SDG 4

Quality education

Impact levelLearning objectives
Discovery1. The learner is made aware of the concept of education and its unequal access.
2. The learner discovers the importance of education in people’s lives.
3. The learner discovers the links between education and sustainability.
Knowledge1. The learner understands the important role of education and lifelong learning opportunities for all (formal, non-formal and informal learning) as main drivers of sustainable development, for improving people’s lives and in achieving the SDGs.
2. The learner understands education as a public good, a global common good, a fundamental human right and a basis for guaranteeing the realization of other rights.
3. The learner knows about inequality in access to and attainment of education, particularly between girls and boys and in rural areas, and about reasons for a lack of equitable access to quality education and lifelong learning opportunities.
4. The learner understands the important role of culture in achieving sustainability.
5. The learner understands that education can help create a more sustainable, equitable and peaceful world.
Commitment1. The learner is able to raise awareness of the importance of quality education for all, a humanistic and holistic approach to education, ESD and related approaches.
2. The learner is able through participatory methods to motivate and empower others to demand and use educational opportunities.
3. The learner is able to recognize the intrinsic value of education and to analyse and identify their own learning needs in their personal development.
4. The learner is able to recognize the importance of their own skills for improving their life, in particular for employment and entrepreneurship.
5. The learner is able to engage personally with ESD.
Action1. The learner is able to promote gender equality in education.
2. The learner is able to publicly demand and support the development of policies promoting free, equitable and quality education for all, ESD and related approaches as well as aiming at safe, accessible and inclusive educational facilities.
3. The learner is able to publicly demand and support the development of policies promoting free, equitable and quality education for all, ESD and related approaches as well as aiming at safe, accessible and inclusive educational facilities.
4. The learner is able to promote the empowerment of young people.
5. The learner is able to use all opportunities for their own education throughout their life, and to apply the acquired knowledge in everyday situations to promote sustainable development.
Transformation1. The learner organises or co-organises a collective action to influence decisions at a certain level (local, national or international) and promotes quality education for all.
2. The learner initiates tangible and measurable actions within a group.
3. The learner settles, within a group, levers to transform the practices of a target population.