Briefcase 1 UNESCO report says urgent need for greater headway in education. ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALSIndia is expected to achieve universal primary education in 2050, universal lower secondary education in 2060 and universal upper secondary education in 2085, it said. "This means the region would be more than half a century late for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deadline," it added. EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE AND PLANETIt also talks of another report, Education for People and Planet, which it said, shows the need for education systems to step up attention to environmental concerns. "While in the majority of countries, education is the best indicator of climate change awareness, half of countries curricula worldwide do not explicitly mention climate change in their content.

Source: India Today September 06, 2016 03:43 UTC