Education transforms lives Achieving quality education for all

1. Education transforms livesAchieving quality education for all Catherine Jere Launch of GMR 2013/4 in the Netherlands Utrecht, 27th February 2014

2. New evidence that Education transforms lives • Education reduces poverty and improves livelihoods • Education equality supports economic growth • Education saves mothers’ lives. • Education improves child nutrition & saves children’s lives and: • Contributes to healthy, sustainable and democratic societies

3. Education reduces poverty and boosts growth Education is key to a better future for individuals… • enabling people to escape the chronic poverty trap • preventing poverty transmission between generations • improves skills and increasing wages • boosts productivity and diversification of income Education is also key to the prosperity of nations…

4. ... but it has to be equitable

5. Education improves chances for a healthier life Education is a key input for better health outcomes • Saves mothers’ lives • Prevents infant and child deaths • Contains disease and promotes good practices • Helps fight malnutrition

6. … can help lower maternal mortality rates … Educated mothers are less likely to die in childbirth In sub-Saharan Africa…

7. … accounts for millions of child lives saved … In low and lower middle income countries…

8. … especially through better nutrition practices

9. Education empowers women and girls In sub-Saharan Africa and SW Asia…

10. Education builds foundations of democracy Quality Education helps people • understand and support democracy • be motivated to participate and be critical • stand up to corruption • access the justice system • build tolerance and trust that underpin democracy

11. Putting Quality Education at the heart of Development • By 2015, many countries will still not have reached the EFA goals. • There is a global learning crisis that is hitting the disadvantaged hardest. • Good quality education needs sufficient quality teachers. • Global education goals after 2015 must track progress of the marginalized. • Post-2015 goals must include specific targets to finance education.

12. EFA goals will not be reached by 2015 • Goal 1:Early childhood care and education • 1 in 4 children under 5 suffer from stunting, because of malnutrition. • 50% of young children have access to pre-primary education, but only 17% in low income countries. • Goal 2: Universal primary education • 57 million childrenare out of school, half of whom live in conflict-affected countries. • In sub-Saharan Africa, only 23% of poor, rural girls complete primary education.

13. EFA goals will not be reached by 2015 Goal 3: Youth and adult skills • 69 million adolescents are out of school. • In low income countries, only 37% of adolescents complete lower secondary education, and only 14% of the poorest.

14. The number of adolescents out of school declined slowly 120 Out - of - Out-of-school children 107 100 Out-of-school adolescents 101 - o - 81 80 73 Millions 69 57 60 40 31 South and West Asia 40 20 22 Sub-Saharan Africa 22 0 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 Source: UIS database.

15. EFA goals will not be reached by 2015 • Goal 4:Adult literacy • 774 million adults are illiterate, a decline of just 1% since 2000. • Almost two-thirds of illiterate adults are women. • Goal 5: Gender parity and equality • There are fewer than 9 girls for every 10 boys: • in 17 countries at primary level • in 30 countries at secondary level.

16. Percentage of countries projected to reach a benchmark for five EFA goals by 2015 By 2015, many countries will still not have reached the EFA goals Source: Bruneforth (2013).

17. 250 million children are failing to learn the basics

18. Many children in the poorest countries are not learning the basics Reached grade 4 and learned the basics

19. Poor quality education leaves a legacy of illiteracy One-quarter of those aged 15 to 24 in poor countries are unable to read a single sentence.

20. Teaching and Learning: Achieving quality for all

21. Four strategies for providing the best teachers

22. Failing to reach the marginalized in sub-Saharan Africa

23. Achieving learning for all by 2030 Selected countries in southern and eastern Africa Progress needed for post-2015 goal 100 All children assessed 80 All children assessed 60 Business as usual All school age children 50% 40 20 Learned the basics in reading (%) All school age children 0 2000 2007 2015 2020 2025 2030 2000 2007 2015 2020 2025 2030 Poor rural girls Rich urban boys

24. Aid to education decreased for the first time in 2011 16 14.4 14.4 13.4 14 12.5 12.3 11.4 12 Basic education 5.7 5.6 10.2 Secondary education 5.4 10 9.2 5.3 5.0 8.9 Post-secondary education 5.1 8 4.7 2.5 2.5 6.7 4.2 2.2 4.4 2.0 2.0 6 1.7 2.7 Constant 2011 US$ billions 1.3 1.4 4 1.2 1.1 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.2 2 3.6 3.3 3.0 Only US$1.9 billion of basic education aid was allocated to low income countries in 2011. 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

25. Aid to basic education – most donors reduced funding in 2011 350 2010 300 2011 250 200 150 100 Constant 2011 US$ millions 50 0 IMF World Bank (IDA) AfDF Japan France Canada Norway Sweden Germany Denmark Netherlands United States EU Institutions United Kingdom AsDB Special Funds

26. No one should be left behind due to lack of resources After 2015, financing targets should be set for countries to allocate: • at least 6% of GNP on education; only 41 had reached this level by 2011 • at least 20% of their budget on education; only 25 had reached this level by 2011 .

27. Post-2015 education goals: equity, measurability and finance Ensure that by 2030, everyone has an equal opportunity to learn the basics, whatever their circumstances 1. Completion of early childhood education, primary education and lower secondary education 2. Quality of early childhood care and education, primary education and lower secondary education 3. Acquisition of youth and adult skills 4. Elimination of inequalities 5. Financing of education Equity

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