The G8 Summit’s Commitment to Literacy
In April of 2000 the World Education Forum gathered in Dakar, Senegal and formed the Framework for Action on Education for All (EFA). The EFA promoted the importance of education in the pursuit of empowering individuals to positively change society. Since its creation, the EFA has played a large role in the eradication of illiteracy around the world. Since 2004, the G8 has been committed to the EFA’s goal of universal education. Between September of 2004 and June of 2009, the G8 have contributed over six billion dollars towards the EFA and universal education.
Closely aligning with ProLiteracy’s mission to use literacy to combat poverty, the 2009 G8 Summit argued, “Basic education is a key factor in poverty reduction”. Further, the G8 promoted the importance of inclusive education that focuses on education for women and marginalized groups. In the G8’s declaration, Responsible Leadership for a More Sustainable Future, education and vocational training are “…crucial for a sustainable recovery from the current economic crisis and for long term development.” Further the declaration states that the G8 “…favour[s] an integrated approach to education systems, prioritizing access to and completion of quality primary education and also addressing post-primary education, vocational training and skills development, and adult literacy, according to partner countries’ specific needs.”
With the 2009 G8 Summit closing this week, it is crucial that universal education remain paramount not only to countries of the G8, but also amongst the rest of the world. As the G8 pointed out, the economic crisis extends beyond backyards it is a global crisis; investing in education is the way out.
Closely aligning with ProLiteracy’s mission to use literacy to combat poverty, the 2009 G8 Summit argued, “Basic education is a key factor in poverty reduction”. Further, the G8 promoted the importance of inclusive education that focuses on education for women and marginalized groups. In the G8’s declaration, Responsible Leadership for a More Sustainable Future, education and vocational training are “…crucial for a sustainable recovery from the current economic crisis and for long term development.” Further the declaration states that the G8 “…favour[s] an integrated approach to education systems, prioritizing access to and completion of quality primary education and also addressing post-primary education, vocational training and skills development, and adult literacy, according to partner countries’ specific needs.”With the 2009 G8 Summit closing this week, it is crucial that universal education remain paramount not only to countries of the G8, but also amongst the rest of the world. As the G8 pointed out, the economic crisis extends beyond backyards it is a global crisis; investing in education is the way out.
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