Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 4: Quality Education

Quality Education


Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to creating sustainable development. In addition to improving quality of life, access to inclusive education can help equip locals with the tools required to develop innovative solutions to the world’s greatest problems.

Over 265 million children are currently out of school and 22% of them are of primary school age. Additionally, even the children who are attending schools are lacking basic skills in reading and math. In the past decade, major progress has been made towards increasing access to education at all levels and increasing enrollment rates in schools particularly for women and girls. Basic literacy skills have improved tremendously, yet bolder efforts are needed to make even greater strides for achieving universal education goals. For example, the world has achieved equality in primary education between girls and boys, but few countries have achieved that target at all levels of education.

The reasons for lack of quality education are due to lack of adequately trained teachers, poor conditions of schools and equity issues related to opportunities provided to rural children. For quality education to be provided to the children of impoverished families, investment is needed in educational scholarships, teacher training workshops, school building and improvement of water and electricity access to schools.

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

Academy for International Health Studies

1993 Glastonbury CT USA G

Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology

World AMN 2003 Cluj-Napoca Romania F

Academy for Peace Research

1982 G

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

ABM 1994 New Rochelle NY USA G

Academy of Business in Society

ABIS 2001 Brussels Belgium D

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

ACJS 1963 Greenbelt MD USA G

Academy of Cultural Heritages

ACU 2016 Helsinki Finland J

Academy of Dental Materials

ADM 1940 San Diego CA USA C

Academy of Dentistry International

ADI 1974 San Antonio TX USA G v

Academy of East Asian Studies

AEAS 2000 Seoul Korea Rep G

Academy of Eating Disorders

AED 1993 Reston VA USA E

Academy of European Law

1992 Trier Germany E

Academy of European Law, Florence

1990 Florence Italy K

Academy of European Private Lawyers

1992 Milan Italy D v

Academy of European Public Law

1994 Athens Greece E

Academy of Human Resource Development

AHRD St Paul MN USA E

Academy of Improbable Research

1994 Cambridge MA USA F

Academy of International Business

AIB 1959 East Lansing MI USA F v

Academy of Operative Dentistry - European Section

AODES 1997 Athens Greece E

Academy of Peace

1972 Sion Switzerland G v

Academy of Political Science

APS 1880 New York NY USA N

Academy of the Mediterranean

1998 Naples Italy D

Accademia Europea di Scienza della Nutrizione

1961 Milan Italy D

Accademia Europea di Sports Vision

EASV 1988 Cervia Italy N

Accademia Europeista del Friuli-Venezia Giulia

1989 Gorizia Italy G

Accademia Internazionale d'Arte Moderna

AIAM Rome Italy G

Accademia Internazionale Melitense

G

Accademia Internazionale Partenopea Federico II

Accademia Federico II Naples Italy N

ACCELERATE

2015 Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe Belgium F

Access Agriculture

2012 Brussels Belgium F

Accord Européen Concernant la Sécurité Sociale des Bateliers de la Navigation Intérieure

1993 T g

Accord Network

1978 Washington DC USA G y

Accreditation Committee for Veterinary Nurse Education

ACOVENE 2007 London UK J

Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs

ACBSP Overland Park KS USA G

Accreditation Council for Oncology in Europe

ACOE 1989 Brussels Belgium E y

Accredited European Schools Network

AESN F

ACE Electoral Knowledge Network

1998 E y

acet UK

1988 Chester UK G

Acfas

1923 Montréal QC Canada G

ACL Study Group

Fairview Park OH USA E

ACORD - Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development

1974 Nairobi Kenya D y

ACP Sugar Group

Brussels Belgium E g

ACT Alliance

2010 Geneva Switzerland E y

Act.Now

2015 Vienna Austria N

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica Society

1939 Aarhus Denmark F f

ACTEC - Association for Cultural, Technical and Educational Cooperation

1982 Brussels Belgium G

Acting for Life

AFL 1973 Le Bourget France G

Acting for Women in Distressing Circumstances

1996 Phnom Penh Cambodia G

Action A B C en faveur de l'éducation et de la santé dans le Tiers-monde

1988 Luxembourg Luxembourg G

Action Against Hunger

1979 Paris France F

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