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

World Tourism Education and Research Centre

WTERC 1989 Calgary AB Canada G

World Union for Progressive Judaism

WUPJ 1926 Jerusalem Israel C v

World Union of Jesuit Alumni and Alumnae

WUJA 1956 Luxembourg Luxembourg E

World Union of Jewish Students

WUJS 1924 Jerusalem Israel C y

World Union of Jewish Studies

1947 Jerusalem Israel C

World Union of Tissue Banking Associations

WUTBA 2005 Hannover Germany C y

World Universities Debating Council

WUDC 1981 E

World Universities Forum

2008 Champaign IL USA N

World University Federation

1996 Bridgeport CT USA K

World University Service

WUS 1920 Wiesbaden Germany B

World Values Survey Association

WVSA 1981 Vienna Austria C

World Veterinary Association

WVA 1959 Brussels Belgium A y

World Water Council

WWC 1996 Marseille France C y

World Welfare Association

WWA 1991 Mananwala Pakistan G

World Wide Alliance for Christian Education

WWACE 1994 Charleston SC USA K

World Wide Education Project

WWEP 2015 G

World Wide Fund for Nature

WWF 1961 Gland Switzerland F f

World Wings International

WWI 1959 New York NY USA G

World Women Organization

WWO J

World Wood Day Foundation

WWDF 2013 F f

World Young Women's Christian Association

World YWCA 1855 Le Grand-Saconnex Switzerland B

World Youth Academy

WYA 2016 Vienna Austria F

World Youth Alliance

WYA 1999 New York NY USA F

World Youth Alliance - Africa

WYA-A 1999 Nairobi Kenya E

World Youth Alliance - Asia Pacific

WYA-AP Quezon City Philippines E

World Youth Alliance - Europe

1999 Brussels Belgium E

World Youth Alliance - Middle East

WYA Middle East Beirut Lebanon K

World Youth Alliance - North America

WYA-NA New York NY USA G

World Youth Alliance Latin America

WYA-LA Mexico City Mexico E

World Youth Assembly

S c

World Youth Choir

WYC 1989 Amsterdam Netherlands F

World Youth Council Against Terrorism

WYCAT 2003 Hyderabad India C

World Youth Empowerment Foundation

WYEF Adelaide SA Australia N f

World Youth Foundation

WYF 1994 Melaka Malaysia G f

World Youth Movement for Democracy

WYMD 2004 Belgrade Serbia F

World Youth Parliament for Water

WYPW 1998 E

World Youth Service and Enterprise

WYSE 1988 London UK G

World Youth Student and Educational Travel Confederation

WYSE Travel Confederation 2006 Amsterdam Netherlands C y

World-Ecology Research Network

J

World's Poultry Science Association

WPSA 1912 Beekbergen Netherlands B y

WorldCALL

Valencia Spain C y

WorldDAB

London UK E y

Worlddidac Association

1952 Bern Switzerland C y

WorldFish

1975 Bayan Lepas Malaysia E

Worldreader

2010 San Francisco CA USA F

WorldSkills International

WSI 1950 Amsterdam Netherlands B

Worldwide Cancer Research

1979 Edinburgh UK N

Worldwide CDIO Initiative

Gothenburg Sweden F y

Worldwide Network of the Experiment in International Living

Federation EIL 1932 Washington DC USA F y

Worldwide Support for Development

WSD Tokyo Japan G

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