Student AffairsPursuing a career that aligns with SDG 4: Quality Education empowers you to make education accessible and inclusive for all. This goal highlights equitable learning opportunities and lifelong education. Explore how your passion can transform educational access and outcomes.
The Goal: Quality Education
This goal strives to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. It includes achieving universal primary and secondary education, ensuring equal access to affordable vocational training, eliminating gender and wealth disparities, and achieving universal literacy and numeracy.
Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of education for sustainable development and global citizenship.
The Work
Achieving SDG 4 requires ensuring inclusive and equitable access to quality education at all levels, from early childhood to tertiary education. It involves investing in educational infrastructure, teacher training, and learning materials. Addressing gender disparities, promoting lifelong learning opportunities, and integrating digital technologies into education systems are essential. Collaboration between governments, educational institutions, and the private sector is crucial to achieve universal literacy and numeracy.
The Skills
Below is a list of key skills that are in demand for careers related to SDG 4. While it is not necessary to master all of these skills, familiarity with them can enhance your readiness and competitiveness in the job market
- Teaching
- Educational Planning
- Curriculum Development
- Digital Literacy
- Child Psychology
- Classroom Management
- Creativity
- Problem-solving
- Cultural Awareness
- Policy Development
Engagement with Queen's and Kingston
You can make a difference in achieving SDG 4 by volunteering as a tutor or mentor for students, donating books and educational materials to local schools, or supporting after-school programs. Promoting literacy by reading to children and advocating for inclusive, high-quality education policies are equally important. By encouraging lifelong learning and participating in community education initiatives, you can help build a culture that values education for all.
Volunteering in Kingston
Past QUIP Internships
- Project coordinator
- Course and Programs development intern
- Coordinator, STEM Education & Robotics
- Program Analyst Intern (Outreach and Education Unit)
- Learning and Development (L&D)
- Course Development Intern
- Policy Analyst - Rural and Remote Childcare
- Student- Document Management
Sample Undergraduate Courses
- Bachelor of Education (BEd)
- FOCI 255 Educators Abroad
- CONT 310 Special Education - Behaviour
- CONT 562 Environmental Education
- DEVS 280 Global Engagement
- DEVS 361 Policy Advocacy in Global Development
- EDST 260 Understanding the Principles and Programs in Outdoor and Experiential Education
Sample Graduate Courses
- EDUC 857 Social Inequity in Education: A Global Perspective
- GDE 852 International Education in a Globalized World
- CONT 918 Outdoor, Environmental and Experiential Education
- EDUC 809 Assessment of Student Growth & Achievement
Career Possibilities
- Teacher
- Curriculum Developer
- Education Policy Analyst
- International Education Officer
- Regulatory Affairs Specialist
- Project Coordinator
- EdTech Developer
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Instructional Designer
- World Bank Education Consultant
- Educational Administrator
- University Professor
- Content Developer
Corporations, NGOs, and Government Agencies
Corporations can support quality education by investing in educational programs and initiatives that improve access to learning resources and opportunities. They can partner with schools, universities, and educational NGOs to provide scholarships, internships, and mentorship programs.
By promoting lifelong learning and skills development within their workforce, companies can also contribute to a more educated and skilled population. Furthermore, corporations can use their influence to advocate for policies that improve education systems and ensure inclusive and equitable access to education for all.
- Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Global Affairs Canada
- The Government of Canada
- Statistics Canada
