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  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 October 2016

    For the “Whole Student” – health, education UN Goals must be linked

    Education International and partner organisation ASCD have pledged shared effort on numbers three and four of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, acknowledging that significant progress on either depends upon realising their connection.

    For the “Whole Student” – health, education UN Goals must be linked
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 October 2016

    UN: Education should be the foundation of sustainable cities

    The Habitat III agreement on the New Urban Agenda acknowledges the strong links between sustainable urbanisation and education for all.

    UN: Education should be the foundation of sustainable cities
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 September 2016

    No shortcuts or substitutes for teachers

    The importance and need of qualified and well-supported teachers has been reinforced with the launch of the Education Commission Report, which puts teachers at the heart of quality education and calls for increased investment.

    No shortcuts or substitutes for teachers
  4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 September 2016

    UN report outlines challenges in achieving education for all

    Education needs to fundamentally change if society is to reach its global development goals. That’s according to the new Global Education Monitoring Report published by UNESCO.

    UN report outlines challenges in achieving education for all
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 July 2016

    UNESCO event calls for policies to ensure no one is left behind

    In its efforts to drum up support for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Quality Education, UNESCO co-organised a high level meeting with UNICEF in New York on 19 July.

    UNESCO event calls for policies to ensure no one is left behind
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 July 2016

    Latest UN figures show that universal education for all still a work in progress

    Despite the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals, new data released by the Global Education Monitoring Report reveal the immense global challenge to get all children and youth into school.

    Latest UN figures show that universal education for all still a work in progress
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 June 2016

    Global leaders try to halt the ‘education deficit’

    Governments’ responsibility to ensure quality education for all will be put on the table as policymakers and funding agencies meet in Norway to adopt measures to improve access to quality education globally.

    Global leaders try to halt the ‘education deficit’
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 June 2016

    Teachers and education are key to solving global challenges

    By calling for stronger collective bargaining for teachers at the annual ILO Conference in Geneva, Education International has emphasised the importance of the teaching profession and quality education needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

    Teachers and education are key to solving global challenges
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 April 2016

    Norwegian teachers turn their focus to funding the future of education

    As a part of Global Action Week, a Union of Education Norway event embraced this year’s theme of education financing by delving into the issues of commercialisation, results-based financing and tax evasion.

    Norwegian teachers turn their focus to funding the future of education
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 April 2016

    UN kick starts implementation of Sustainable Development Goals

    For the first time since the Goals were adopted last September, the UN assembled member states, civil society organisations and business leaders to establish “fruitful and effective” partnerships to achieve the 17 Goals by 2030.

    UN kick starts implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 April 2016

    Through teachers’ eyes Cambridge seminar looks at the 2030 education development goal

    With teachers playing an essential role in making quality education inclusive, equitable and a lifelong endeavour by 2030, Cambridge University’s Faculty of Education brought together leading policymakers to address the challenges and opportunities ahead.

    Through teachers’ eyes Cambridge seminar looks at the 2030 education development goal
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 April 2016

    World Bank’s education policies dotted with inconsistencies

    A new Education International study provides rare, in-depth insight into the World Bank’s challenges to strike a balance of institutional coherence and consistency of teacher policy recommendations and programmes over the last decade.

    World Bank’s education policies dotted with inconsistencies
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 March 2016

    Unions ready to lead the way at teachers’ Berlin Summit

    The voice of the teaching profession is loud and clear in Berlin where unions are meeting face-to-face with education ministers from around the world to let governments know what teachers need for professional growth.

    Unions ready to lead the way at teachers’ Berlin Summit
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 January 2016

    Tanzania makes secondary education free for all

    Marking a major win for public education, the Tanzanian government has implemented a new policy making secondary education free for all, and in doing so removes all required fees to go to school.

    Tanzania makes secondary education free for all
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 November 2015

    Germany: global partners demand more education funds for development

    In a letter to the German minister for development, the members of German coalition for the Global Campaign for Education are pushing for a bolder engagement and higher financing of education in the context of development aid.

    Germany: global partners demand more education funds for development
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 November 2015

    New global education agenda adopted in Paris

    The future of education has a new roadmap after political leaders from around the world adopted the Framework for Action in the French capital, with hopes placed on its bold take on financing and inclusion.

    New global education agenda adopted in Paris