The document discusses education goals for post-2015, including: 1) Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all is the new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for education, building on unfinished goals of Education for All. 2) The education SDG includes targets that align with the old EFA goals like early childhood education, primary and secondary completion, and adult literacy, with a focus on quality, equity, and lifelong learning. 3) Promoting literacy and a culture of peace is important for the education SDG, as two-thirds of illiterate adults are women and literacy is key for full participation in society. Examples of effective literacy programs integrating peace from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyz

1. Education Post-2015 -
EFA, Literacy and Peace
Jordan Naidoo, Director, UNESCO ED/EFA
Rotary Day at UNESCO
Saturday, April 4th 2015
“Building Peace with Rotary and UNESCO:
Inter-Country Committees Peace Initiatives”

2. Shape of the Post-2015 Development Agenda
SDG Goal 4
“Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning
opportunities for all”
• Holistic, ambitious, aspirational, transformative and universal
• Education is central in achieving all the other SDGs
• Attends to the unfinished business of the Education for All (EFA) and
MDGs
• Rights-based and based on the principles of human dignity, equal
rights, social justice, cultural diversity and shared responsibility

3. EFA Goals
Education SDG Goal and Targets
SDG Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote
lifelong learning opportunities for all”
EFA Goal 1: Expanding and improving ECCE
Target 1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable
and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and
effective learning outcomes.
EFA Goal 2: Access to and completion of free primary education of
good quality
Target 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
Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to
affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including
university.
EFA Goal 3: Meet earning needs of all youth and adults through
learning and life skills programmes
Target 4.4: By 2030, increase by x% the number of youth and adults who
have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for
employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.
EFA Goal 5: Eliminating gender disparities in education
Target 4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure
equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the
vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and
children in vulnerable situations.
EFA Goal 4 : 50% improvement in adult literacy
Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and at least x% of adults,
both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy.
Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills
needed to promote sustainable development, including among others
through education for sustainable development and sustainable
lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of
peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of
cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable
development.
EFA Goal 6: Improving quality of education. Measurable learning
outcomes achieved by all.
Integrated in targets 1, 2 and 3
Means of implementation targets 4 a-c – infrastructure, scholarships
and teachers

4. Emerging Implications
Challenges For Education
Digital media &
Knowledge Society
Economic growth and
unemployment
Environmental Pressures
and
Peace and Security
Quality education
and literacy
Skills development
and technology
ESD
and
GCE

5. Education, Literacy and Peace in the Post
2015 agenda
• Most neglected EFA goal: Illiteracy rate dropped by 23% since 2000 - far
short of the 50% target; Two-thirds of the 781 million adults (15 and over) unable to
read and write are women
• Literacy and numeracy proficiency required to fully participate in
society: moving beyond the dichotomy of ‘literate’ versus ‘illiterate’ and
understanding literacy as a continuum of proficiency levels.
• Culture of peace through education- unlocking the full
potential of literacy
• Global Citizenship Education for a Culture of Peace and a
Sustainable Future

6. Examples of effective practice
• UNESCO promotes practices which integrate the values, attitudes, and
behaviour and ways of life of the peace culture with literacy
• Afghanistan to enhance youth and adult literacy skills: “Literacy for
Empowering Afghan Police”; and the Phase III of the “Programme
for Enhancement of Literacy in Afghanistan”.
• Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - community-based non-formal
education for functional literacy skills through and peace-
building and tolerance.
• International Literacy Prizes - UNESCO awards to outstanding and
innovative efforts to promote literacy and non-formal education

7. Final Thoughts
The
success
of
the
post
2015
educa2on
agenda
will
depend
on
sufficient
resources,
appropriate
knowledge
and
innova2ons
and
genuine
partnerships
among
governments,
interna2onal
agencies,
civil
society,
the
private
sector,
founda2ons,
academics,
teachers,
young
people
and
others.