Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 4: Quality Education

The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) is a movement that "aims to end the global education crisis. Education is a basic human right, and our mission is to make sure that governments act now to deliver the right of everyone to a free, quality, public education."

In Nigeria, more than 10.5 million children are out of school, according to the most recent data, most of them in the north of the country, and many of them girls. UNICEF is helping persuade parents of the importance of getting children to school and ensuring girls are not left behind.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics (UIS) - the primary source for cross-nationally comparable statistics on education for more than 200 countries

The GPE is "devoted to getting all children into school for a quality education in the world's poorest countries."

Efforts are focused into two main areas: building literacy and the habit of reading among primary school children, and empowering girls to complete secondary school and succeed beyond that.

UNGEI partners with organizations committed to narrowing the gender gap in primary and secondary education. This page links to other international organizations working to address girls' education and gender equality issues.