Achievement of universal primary education

Goal 2 Achieve Universal Primary Education

Achieving universal primary education (MDG 2)

Education ensuring universal primary, expanded secondary and higher education

We are close to achieving universal primary education.

Increasing access, participation and completion of universal primary education in Eritrea

Goal 2 of the Millennium Development Goals Achieve universal primary education

C. Focus on Millennium Development Goal 2 achievement of universal primary education

Special communiqué in support of literacy projects to achieve universal primary education

Special communiqué in support of literacy projects to achieve universal primary education

Achieving universal access to primary education underpinned the success of the Goals.

Giving women equal access to an adequate education brings the global community steps closer to achieving universal primary education.

To this end, achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 2, universal primary education, is a must.

Our achievements in the area of universal primary education are a testimony to that resolve.

The UNESCO Nairobi strategy is aimed at accelerating the attainment of Education for All goals by accelerating progress towards universal primary education.

For instance, the achievement of targets relating to universal primary education remains on track in all regions.

Managing to halve poverty and provide universal access to primary education by 2015 was a daunting challenge.

There is a need to make further efforts to ensure progress in the realization of the education related Millennium Development Goals, namely universal primary education and the elimination of gender disparity in primary and secondary education.

Universal state education in England and Wales was introduced for primary level in 1870 and secondary level in 1900.

The education related Millennium Development Goals challenge countries to achieve universal primary education (Goal 2) and to promote gender equality and empower women (Goal 3).

The UN Millennium Project Task Force on Education and Gender Equality, Toward Universal Primary Education Investments, Incentives, and Institutions (NY UN Millennium Project, 2005), 77.

If the current annual growth rate of 0.5 per cent is maintained, we will achieve universal primary education by 2015.

These eight goals range from eradicating extreme poverty, providing universal primary education, and reducing health threats, to ensuring environmental sustainability.

Furthermore, in the context of the national administration of public education, efforts had been made to promote universal primary education from the age of four years.

These include the provision of free, universal and compulsory primary education, generally available and accessible secondary education in various forms (including technical and vocational training), and equally accessible higher education.

The discrepancy is delaying the achievement of universal primary education, while the attempt to increase the number of children in schools is compromising the quality of education.

The eight original MDGs, which include reducing child mortality and achieving universal primary education, are lauded for their simplicity and measurability.

Among primary school age children (ages 6 to 12), coverage is almost universal however there is still a need to incorporate 5 million children in the primary education system.

As our 2005 country report would show, the Maldives has already achieved the Goals of halving poverty and achieving universal primary education.

pre school education, primary education, secondary education, higher education.

Convinced that empowering youth through education will enable them to have equal access to participation in the national development agenda, Malawi implemented universal free primary education under the national Education for All programme.

On education, a speaker expressed support for UNICEF efforts to improve the quality of education and suggested further cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in achieving universal primary education.

8.1.2 Primary education

Conversely, high fertility and rapid population growth have hindered the achievement of universal primary education in many developing countries, especially the least developed.

10. Recognizes the lack of adequate resources in many developing countries to expand access to and improve the quality of education, and, in particular, to provide free universal primary education

Primary education is realized through primary schools, special primary schools for children with development problems, and departments for primary education of adults (after 16).

Implementation of the Programme of Action, by preventing early marriage and pregnancy as well as unwanted births, would contribute to achieving universal primary education.

Achieving gender equality by 2005 and universal primary education by 2015 were two of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that were harder to attain.

As far as my own country, Tonga, is concerned, we have achieved targets such as universal primary education and gender equality through the provision of free primary school education for children of ages 5 to 14 years, as stipulated in our Constitution.

Reaffirming the internationally agreed development goal of achieving universal primary education, in particular that by 2015 children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling,

Reaffirming the internationally agreed development goal of achieving universal primary education, in particular that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling,

In parallel with primary education, primary education in art music and ballet can be obtained.

Access to primary education

In particular, ILO is undertaking work that pertains specifically to Goals 1 (eradication of extreme poverty and hunger) and 2 (achievement of universal primary education).

For example, more progress has been made in reducing infant and maternal mortality (reductions of nearly 50 per cent) than in achieving universal primary education.