10th meeting of the TCG

The 10th meeting of the TCG was held virtually on 11 December 2023. It focused on the first session of the Conference on Education Data and Statistics (Paris, 7 - 9 February 2024).

The objectives of TCG 10 are to:
  • update participants on the preparations for the Conference, including nominations of delegates by Member States and side events discuss the position papers and finalize them prior to the Conference present the findings and conclusions of the preparatory regional meetings that helped
  • identify regional priorities and concerns discuss TCG organization, including rotation of members and define agenda forward.

The TCG 10 meeting was preceded by the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) meeting held in-person on 6 and 7 December 2023 (see concept note).

The focus of the 2023 GAML meeting was on SDG indicator 4.1.1, the global indicator measuring learning outcomes. The meeting presented the main challenges associated with producing reliable and internationally comparable learning outcomes data, while highlighting the significant developments made and lessons learned, and setting an agenda for the way forward. Apart from GAML, no other working group met ahead of TCG10 this year.

Country profiles

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics produced SDG4 country profiles including the diagram of the national education system, school age population by education level, available data and trends for education indicators from 2010 to 2022, and national benchmarks for 2025 and 2030.

Click here to download country profiles.

These country profiles may also be downloaded in the SDG4 Data Browser.

SDG 4 Scorecard progress report on national benchmarks: Focus on early childhood



The report 2023 SDG 4 Scorecard provides the first annual snapshot of countries’ progress towards their national education benchmarks, with a focus on the participation rate in organized learning one year before primary.

The report is available in the six United Nations official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish).

Click here for more information on benchmarks and the SDG 4 Scorecard report.

Read the document ‘SDG 4 Benchmarks: Database integration’ prepared by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics for more information on the methodology followed in assembling the benchmarks database.

Bridging the Global SDG 4 Framework with Regional Frameworks

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics published a series of regional reports to bridge the global SDG 4 framework with regional education monitoring frameworks and developed a dashboard to show the correspondence between global and regional goals, targets, and indicators.

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A note on Foundational Learning

Foundational Learning is defined as basic literacy, numeracy, and transferable skills such as socioemotional skills that provide the fundamental building blocks for all other learning, knowledge, and higher-order skills.

The Global Coalition for Foundational Learning was founded in 2022 to bring together partners with a shared commitment to improving foundational learning for all and a desire to work together to drive change more quickly. Read more in this document.