dakar Framework for Action on Education for All to eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2005 and at all levels of education by 2015. The JPOI addressed the need to integrate sustainable development into formal education at all levels, as well as through informal and non-formal education opportunities.
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