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The fifth International Day of Education was celebrated on 24th of January, 2023 under the theme “to invest in people, prioritize education”.
Building on the global momentum generated by the Transforming Education Summit, International Day of Education has become a global platform to sustain political mobilization to advance SDG4. It reviews national commitments and global initiatives, increases public engagement in support of education as a pathway to peace, sustainable development and individual and collective well-being, and promotes the right of young people to receive education and provides a platform to showcase its initiatives and innovations.
As part of our mission to ensure quality education, IMDID-Gh commemorated International Day of Education by selecting a few quotes from some of the world’s best advocates for education to inspire the public on the quest for knowledge and development. These quotes were shared on IG, Facebook and Twitter.
The commemoration at the global level also highlighted one of the most difficult crises of our time in Afghanistan, where girls and women are deprived of their basic right to education. Since the Kabul coup in August 2021, access to post-primary education for all Afghan girls over the age of 12 has been suspended indefinitely. This means that 80% of her school-age girls and young women in Afghanistan (2.5 million) are out of school, while nearly 30% of Afghan girls have never had a primary education. is not. This includes the release of the first SDG4 benchmarks from UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report and the Institute for Statistics, which will monitor countries’ progress towards achieving the benchmarks, including those discussed at the Education Transformation Summit.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that education is a fundamental human right for everyone and this right was further detailed in the Convention against Discrimination in Education. What exactly does that mean?
Why is education a fundamental human right?
The right to education is a human right and indispensable for the exercise of other human rights.
- Quality education aims to ensure the development of a fully-rounded human being.
- It is one of the most powerful tools in lifting socially excluded children and adults out of poverty and into society. UNESCO data shows that if all adults completed secondary education, globally the number of poor people could be reduced by more than half.
- It narrows the gender gap for girls and women. A UN study showed that each year of schooling reduces the probability of infant mortality by 5 to 10 per cent.
- For this human right to work there must be equality of opportunity, universal access, and enforceable and monitored quality standards.
For this reason, IMDID Ghana advocates the right to education for all genders as we believe that it develops critical thinking. This is vital in teaching a person how to use logic when making decisions and interacting with people (e.g., boosting creativity, enhancing time management).
