A Cross country Analysis of Quality Education
An expedition towards Sustainable Development Goal 2030
*Dr. Sultana Begum1, Dr. Aziza Kavlu2 and Dr. Elvira Koran
ABSTRACT
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) known as global goals were designed and developed by United Nations. The seventeen indivisible goals aim to take action for people, the planet, and prosperity in various fields such as eradication of poverty, fight against climate change, education access, gender equality, and many more. Quality education is the fourth goal of SDG. Since 2015, vast progress can be seen in achieving the target of Universal Primary Education, increase in literacy rates, enrolment of girls in school than ever before are a few examples. However, according to UN stats, there are still 57 million primary-aged children who remain out of school, in which more than half are from the Sub-Saharan African region moreover one out of four girls are not in school. In this paper, the authors explore and analyse the status quo of the SDG – Quality Education. The aim is to analyse the Government across nations’ expenditure as a percentage of GDP (Gross Domestic Product), that is the proportion of total government spending on essential services like education. Microsoft Excel is used to analyse and depict the results in the form of Charts. The findings include the depiction of challenges being faced by developing countries to achieve the SDG by 2030 and ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality primary education and early childhood development. There is a direct relationship between expenditure on education and achievement of quality education. Based on the analysis, suggestions and recommendations are provided to achieve quality technical and vocational education including Universities.
Keywords: Quality Education, SDG, GDP, Government expenditure.
Doi: 10.23918/vesal2022a11