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본 연설문은 2018년 4월 27일 유엔사무총장의 “Education Above All” 행사 연설을 일부 편집한 자료입니다.

Glossary

1	Education Above All Foundation	EAA재단/교육최우선재단
2	Nelson Mandela	넬슨 만델라

Script

Ladies and gentlemen,
 
Good evening to you all. And thank you to everyone involved in the Education Above All Foundation. 
 
Through your investment, your advocacy and your vision, you are bringing to life the dream that every child has to an education… to a seat in the classroom… to a future.
 
The Education Above All Foundation is now on track to meet its target of providing 10 million out-of-school children with the education they need… the education that is their right. 
 
An incredible accomplishment – for these children, but also for our world.

Because our dream of a sustainable future cannot be realized if we do not support children’s dreams to gain an education.
 
Nelson Mandela famously called education “the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
 
He was right.
 
When we educate a child we give her more than books, papers, pencils or a calculator.
 
We give her the tools, skills and imagination she needs to shape the world around her… to change the world around her... and to make her community, and her society, a better, more prosperous and, hopefully, more peaceful place in the years ahead.
 
There is no better definition of sustainable development – and no better pathway to realize this ambition – than by educating every child.
 
I am proud of the work being done on education by UNICEF, UNESCO and partners.
 
But it is clear that, worldwide, there is insufficient emphasis on education, and not enough funding – for educators, for facilities, for our children’s futures.
 
As a global community, we must face some sobering facts.

Fact number one: 63 million children of primary school age are not in school.
 
Fact number two: 250 million children are failing to learn basic literacy and math skills.
 
Fact number three: 200 million adolescents are out of school.
 
These are not just statistics – these are hundreds of millions of individual children… individual lives. 
 
We know who they are.
 
They are the disadvantaged – kept out of the classroom because of poverty, distance, discrimination or lack of government investment.
 
They are the children of conflict – living through humanitarian nightmares, seeing the worst of humanity, and facing terrible risks just walking through their neighbourhoods.
 
They are, tragically, girls – made to stay home and carry water or do housework while their brothers go to school.
 
An injustice – to them, and to all of us who will be denied their talents and ideas in the years to come.
 
The world cannot afford a generation of children and young people who lack the basic skills they need to compete in the 21st century economy.
 
Nor can we afford to leave behind an entire gender – half of humanity – as a matter of their rights, and our best interests.
 
Nor can we afford to sacrifice these young lives to disillusionment… despair… and even extremist thought. 
 
For the peace of our world… the prosperity of our world… the future of our world… there is no better investment than in education.
 
Which is why Sustainable Development Goal 4 calls on governments to deliver equitable, quality education for all – including those children still being left behind.
 
That means doing three things: starting early, prioritizing the marginalized, and emphasizing quality.

The first priority is starting early – and staying the course over two decades of childhood.
 
Early-childhood programmes spark children’s curiosity, build their skills, and prepare them for a lifetime of learning.
 
They are the key to increased equality in societies. //

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