Supporting Education for All in Scotland
The UKNC for UNESCO fully supports the Education for All (EFA) goals which aim to meet the learning needs of all children, youth and adults by 2015. In Scotland, the UKNC focuses its work in this area on fostering the debate about Education for All.
Under the leadership of UNESCO 164 governments and partners met in Dakar in 2000 to re-affirm their global commitment to education and adopt the six Education for All goals. These goals express a comprehensive view of education, from early childhood care and development to literacy and life skills for youth and adults. Three of the goals are timed: providing universal primary education, increasing adult literacy levels by fifty percent and ensuring gender equality in education – all by 2015.
Education for All (EFA) is not solely of relevance to developing countries, it is also relevant to countries such as Scotland. Using the yearly Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EFA GMR)- an independent publication commissioned by UNESCO which tracks progress, identifies effective policy reforms and best practice and draws attention to emerging challenges in all areas relating to Education for All (EFA) - the UKNC in Scotland, through conferences and other events, is able to gather all relevant stakeholders to identify how Scotland can support progress towards reaching the Education for All goals by 2015.
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- Literacies and Scotland
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- The Scotland Committee is working with partners at Learning & Teaching Scotland, in academic institutions and civil society to foster discussion about the refreshed Adult Literacy and Numeracy in Scotland Report and to help shape the new Scottish strategy for Literacies.
- Education for Sustainable Development in Scotland
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- The Scotland Committee, through its partnership with civil society organisations, is supporting the Government in mainstreaming ESD at all levels of formal and informal education.
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