In 2007 , UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education produced the first Advocacy Kit for Promoting Multilingual Education , Including the Excluded . It provided information about Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education ( MTB MLE ), especially for school age children , as a necessary response to the EFA call for action in 2000 .
However , even as the first Advocacy Kit was being developed , it was clear that the EFA movement was moving too slowly . This was confirmed by an assessment of progress in 2010 , which found that countries were not likely to achieve EFA goals by the target date of 2015 .
In September 2015 , in a meeting at UN headquarters in New York , representatives from 193 nations set a new course of action when they pledged to support the “ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development .” The Agenda calls on all countries to work together to achieve seventeen Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ) over the next fifteen years . 2
NO POVERTY |
ZERO HUNGER |
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING |
QUALITY EDUCATION |
GENDER EQUALITY |
CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION |
AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY |
DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH |
INDUSTRY , INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE |
REDUCED INEQUALITIES |
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES |
RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION |
CLIMATE ACTION |
LIFE BELOW WATER |
LIFE ON LAND |
PEACE , JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS |
PARTNERSHIPS
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MTB MLE RESOURCE KIT Including the Excluded : Promoting Multilingual Education
Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ).
Goal 4 , which is to “ Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning ”, makes the point that
Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people ’ s lives and sustainable development . Major progress has been made towards increasing access to education at all levels and increasing enrolment rates in schools particularly for women and girls . Basic literacy skills have improved tremendously , yet bolder efforts are needed to make even greater strides for achieving universal education goals ( United Nations , 2015 ).
2 http :// www . un . org / sustainabledevelopment / sustainable-development-goals /
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