Take part in the 1GOAL Lesson for All

Today, more than 72 million children do not have the opportunity to attend primary school. In addition, 226 million children are denied the opportunity to attend secondary school.

The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) brings together major nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and teachers’ unions in more than 100 countries to promote access to education as a basic human right and mobilizes public pressure to create the political will for governments and other leaders in the international community to fulfill their promises to provide at least a free, public basic education for all children.

Global Action Week happens every April - it's a moment in which children, teachers, parents and people around the world unite in their demands for education.

The theme for Global Action Week 2010 is Financing Quality Public Education: A Right for All! The Global Campaign for Education has teamed with the FIFA and the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament to launch 1GOAL, a worldwide effort to collect names in support of Education for All from the public, soccer players and celebrities.

Classroom Resources

On April 21, 2010 join with millions of others all around the world and take part in the 1GOAL Lesson for All to promote the urgent need for universal education. To be part of this exciting global event,

• Teach (or pledge to teach) one or more of the curricular activities from the 1GOAL Lesson for All.
  Download the Global Action Tool Kit.
• Tell us how you will use the 1Goal Lesson for All

Download the Global Action Week Poster

Download the Global Action Week Leaflet

The Class of 2015: Education For All

Today, 72 million children in the world are denied the chance to go to school. In 2000, 164 world governments came together to create the Education for All goals. The Class of 2015: Education for All was launched in the United Nations in September 2008. It brings together world leaders and celebrities in their global commitment to make Education for All a reality by 2015.