ABSTRACT
Chapter 22 examines the notion of ‘quality education’ that has underpinned the UN quest for Education for All (EFA) through its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It addresses three questions. (i) Does the account of quality in EFA attend to what in teaching and learning really matters? (ii) Are the classroom processes and outcomes that are truly transformative for children adequately captured in the MDG and SDG goals, objectives and targets, the EFA monitoring indicators and measures, and the evidence on which EFA thinking and policy draw? (iii) If not, what are the implications for the UN’s education mission?
