SDGCC - SDG Goals 4 & 8

On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit officially came into force. When were they intended to be achieved by?

• 2025

• 2030

• 2040

• 2050

School completion rate for secondary level is approximately what % lower than primary level as of 2019?

• 42%

• 27%

• 32%

• 29%

Answer explanation

As stated in the The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021, Primary school completion rate was 85% in 2019 and Secondary was 53%.

Imagine the statistics now.....

How many informal economy workers who lacked a social safety net, were significantly affected by the pandemic?

• 1.6 Billion

• 1.75 Billion

• 1.58 Billion

• 1.47 Billion

Before the negative effect of COVID-19, was the world on track to meeting reading and mathematics targets set in SDG goal 4?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

In 2019, only 59% of children in Grade 3 were proficient in reading. The pandemic is projected to cause an additional 101 million children (roughly 9% of those in primary and lower secondary school) to fall below the minimum reading proficiency threshold. This wipes out the progress achieved in education over the past 20 years.

Real GDP growth in LDCs or Lowest Developed Countries was envisioned to reach what percentage by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? (It was suspected to be between 4-5% in 2020)

• 5%

• 7%

• 8%

• 10%

What regions are most significantly impacted by the pandemic (in terms of numbers dropped) in reading proficiency for grades one to eight, from 2019 to 2020?

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Eastern and South-Eastern Asia

• Eastern and South-Eastern Asia

• Central and Southern Asia

Answer explanation

Eastern and South-Eastern Asia had the greatest change in reading proficiency with a drop of almost 29 million students!

In 2019, what percent of the world’s youth were not engaged in either education, employment or training (NEET) which is a share that has shown no reduction in over a decade.

• 22.3%

• 19.8%

• 26.1%

• 18.9%

Answer explanation

Moreover, quarterly figures indicate that the NEET rate worsened from the fourth quarter of 2019 to the second quarter of 2020 in 42 out of 49 countries with available data.

THE TERM “DECENT WORK” INVOLVES SEVERAL CRITERIA. WHAT ARE THESE?

• Standard minimum wage

• Safety at work

• Social protection for families

• Unequal treatment of women and men

• Appropriate remuneration

Answer explanation

Decent work is work that offers dignity to the person doing it, i.e. due respect but also a balanced family life. It includes access to productive and appropriately paid work, safety at work and social protection for families, better personal development prospects and social integration, equal opportunities and treatment for all, etc.

Approximately how many young people are estimated to not be in education, training or employment?

• 1 in 7 young people

• 1 in 4 young people

• 1 in 6 young people

• 1 in 5 young people

The UN believes recovery of the learning deficit globally could occur by what year?

• 2023

• 2024

• 2025

• 2030

Answer explanation

Recovery of the learning deficit globally could occur by 2024, but only if extraordinary efforts are made.