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SDG4 QUALITY
EDUCATION

CONCISE GUIDES TO THE UNITED NATIONS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Series Editors

Walter Leal Filho

World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

Mark Mifsud

Centre for Environmental Education and Research, University of Malta

This series comprises 17 short books, each examining one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The series provides an integrated assessment of the SDGs from an economic, social, environmental and cultural perspective. Books in the series critically analyse and assess the SDGs from a multidisciplinary and a multiregional standpoint, with each title demonstrating innovation in theoretical and empirical analysis, methodology and application of the SDG concerned.

Titles in this series have a particular focus on the means to implement the SDGs, and each one includes a short introduction to the SDG in question along with a synopsis of their implications on the economic, social, environmental and cultural domains.

CONCISE GUIDES TO THE UN SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS VOLUME 4

SDG4 QUALITY
EDUCATION

Inclusivity, Equity and
Lifelong Learning For All

BY

THERESE FERGUSON

The University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica

DZINTRA ILIKO

Daugavpils University, Latvia

CARMEL ROOFE

The University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica

SUSAN HILL

Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Emerald Publishing Limited

Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1WA, UK

First edition 2019

Copyright 2019 Therese Ferguson, Dzintra Iliko, Carmel Roofe, and Susan Hill. Published under exclusive licence

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ISBN: 978-1-78769-426-2 (Print)

ISBN: 978-1-78769-423-1 (Online)

ISBN: 978-1-78769-425-5 (Epub)

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF ACRONYMS

ASCD	Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
CAPE	Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination
CSEC	Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate
DESD	Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
ECOSOC	Economic and Social Council
EESD	Environmental Education for Sustainable Development
EFA	Education for All
ESD	Education for Sustainable Development
EU	European Union
GAP	Global Action Programme
GEM	Global Education Monitoring
GSAT	Grade 6 Achievement Test
HLPF	High-level Political Forum
IAEG-SDG	Inter-agency Expert Group Sustainable Development Goals
MDG	Millennium Development Goal
MOEYC	Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture
NEEAPSD	National Environmental Education Action Plan for Sustainable Development
NEEC	National Environmental Education Committee
NESP	National Education Strategic Plan
NGO	Non-governmental Organisation
NRCA	Natural Resources Conservation Authority
NSC	National Standards Curriculum
ODI	Overseas Development Institute
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PATHE	Programme for Advancement in Health and Education
PIOJ	Planning Institute of Jamaica
ROSE	Reform of Secondary Education
SDG	Sustainable Development Goal
SIDS	Small Island Developing State
TVET	Technical and Vocational Education and Training
UIS	UNESCO Institute for Statistics
UN	United Nations
UNCED	United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNSC	United Nations Statistical Commission
UWI	The University of the West Indies
VNR	Voluntary National Review
WEF	World Education Forum
WSSD	World Summit on Sustainable Development

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Therese Ferguson holds a PhD in Environmental Management from The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. She joined the School of Education at The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus) in October 2015 as a Lecturer in Education for Sustainable Development. She is the Coordinator of the ESD Working Group within the School of Education, and the Programme Leader for Change from Within, a school-based initiative in Jamaica which addresses violence and indiscipline. Her teaching and research interests lie in Education for Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, and Children and the Environment. She has published in journals such as Environmental Education Research, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Geography Compass, Caribbean Journal of Education and the Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean. Additionally, she has several book chapters, book reviews and an encyclopaedia entry to her credit.

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