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SDG 4 (Quality Education)

The fourth Sustainable Development Goal: ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

Is an instance
A learning-sciences research group maps its work to SDG 4 Target 4.5 (eliminating gender disparities in education).
Is an instance
A funder invites SDG-4-aligned applications addressing literacy among marginalised populations.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

Not an instance
Labelling general higher-education research as SDG 4 without target-level analysis.
Not an instance
Equating any educational project with SDG 4 contribution regardless of equity dimension.

Editorial commentary

SDG 4 comprises 10 targets covering primary and secondary education completion, early childhood development, technical and vocational skills, gender equality in education, literacy and numeracy, education for sustainable development and global citizenship, education infrastructure and scholarships, and the supply of qualified teachers. Research contributions to SDG 4 span education science, learning analytics, equity research, pedagogy, EdTech, teacher development, and meta-research on educational interventions. UNESCO leads global SDG 4 coordination through the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee.

References

UNESCO Institute for Statistics SDG 4 monitoring. UN sdgs.un.org/goals/goal4.

Also known as

SDG 4 · Quality Education SDG

Machine-readable encodings

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JATS XML <role> element

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Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

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