Education Post-2015 -

EFA, Literacy and Peace

Jordan Naidoo, Director, UNESCO ED/EFA

Rotary Day at UNESCO Saturday, April 4th 2015

“Building Peace with Rotary and UNESCO: Inter-Country Committees Peace Initiatives”

Shape of the Post-2015 Development Agenda

SDG Goal 4 “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning

opportunities for all” • Holistic, ambitious, aspirational, transformative and universal • Education is central in achieving all the other SDGs

• Attends to the unfinished business of the Education for All (EFA) and MDGs

• Rights-based and based on the principles of human dignity, equal rights, social justice, cultural diversity and shared responsibility

EFA Goals   Education SDG Goal and Targets     SDG Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote

lifelong learning opportunities for all”  EFA Goal 1: Expanding and improving ECCE   Target 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.  

EFA Goal 2: Access to and completion of free primary education of good quality  

Target 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  

  Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university.  

EFA Goal 3: Meet earning needs of all youth and adults through learning and life skills programmes  

Target 4.4: By 2030, increase by x% the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.  

EFA Goal 5: Eliminating gender disparities in education   Target 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.  

EFA Goal 4 : 50% improvement in adult literacy   Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and at least x% of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy.  

  Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.  

EFA Goal 6: Improving quality of education. Measurable learning outcomes achieved by all.  

Integrated in targets 1, 2 and 3  

  Means of implementation targets 4 a-c – infrastructure, scholarships and teachers  

Emerging Implications Challenges For Education

Digital media & Knowledge Society Economic growth and unemployment Environmental Pressures

and Peace and Security

Quality education and literacy Skills development and technology ESD and GCE

Education, Literacy and Peace in the Post 2015 agenda

•  Most neglected EFA goal: Illiteracy rate dropped by 23% since 2000 - far short of the 50% target; Two-thirds of the 781 million adults (15 and over) unable to read and write are women

•  Literacy and numeracy proficiency required to fully participate in society: moving beyond the dichotomy of ‘literate’ versus ‘illiterate’ and understanding literacy as a continuum of proficiency levels.

•  Culture of peace through education- unlocking the full potential of literacy

•  Global Citizenship Education for a Culture of Peace and a Sustainable Future

Examples of effective practice

•  UNESCO promotes practices which integrate the values, attitudes, and behaviour and ways of life of the peace culture with literacy

•  Afghanistan to enhance youth and adult literacy skills: “Literacy for Empowering Afghan Police”; and the Phase III of the “Programme for Enhancement of Literacy in Afghanistan”.

•  Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - community-based non-formal education for functional literacy skills through and peace-building and tolerance.

•  International Literacy Prizes - UNESCO awards to outstanding and innovative efforts to promote literacy and non-formal education

Final Thoughts

The  success  of  the  post  2015  educa2on  agenda  wi l l   depend   on   sufficient   resources ,  appropriate   knowledge   and   innova2ons   and  genuine   partnerships   among   governments,  interna2onal  agencies,  civil  society,  the  private  sector,   founda2ons,   academics,   teachers,  young  people  and  others.