UNESCO's

CoreEducational,
Mandate:
United Nations
Scientific and Cultural
Organization

EDUCATION FOR ALL (EFA)

Goal # 1

Expand Early
Childhood Care and
Education

See: EFA International Coordination

The report showed many children still lack early childhood

care and education, and only 48% of 141 countries are
projected to reach the 2015 target.
In 2012:
6.6 million children still died before their 5th birthday.
The number of children enrolled in pre-primary schools
grew by almost 60 million since 1999
There is a wide gap in enrollment between the richest and
poorest in many parts of the world

EDUCATION FOR ALL (EFA)

Goal # 2

Provide free and

compulsory primary
education for all

See: EFA International Coordination

 Universal primary education is likely to be missed by a

wide margin, with 57 million children still out of school as
of 2011.
Half of the number, according to the report, live in conflictaffected countries, while more than half or 54% are girls.
By 2015, only 56% of 122 countries are expected to meet
the 2nd goal.

EDUCATION FOR ALL (EFA)

Goal # 3

Promote learning
and life skills for
young people and
adults

See: EFA International Coordination

 According to the report, 69 million adolescents are out of

school even if lower secondary schooling is deemed the
most effective way to acquire foundation skills.
It is expected that only 46% of 82 countries will achieve
universal lower secondary education by 2015.
In the Philippines, DepEd is set to bring 1 million out-ofschool youth back to school this year.

EDUCATION FOR ALL (EFA)

Increase adult
Goal # 4 literacy rate by 50%

See: EFA International Coordination

 The 4th goal hardly improved, the report showed, with 774
million illiterate adults all over the world as of 2011.
Almost 2/3 of the number are women.
By 2015, the number of illiterate adults is projected to
decline to 743 million, with only 29% of 87 countries
expected to achieve universal adult literacy. 5 countries of
West Africa have the worlds lowest literacy rates (below
35%).

EDUCATION FOR ALL (EFA)

Goal # 5

Achieve gender
parity by 2005,
gender equality by
2015

See: EFA International Coordination

 Gender parity, or the equal enrollment of girls and boys in

school, was supposed to be achieved by 2005, but it is
expected that by 2015, 21% of countries will still
experience gender disparity both in the primary and
secondary levels.

EDUCATION FOR ALL (EFA)

Goal # 6

Improve the Quality

of Education

See: EFA International Coordination

 The report showed around 250 million children are unable

to read, write, or do basic mathematics despite 130 million
of them spending at least 4 years in school.

As of 2011, 26 of 162 countries have a student-teacher

ratio in primary education exceeding 1:40, while the ratio
at the secondary level is beyond 1:30 in 14 countries out of
130.
Recent trends showed a rapid increase in the number of
teachers in schools, but countries have been hiring even
those without proper training. Less than 75% of primary
teachers in one-third of countries with data are trained
according to national standards, while 11 of 60 countries
had less than 50% of their secondary teachers trained.