Tag Archives: target 4.2

The urgent need for investment in pre-primary education

Posted on 26 June 2017 by

By Pauline Rose and Ben Hewitt A child’s most important steps happen before they set foot in a primary school. Early childhood, from birth to age five, is the most critical developmental stage in a person’s life. By their fifth … Continue reading →

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Time to deliver: governments must make good on their commitments and Stand Up for Education

Posted on 28 April 2017 by

Global Action Week for Education, 23-29 April 2017 By Camilla Croso, President, Global Campaign for Education In 2015, the world committed to a Sustainable Development Goal to achieve equitable, inclusive and free quality education and lifelong learning for all. This … Continue reading →

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Still learning about early learning in Ethiopia

Posted on 23 February 2017 by

By Jack Rossiter, Young Lives, Ethiopia The potential of O-Class in Ethiopia In 2017, the research study I work for, Young Lives, released its first early learning publication: Scaling up Early Learning in Ethiopia: Exploring the Potential of O-Class [O-Class … Continue reading →

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Young people take over the UN to discuss Quality Education

Posted on 2 February 2017 by

Yesterday, almost 900 young people from over 85 countries took over the UN General Assembly for the UN Youth Assembly. The theme: Realizing the 2030 Agenda: Youth in Action looked at the role of young people in achieving the 2030 … Continue reading →

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Target 4.2 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on early childhood education?

Posted on 24 October 2016 by

 4.2 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education The SDG target on early childhood development, care and education is the … Continue reading →

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Achieving the 2030 Education Goal by focusing on early learning

Posted on 21 September 2015 by

by Michelle Neuman, Program Director, Results for Development Institute. This blog is part of a series of last minute reflections before the new education agenda is set in stone.  A quarter of a century after global education leaders met in Jomtien, Thailand, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Literacy, mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Pre-primary education, Quality of education, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, Uncategorized | Tagged | 3 Comments

Giving young children the best chance – and measuring their progress

Posted on 26 May 2014 by

In the first of our series of guest blogs on the five proposed outcome-oriented post-2015 global education targets, Abbie Raikes, programme specialist at UNESCO, looks at the challenges of measuring early childhood development and learning. We now know that early … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Early childhood care and education, Post-2015 development framework, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Uncategorized | Tagged | 13 Comments