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India will be late by 50 yrs in achieving educational goals, says UNESCO report India is expected to achieve universal primary education in 2050, universal lower secondary education in 2060 and universal upper secondary education in 2085. PTI | Posted by Samiya Latief September 6, 2016 | UPDATED 09:27 IST BRIEFCASE 1UNESCO report says urgent need for greater headway in education. 2Report urges for education systems to step up attention to environmental concerns. 3Only five per cent people in India have ever attended literacy programmes. Going by the current trend, India will be half a century late in achieving its global education commitments and the country needs fundamental changes in the education system if it wants to meet the 2030 sustainable development goals, a UNESCO report has said. UNESCO's new Global Education Monitoring (GEM) report says that based on current trends universal primary education in Southern Asia will be achieved in 2051, lower secondary in 2062, and upper secondary in 2087. ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS India is expected to achieve universal primary education in 2050, universal lower secondary education in 2060 and universal upper secondary education in 2085, it said. "This means the region would be more than half a century late for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deadline," it added. Also read: Teacher's Day special: Cobbler imparts free education to Mahadalit children in Bihar The report says there is an urgent need for greater headway in education and the sector needs a major transformation to fulfil the needed potential and meet the current challenges facing humanity and the planet. EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE AND PLANET It also talks of another report, Education for People and Planet, which it said, shows the need for education systems to step up attention to environmental concerns. "While in the majority of countries, education is the best indicator of climate change awareness, half of countries curricula worldwide do not explicitly mention climate change in their content. India is an exception, where currently some 300 million school students receive some environmental education," it said. Also read: Big deficiency in education quality despite IITs, NITs: Prez The statistics cited in the report have revealed only six per cent of adults in the poorest countries and only five in India have ever attended literacy programmes, once they pass the formal schooling system. EDUCATION INEQUALITY TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY The report has also called upon governments of various countries to start taking inequalities in education seriously, tracking them by collecting information directly from families. "The new global development agenda calls for education ministers and other education actors to work in collaboration with other sectors," it said. The GEM Report lists various benefits that could come if education actors work in collaboration with other sectors. The collaborative working may help delivery of health intervention through schools, contribution in increasing crop yields by 12 per cent and contribution of education in reducing population growth. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
