Bridging the African Education Strategy to SDG 4 in Africa

The UIS has partnered with the African Union in bringing the African continental education strategy, CESA 16-25, to the SDG 4 targets.

The African Union has been tasked with the Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want., a concrete manifestation of how the African continent intends on achieving the Pan African Vision of An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens, representing a dynamic force in the international arena within a 50-year period, from 2013 to 2063. UNESCO’s regional bureaus of Dakar and Nairobi, and the SDG4-Education 2030 Regional Coordination Group for West and Central Africa are paving the way forward for SDG 4 in the region.

Nairobi Declaration and Call for Action on Education: Bridging Continental and Global Education Frameworks for the Africa We Want

To fulfil its promise to enable African citizens to be "an effective change agent for the continent's sustainable development" as intended by the African Union in the Agenda 2063, the African Union Commission (AUC) has elaborated the comprehensive 10-year Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 16-25).

CESA 16-25

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Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 16-25)

The CESA 16-25 consists of 12 strategic objectives that find correspondence with several SDG 4 targets, and both frameworks require similar data points to track countries’ progress on their achievements. At the sub-regional level, countries are grouped within development communities that meet regularly, but their education-related objectives are in alignment with the CESA 16-25.

CESA 16-25 Indicators Manual, a repertoire of the main indicators used to measure progress on the 12 Strategic Objectives of the CESA 16-25

Continental Overview: Bridging CESA and SDG4 in Africa

January 2021

This SDG 4 Regional Report provides an overview of the current progress of African countries in relation to the Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Education and the Continental Education Strategy.

African countries have established a comprehensive educational agenda for the continent. In 2016, the African Union (AU) adopted the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 16-25) as the framework for transforming education systems in Africa. CESA 16-25 is designed to involve the broadest coalition possible for education and training in Africa.

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Technical Cooperation Group on the Indicators for SDG 4

Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 16-25)

Roadmap for 2021 (January to June)

Continental Overview: Bridging CESA and SDG4 in Africa

Other initiatives of UIS in Africa