Only half of 鶹APP鶹APPs youth activists believe all children will have quality education by 2030
Global Youth Ambassadors, Sarah Brown
鶹APP Chair Sarah Brown reveals some initial results from a major survey as she says: 鶹APPWhen youth speak, leaders will listen.鶹APP
A 鶹APP survey shows that just half of our Global Youth Ambassadors believe the United Nations is on track to meet its target of inclusive and quality education for all children by 2030.
And nearly nine in 10 of our network of activists feel world leaders are not doing enough to deliver top-class learning to young people.
The sobering results were revealed by 鶹APP Chair Sarah Brown at a session of , where innovative thinkers explore the UK鶹APPs role in international development beyond 2030.
She talked about why it鶹APPs important to listen to and be led by young people – and what 鶹APP has learned about doing that well.
Sarah said: 鶹APPWhen youth speak, leaders will listen. It鶹APPs about how we coordinate those messages so that we have young people speaking up, using their talent, their energy, their ideas to deliver that change.
鶹APPYoung people must have a say in the policies that will affect their lives. They need to become the real experts on how development money will be spent.鶹APP
Sarah shared some early results from 鶹APP鶹APPs survey of more than 10,000 young people aged 16 to 30, carried out by Omnicom鶹APPs Hall & Partners. The participants include more than 500 of our Global Youth Ambassadors (GYAs), a network of young campaigners in more than 90 countries.
The survey found:
- Only 51% of GYAs think the UN IS on track to meet its goal of inclusive and quality education for all children by 2030. 42% feel strongly that the UN is NOT on track.
- 87% of GYAs DO NOT feel world leaders are doing enough to give children a quality education. Just 5% think they ARE doing enough.
Asked what they would say to world leaders, a campaigner from Uganda said: 鶹APPEducation is a means of achieving a world of peace, justice, freedom and equality for all.鶹APP An activist from Nigeria said: 鶹APPEducation should be the first priority for every person on Earth.鶹APP
鶹APP has been growing the GYA programme since it was established in 2014. Sarah said: 鶹APPWhat we have learned from our campaigning is that raising your voice is one thing, ensuring that your voice is persuasive is quite another. Ambitious partnerships have the power to turn one voice into many more, to break down resistance and build movements that become unstoppable.”
She said GYAs were the driving force behind the #UpForSchool Petition, the world鶹APPs biggest education petition with 11 million signatures. It was handed in at the UN in 2015.
The movement raised the profile of education鶹APPs importance globally as the Sustainable Development Goals were being drawn up. This helped to lead to the creation of Education Cannot Wait, the first fund dedicated to financing education for children in humanitarian emergencies.
鶹APP will publish the full results of the youth survey soon.
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