Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 4: Quality Education

Quality Education


Progress towards quality education was already slower than required before the pandemic, but COVID-19 has had devastating impacts on education, causing learning losses in four out of five of the 104 countries studied.

Without additional measures, an estimated 84 million children and young people will stay out of school by 2030 and approximately 300 million students will lack the basic numeracy and literacy skills necessary for success in life.

In addition to free primary and secondary schooling for all boys and girls by 2030, the aim is to provide equal access to affordable vocational training, eliminate gender and wealth disparities, and achieve universal access to quality higher education.

Education is the key that will allow many other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved. When people are able to get quality education they can break from the cycle of poverty.

Education helps to reduce inequalities and to reach gender equality. It also empowers people everywhere to live more healthy and sustainable lives. Education is also crucial to fostering tolerance between people and contributes to more peaceful societies.

To deliver on Goal 4, education financing must become a national investment priority. Furthermore, measures such as making education free and compulsory, increasing the number of teachers, improving basic school infrastructure and embracing digital transformation are essential.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

The Network: Towards Unity for Health

The Network: TUFH 1979 F y

The Nippon Foundation

1962 Tokyo Japan G f

The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education

OBHE Redhill UK F y

The Other Foundation

Saxonwold South Africa F f

The Round Table Foundation

TRTF 1982 F f

The Shape of Enrichment

1991 San Diego CA USA G

The World Bank Group

Washington DC USA F g

The World Lin's Association

1980 Taipei Taiwan G

Théophraste Network

1994 Lille France F

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae

1972 Irvine CA USA G

Thesaurus Linguae Latinae

ThlL 1949 Munich Germany G

Think Global - Development Education Association

DEA 1993 London UK G y

ThinkYoung

2009 Brussels Belgium F

Third Order Capuchin of Our Lady of Sorrows

1889 Rome Italy R

Third World Center for Water Management

1999 Glasgow UK G

Third World Foundation for Social and Economic Studies

TWF 1978 Croydon UK F f

Third World Network

TWN 1984 Penang Malaysia F

Third World Relief Fund

Brussels Belgium G fv

Thomson Foundation

1963 London UK G f

Thomson Reuters Foundation

TRF 1982 London UK G f

Thrasher Research Fund

1977 Salt Lake City UT USA N f

Thunderbird School of Global Management

1946 Phoenix AZ USA G

Tibetan Aid Project

TAP 1969 Berkeley CA USA N

TIME Association

1989 Gif-sur-Yvette France F

Timor Aid

1998 Dili Timor-Leste G

TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center

ISC Chestnut Hill MA USA G

Tinker Institute on International Law and Organizations

1992 New York NY USA G j

Tinnitus Research Initiative

TRI 2006 Regensburg Germany F

To Love Children Educational Foundation International

2002 Baltimore MD USA G f

Together for Girls

2009 Washington DC USA J y

Together Women Rise

2003 Greenville SC USA G

Tomorrow People Organization

2002 Belgrade Serbia G

Topography of Terror Foundation

1992 Berlin Germany N f

Tostan

1991 Dakar Senegal F

Toughlove, International

1979 Los Angeles CA USA N

Tourism Education Futures Initiative

TEFI 2006 Copenhagen Denmark F

Trace Element - Institute for UNESCO

1996 Valence France G j

Traditional Textile Arts Society of South East Asia

TTASSEA 2009 Jakarta Indonesia D

Traditions pour Demain

1986 Geneva Switzerland F

Trager International

1980 Courtenay BC Canada N

Trainers of Pastors International Coalition

TOPIC Dallas TX USA N

Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability

TREES 1979 Santa Cruz Philippines G

Training Centre for Regional Integration

1993 Montevideo Uruguay E g

Training Christians for Ministry International Institute

TCMII 1963 Indianapolis IN USA N

Training for Health Equity Network

THEnet 2008 J

Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions NETwork

TEPHINET 1997 Decatur GA USA E

Trans Europe Halles - A Network of Independent Cultural Centres

TEH 1983 Lund Sweden D

Trans European Policy Studies Association

TEPSA 1974 Brussels Belgium D y

Trans-African HydroMeteorological Observatory

TAHMO 2014 F

Trans-Arab Research Institute

TARI 1988 Arlington MA USA N j

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