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CONFINTEA VI Mid-Term Review 2017: The Status of Adult Learning and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa; Regional Report
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Hamburg | 2017 | 50 p.
ISBN/ISSN: 
ISBN 978-92-820-1218-5
Author: 
John Aitchison
Corporate author: 
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
Region: 
Africa

 

The Sustainable Development Goals include educational targets which are entirely congruent with the existing focuses of ALE in African countries – to ‘ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy’ (4.6), to ‘substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship’ (4.4) and to ‘ensure that all learners acquire the 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’ (4.7). National targets and the criteria for success in reaching those targets will need to be developed. Undoubtedly, international cooperation and international support can help this gearing-up process.

 

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Resource Type: 
Conference and programme reports
International normative instruments / policy and advocacy documents
Theme: 
Globalisation and social justice / International understanding
Diversity / cultural literacy / inclusive
Sustainable development / sustainability
Level of education: 
Lifelong learning
Non-formal education