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

Conference of Ministers of Education of African States

S cg

Conference of Ministers of Education of Member States of the Europe Region

MINEDEUROPE S cg

Conference of Ministers of Higher Education of the Socialist Countries

S cg

Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations

CONGO 1948 New York NY USA E y

Conference of the Americas on International Education

CAIE 2009 Montréal QC Canada F cy

Conference of the European Communications Museums

CECOMM Frankfurt-Main Germany G c

Conference of University Professors of Civil Engineering of Central Africa

S c

Conference of Vice-Chancellors, Presidents and Rectors of Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa

COREVIP Accra Ghana S c

Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware and Vulnerability Assessment

DIMVA S c

Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones

CPCCAF 1973 Paris France C y

Conferência das Jurisdições Constitucionais dos Países de Lingua Portuguesa

CJCPLP 2008 Praia Cape Verde C g

Conferencia Latinoamericana de Escuelas y Facultades de Arquitectura

CLEFA 1959 Mexico City Mexico S c

Conferencia Latinoamericana de Facultades y Escuelas de Ingenieria de Sistemas y Ciencias de la Computación

CONLATI S c

Conferencia Permanente de Academias Juridicas de Iberoamérica

Granada Spain J

Conflict Analysis Research Centre

CARC 1965 Canterbury UK G

Conflict Research Consortium

CRC 1988 Boulder CO USA G

Confluence Philanthropy

New York NY USA G

Congo Heart of Africa

CHA Johannesburg South Africa N

Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum

CFC 1802 Rome Italy R

Congregatio Fratrum Immaculatae Conceptionis Beatae Mariae Virginis

FIC 1840 Maastricht Netherlands R

Congregatio Jesu

CJ 1609 Rome Italy R j

Congregatio Oblatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis

OMV 1815 Rome Italy R

Congregatio Sacerdotum a Sacro Corde Iesu

SCI 1878 Rome Italy R

Congregatio Sancti Michaelis Archangeli

CSMA 1921 Marki-Struga Poland R

Congrégation de la Sainte Famille de Nazareth

1900 Brescia Italy R

Congrégation de Notre-Dame

1698 Montréal QC Canada R

Congrégation de Saint Pierre aux Liens

1839 Rome Italy R

Congrégation de Sainte-Marie

1843 Paris France R

Congrégation des Religieuses de l'Ange-Gardien

1839 Montauban France R

Congrégation des Soeurs de Marie Auxiliatrice

1854 Paris France R

Congregation for Catholic Education - for Seminaries and Educational Institutions

CEC 1588 Vatican City Vatican E

Congrégation Notre-Dame Chanoinesses de Saint-Augustin

1597 R

Congregation of Jesus and Mary

CJM 1643 Rome Italy R

Congregation of La Retraite

RLR 1674 Saint-Germain-en-Laye France R

Congregation of Our Lady of the Retreat in the Cenacle

Cenacle Sisters 1826 Rome Italy R

Congregation of Sisters of St Agnes

CSA 1858 Fond du Lac WI USA R

Congregation of Sisters of St Felix of Cantalice

Felician Sisters 1855 Rome Italy R

Congregation of St Basil

Basilian Fathers 1822 Toronto ON Canada R

Congregation of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

1894 Rome Italy R

Congregation of the Apostolic Carmel

1868 Bangalore India R

Congregation of the Mission

Vincentians 1625 Rome Italy R

Congregation of the Sacred-Heart of Jesus

1818 Cléon France R

Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth

CSN 1851 London UK R

Congregation Our Lady of Fidelity

OLF 1831 Douvres-la-Délivrande France R

Congrès International des Recherches Féministes dans la Francophonie

CIRFF 1996 S c

CONNECT International

Brussels Belgium J

CONRAD

1986 Arlington VA USA G

Conrad Grebel College Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies

IPACS 1976 Waterloo ON Canada G j

Conscious Action Network

CAN N

Conseil euro-marocain du développement de coopération et d'échanges socioculturels

Aix-en-Provence France G

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