A Targeted Response To The Learning Crisis: The GPE Knowledge And Innovation Exchange

Significant progress is needed to improve education quality in developing countries. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimates that 617 million children worldwide are not achieving minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics; nearly all of these children are in low-income countries.

At the current pace of change, we will not achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) — ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all — by 2030, leaving many children behind. The status quo will mean a “100-year gap” for poor children to catch up with the educational levels of today’s wealthy children. If we are serious about SDG 4 and accelerating the pace of change, we must find new ways of overcoming the learning crisis…………