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

African Promise Foundation

Maple Valley WA USA G f

African Publishers Network

APNET 1992 Accra Ghana F

African Refugees Foundation

AREF 1993 Lagos Nigeria F f

African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education - English

ARCSSTE-E 1998 Ile Ife Nigeria E g

African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology

AFRA T g

African Regional Intellectual Property Organization

ARIPO 1976 Harare Zimbabwe D g

African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science

ARPPIS 1978 Nairobi Kenya K

African Relief in Action

ARIA International 1995 Houston TX USA G

African Research and Resource Forum

ARRF 2002 Nairobi Kenya F

African Research on Ageing Network

AFRAN 2005 Oxford UK F

African Rights Initiative International

ARII 2007 Madina Ghana G

African Rural Development Fund

Fondafrica 1997 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire K f

African School of Architecture and Town Planning

1975 Lomé Togo F g

African Scientific Technical and Research Innovation Council

ASRIC 2018 Abuja Nigeria E g

African Sculptures and Cultures

ASC Ghent Belgium N

African Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology

ASPAE 2009 Nairobi Kenya D

African Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

AFSTSS 2000 Johannesburg South Africa D v

African Society of Mycotoxicology

ASM J

African Studies Center, Michigan State University

1960 East Lansing MI USA G

African Tax Research Network

ATRN Pretoria South Africa F

African Technology Policy Studies Network

ATPS Nairobi Kenya E

African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development

CAFRAD 1964 Tangiers Morocco E g

African Union of Broadcasting

AUB Dakar Senegal D

African Union Scientific Technical Research Commission

AU STRC 1965 Abuja Nigeria E g

African University for Cooperative Development

AUCD 1967 Cotonou Benin F g

African Venture Philanthropy Alliance

AVPA J

African Virtual University

AVU 1997 Nairobi Kenya F g

African Women Empowerment Guild

AWEG 1995 Benin City Nigeria G

African Women's Development and Communication Network

FEMNET 1988 Nairobi Kenya F

African Women's Welfare Group

Tottenham UK G

African World Heritage Fund

AWHF 2006 Midrand South Africa F g

African Young Positives Network

AY+ 2011 J

African Youth Foundation

AYF 2000 Bonn Germany G f

African Youth Growth Foundation

AYGF 2003 Abuja Nigeria G f

African Youth in Philanthropy Network

AYPN 2015 Kenyasi Ghana F

African Youth Initiative on Climate Change

AYICC 2006 J

African Youth Movement

AYM 2002 Uyo Nigeria F

African Youth Safe Abortion Alliance

AYOSA 2014 Mzuzu Malawi D

African Youths Initiative on Crime Prevention

AYICRIP Lagos Nigeria G

Africana Studies and Research Center

1969 Ithaca NY USA N

Africare

1970 Washington DC USA F

Afrika Kulturinstitut

Berlin Germany G j

AFRINIC

Ebene Mauritius F

Afrique Secours et Assistance

ASA 1998 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire J

Afriterra Foundation

G f

Afro-Arab Institute for Culture and Strategic Studies

AACI 2002 Bamako Mali E j

Afro-Arab Network for Women Empowerment

Cairo Egypt N

Afro-Asian Book Council

AABC 1990 Delhi India F

Afro-Asiatisches Institut Salzburg

AAI 1988 Salzburg Austria G

Afro-Caribbean Education and Training Services

ACETS Nottingham UK N

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