SDG 4.6: Universal Literacy and Numeracy

“The role of global citizenship education (GCED) is very relevant to the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The three areas of sustainability, namely economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection, rely on the contribution of informed citizens. Moreover, GCED...

“This report explores the notion of inclusive growth, and the role that heritage can play in contributing to social inclusion and economic growth for sustainable development. It is intended to explore and develop a theory behind the notion that cultural heritage can help build inclusive growth, and...

“The purpose of these Guidelines is to inform decision makers, to give guidance to the international library community about children's needs and rights on information, literacy and reading and to help public libraries implement high quality children's services.”

“These guidelines have three main purposes:

• to describe the nature of and the need for easy-to-read publications;
• to identify the main target groups for these publications; and
• to offer suggestions to publishers of easy-to-read materials and those organizations and agencies that serve...

“The purpose of the guidelines is to help public libraries in various countries throughout the world to implement high quality children’s services. They are intended as a tool for both trained and inexperienced librarians who have the responsibility of serving families with babies and toddlers. In...

“The IFLA Section on Literacy and Reading is pleased to present some practical suggestions for library staff who would like to help our society become more literate. We believe that libraries are uniquely situated to promote literacy. Libraries may develop and staff their own programs or they may...

“The role that libraries in Africa could play in reducing poverty has not been sufficiently recognised and hence the necessary policy developments and investment in the library network have not yet been made. Policy makers and donors, recognising the link between poverty reduction and literacy, have...

“This guide serves as a quick reference on how to monitor progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on quality education. It provides basic explanations of SDG 4 targets, their indicators, how they are created and where to find the information needed for these indicators.” (p.3)

“Tourism has many characteristics that make it especially valuable as an agent for development. As a cross cutting sector, it stimulates productive capacities from trade and the provision of jobs linked to the tourism value chain. In particular, it thrives on assets, such as the natural environment...

“Literacy and Information are fundamental prerequisites for both academic, social and economic prosperity and achievement. All over the world , the poor, marginalized and vulnerable people are subject to several discriminations and this is more common in developing countries”(Hoq, 2015).

⁠The...

The resource seeks to address poverty in terms of income poverty, participation poverty (children being or feeling left out, especially acute for children from marginalized groups), and service poverty (access to public services and equality of opportunity).

“Recognising the positive impact that...

“This article discusses the current focus of education policies around the world on working with benchmarks, indicators and targets. Its aim is to increase knowledge of potential strategies to meet the fourth United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4), which strives for quality education...