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Policy > The Dakar Framework
for Action - Summary
The Dakar Framework for Action - Summary
Education for All: Meeting our Collective Commitments
This framework reaffirms the commitment made by the international community
in the World Declaration on Education for All in Jomtien (1990).
The Dakar session considered the findings of the Education for All (EFA)
2000 Assessments - 183 countries took part. The Assessments investigated
the progress made since the initial commitment made at Jomtien. Details
of problems and recommendations were provided.
The EFA 2000 Assessments, were discussed in depth at several regional
conferences (e.g. sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean).
This resulted in the preparation of individual regional frameworks for
action, all of which support the Dakar framework for Action.
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The Dakar Framework for Action
In total, the frame work consists of 6 EFA goals and 12 strategies, which
also includes the International Development Targets.
Goals
Goal 1
Expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education,
especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
Goal 2
Ensuring that by 2015 all children, particularly girls, children in difficult
circumstances and those belonging to ethnic minorities, have access to
completely free and compulsory primary education of good quality.
Goal 3
Ensuring that the learning needs of all young people and adults are
met through equitable access to appropriate learning and life skills programmes.
Goal 4
Achieving a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy by 2015,
especially for women, and equitable access to basic and continuing education
for all adults.
Goal 5
Eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005,
and achieving gender equality in education by 2015, with a focus on ensuring
girls' full and equal access to and achievement in basic education of
good quality.
Goal 6
Improving every aspect of the quality of education, and ensuring their
excellence so that recognized and measurable learning outcomes are achieved
by, especially in literacy, numeracy and essential life skills.
Strategies
The following 12 strategies were developed to achieve the 6 EFA goals.
- Mobilize strong national and international political commitment for
Education for All, develop national action plans and enhance significantly
investment in basic education
- Promote EFA policies within a sustainable and well-integrated sector
framework clearly linked to poverty elimination and development strategies
- Ensure the engagement and participation of civil society in the formulation,
implementation and monitoring of strategies for educational development
- Develop responsive, participatory and accountable systems of educational
governance and management
- Meet the needs of education systems affected by conflict, natural
calamities and instability, and conduct educational programmes in ways
that promote mutual understanding, peace and tolerance, and that help
to prevent violence and conflict
- Implement integrated strategies for gender equality in education that
recognize the need for change in attitudes, values and practices
- Implement education programmes and actions to combat the HIV/AIDS
pandemic as a matter of urgency
- Create safe, healthy, inclusive and equitable resourced educational
environments conducive to excellence in learning, with clearly defined
levels of achievement for all
- Enhance the status, morale and professionalism of teachers
- Harness new information and communication technologies to help achieve
EFA goals
- Systematically monitor progress towards EFA goals and strategies at
the national, regional and international levels
- Build on existing mechanisms to accelerate progress towards Education
for All
Regional frameworks
The 'underpinning' regional frameworks are divided up as follows:
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- The Americas
- The Arab States Asia and the Pacific
- Europe and North America
- E-9 Countries
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