Education for All

2008 Global Monitoring Report Education for All by 2015: Will We Make It?
A mid-term assessment of where the world stands on its commitment to provide basic education for all children, youth and adults by 2015 including Education for All's (EFA) 1st goal on Early Childhood.

2007 Global Monitoring Report Strong Foundations: Early Childhood Care and Education

An international Report on progress towards Education for All, with a special focus on EFA's 1st goal, Early Childhood Care and Education:

• Trends in early childhood care and education: who benefits and where?
• How early childhood programmes move the anti-poverty agenda forward
• The role of the international community

See also regional reports, highlights from the launch and a video message from Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. 

2006 Global Monitoring Report Education for All: Literacy for Life 

This EFA Global Monitoring Report focuses on literacy, one of the most neglected of the six goals adopted in 2000 by 164 countries at the World Education Forum in Dakar (Senegal). The Report stresses the urgency of devoting increased policy attention and resources to literacy, emphasizing the profound benefits it confers on individuals, communities and nations. Drawing on a range of data sources, the Report analyses the scale of the literacy challenge. A historical overview highlights how different societies have made the transition to widespread literacy, taking stock of the broader social context that motivates individuals to acquire and sustain their literacy skills. The report also suggests that building literate societies calls for a threefold strategy of quality schooling, youth and adult programmes and the promotion of literate environments. To accelerate the pace of change, sound national policies are required, and the international community must support these efforts. The Report concludes by highlighting priority measures for the EFA goals to be achieved in the next ten years.  Also see a Summary Report for this GMR.

See also the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005/2006--Literacy for Life, The Quality Imperative--EFA imperatives in the E9 

2005 Global Monitoring Report Education for All: The Quality Imperative

The quality of education determines how much and how well children learn and the extent to which this education translates into a range of personal, social and developmental benefits. Goal 6 of the Dakar Framework for Action emphasizes the need to improve all aspects of the quality of education. Yet, as this report highlights, too many pupils are leaving school without mastering a minimum set of cognitive and non-cognitive skills. The report explores various factors that influence education quality, as well as presents strategies and policies for improving educational quality, especially in low-income countries.

2003/2004 Global Monitoring Report Gender and Education for All: The Leap to Equality 

This EFA report focuses on gender equality and education. It examines the human rights case for attaining equality within education. Using a gender lens, the report tracks the progress toward the six EFA goals, as well as explores educational inequalities among girls. In addition, the report suggests that only through international commitments and better co-ordination, can societies begin to remove the gender gaps in education.  Also see the Summary Report for this GMR.

The World Conference on Education for All (Jomtien, Thailand, 5-9 March 1990)
In 1990, delegates from 155 countries, as well as representatives from some 150 organizations agreed at the World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien, Thailand (5-9 March 1990) to universalize primary education and massively reduce illiteracy before the end of the decade.

Mid-Decade Meeting on EFA (Amman, Jordan, 16-19 June 1996)
Six years after the Jomtien Conference, the Mid-Decade Meeting of the International Consultative Forum on Education for All, in Amman, Jordan (16-19 June 1996) brought together some 250 decision-makers from 73 countries, including ministers of education, and multilateral, and bilateral agencies and non-governmental organizations. Their aim: to assess the advances made since the Jomtien Conference.

World Education Forum (Dakar, Senegal, 26-28 April 2000)
The World Education Forum (Dakar, Senegal, April 2000) was the first and most important event in education at the dawn of the new century. By adopting the Dakar Framework for Action, the 1,100 participants of the Forum reaffirmed their commitment to achieving Education for All by the year 2015.

EFA Global Thematic Review of Early Childhood Care and Development:  Summary and Update
Robert G. Myers; Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development, January 1999.

EFA 2000 Assessment Thematic Studies: Early Childhood Care and Development: Full Report
Robert G. Myers; Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development, April 2000 Dakar, Senegal. Co-ordinated by the United Nations Children's Fund. This review of early childhood care and development (ECCD) was commissioned as a contribution to the Year 2000 Assessment of Education for All (EFA). The Assessment aims to describe and examine global and national changes that have occurred in basic education and learning since the World Conference on Education for All was held in Jomtien, Thailand in March 1990.