SDG Intro

Goal 4: Quality Education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

More than half of children and adolescents worldwide are not meeting minimum proficiency standards in reading and mathematics. Refocused efforts are needed to improve the quality of education. Disparities in education along the lines of gender, urban-rural location and other dimensions still run deep, and more investments in education infrastructure are required, particularly in LDCs.

SDG Stories

Average number of pupils per qualified teacher at primary level education in a given academic year. Pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of students at the specified level of education by the number of teachers at the same level of education. Data on education are collected by...

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Percentage of cohort of young people three to five years older than the intended age for the last grade of upper secondary level of education who have completed that level of education. This indicator measures the potential impact of electricity on youth education, that represents a crucial pillar...

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