strategy
Ensuring universal primary education for children
Synonyms:
Providing universal child schoolingEnsuring poor have access to primary education
Ensuring primary school enrolment
Beginning young children's education
Context:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.
Implementation:
Industrialized countries provide near or completely universal primary education for children.
In 2001, the Sialkot district of Pakistan announced it was the first in Asia to achieve 100% enrolment of 5-7 years olds in schools. This is complementary to the various steps the government has taken for elimination of child labour from country's industrial sector.
Broader:
CreatingExpanding schoolingEducating young peopleEducating young peopleExpanding childhood schooling optionsProviding universal access to education Narrower:
Educating street childrenImproving primary educationPreparing new primary studentsEncouraging expanded school enrolmentExpanding educational opportunities for all children Facilitates:
Reducing population growthReducing individual fertilityInitiating post-primary schoolingImproving basic education for the poorImproving access of girls to basic educationEnabling poor to achieve sustainable livelihood Facilitated by:
Financing educationErecting primary school facilityCreating primary school councilsTeaching primary school educatorsProviding educational materials for childrenGiving priority in education budgets to primary educationCreating child-friendly societies Problems:
Decline in government expenditure on primary educationDenial of right to education
Illiteracy
Inadequate education for nomadic children
Insufficient primary education
Lack of emphasis on basic education
Values:
PovertyEducationOvereducation Organizations:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Organization of African Unity United Nations Development Programme International Bank for Reconstruction and Development United Nations Children's Fund Subjects:
Education → Education Education → Primary schooling
Research, Standards → Registry
Society → Disadvantaged
Society → Infants
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
