SDG 4 - Quality Education
Sustainable Development Goal 4 is titled “Quality Education” and aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”.
In the context of inclusive education, the relevant items are:
- Goal 4
- Target 4.5
- Indicator 4.5.1
- Target 4.a
- Indicator 4.a.1
- Indicator Metadata 4.a.1
Goal 4
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Target 4.5
By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
Indicator 4.5.1 (d)
Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated
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Target 4.a
Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all.
Indicator 4.a.1 (d)
Proportion of schools offering basic services, by type of service
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(d) adapted infrastructure and materials for students with disabilities
Indicator Metadata 4.a.1 (d)
The indicator measures the percentage of schools by level of education (primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) with access to the given facility or service.
Adapted Infrastructure
Adapted infrastructure is defined as any built environment related to education facilities that are accessible to all users, including those with different types of disability, to be able to gain access to use and exit from them. Accessibility includes ease of independent approach, entry, evacuation and/or use of a building and its services and facilities (such as water and sanitation), by all of the building’s potential users with an assurance of individual health, safety and welfare during the course of those activities.
Adapted Materials
Adapted materials include learning materials and assistive products that enable students and teachers with disabilities/functioning limitations to access learning and to participate fully in the school environment.
Accessible Learning Materials
Accessible learning materials include textbooks, instructional materials, assessments and other materials that are available and provided in appropriate formats such as audio, braille, sign language and simplified formats that can be used by students and teachers with disabilities/functioning limitations.