dc.description.abstract | In Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all), the instrumental importance of education for economic growth and poverty reduction is recognized. Education is also important in relation to the other goals. A host of social and non-market benefits are produced by schooling, including increased child well-being, health status, efficiency of consumer choices and social capital. In Africa, the positive spill over of schooling can also be gauged by the fertility rates of adolescents, which drop with increased access to secondary school. The present background paper provides aggregate progress in sub-Saharan Africa towards the achievement of Goal 4 and focuses on indicators that are currently available in sufficient quantity across countries within the continent. Those indicators include completion rates, trained teachers, learning outcomes, technical and vocational education and training, and equity. This will allow for the identification of gaps and emerging issues. The mobilization of the means of implementation and key policy recommendations are discussed below. | en |
dc.title | Background paper on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education | en |
ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa | en |
ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic and Social Council | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | EDUCATIONAL QUALITY | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | EDUCATIONAL POLICY | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | RIGHT TO EDUCATION | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | AFRICA | en |
ags.subjectClassification | 11.01.00 EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND PLANNING | en |
ags.descriptionNotes | Item 6 of the provisional agenda* Parallel panel meetings for in-depth review, peer learning and dialogue on the sub-themes of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development | en |
ags.publisherPlace | Addis Ababa | en |
ags.publisherName | UN.ECA | en |
ags.creatorConferenceCategory | Conferences on Food Security and Sustainable Development | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-11T11:45:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-11T11:45:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-03 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/41863 | |
dc.format.extent | 12 p.:ill. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.type | Conference document | |
uneca.workflow.processed | true | |
ags.creatorConference | UN. ECA Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development(5th session:2019, Apr. 16 - 19:Marrakech, Morocco) | |
ags.availabilityNumber | b11929091 | |
ags.availabilityNumber | 2019 | |
ags.availabilityLocation | ECA-HQ | |
ags.rights.termsofuse | public | |
ags.RN | ECA/RFSD/2019/2 | |
ags.JN | b11929091 | |
uneca.language.supported | en | |