A Global Compact on Learning - Brookings Institution

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments. ........................................................................... iii
Introduction. .................................................................................1
Overview ....................................................................................5
1 Making Learning for All a Reality .........................................................9
Why Focus on Learning for All?. ..............................................................9
What Is Needed to Ensure Learning for All? ....................................................12
2 Priority 1: Focusing on the Crucial Early Childhood Years ..................................17
Strategy 1A: Extend Quality Early Childhood Development Opportunities,
Particularly to Poor and Marginalized Communities ...................................18
Strategy 1B: Ensure that Girls and Boys Start School at an Appropriate Age ............................21
3 Priority 2: Emphasizing Literacy and Numeracy in Lower Primary Education .................23
Strategy 2A: Prioritize Literacy and Numeracy in the Lower Primary Grades. ..........................24
Strategy 2B: Provide Mother-Tongue-Based Multilingual Education in the Lower Primary Grades ..........27
4 Priority 3: Providing Post-Primary Education Opportunities. ...............................30
Strategy 3A: Reduce Barriers that Prevent Girls and Boys from Transitioning to
Secondary School and Other Post-Primary Educational Opportunities .....................32
Strategy 3B: Ensure that Post-Primary Education Prepares Young People for Healthy Lives,
Productive Work, and Civic Participation ............................................38
5 Strategies Common to All Three Priorities. ................................................42
Common Strategy 1: Improve the Quality of Teaching ............................................42
Common Strategy 2: Build Effective Assessment Systems Linked to Teaching and Learning ...............45
6 Conclusion and Policy Recommendations .................................................48
Actions for Developing Country Governments ..................................................49
Actions for Multilateral Actors ...............................................................50
Actions for Developed Country Governments and the G-20. .......................................51
Actions for the Business Community and Civil Society ............................................52
Appendixes
A: Chart Summarizing Priorities, Strategies, and Approaches .......................................54
Endnotes. ...................................................................................55
Bibliography. ................................................................................64
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