SOLOMON ISLAND’S respond to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in education is classified into seven areas of approaches respectively for 2030.
According to Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development framework, their proposing ambitious goals and targets for 2030 is inspired by the SGDs.
Their key priorities and challenges are set on the education sector in the Solomon Islands context.
With the response to SDGs, MEHRD ensures fee-free access and full completion for primary and junior secondary school, extend fee free access to senior secondary and focus on improving learning outcomes.
The Global goal also highlights that girls and boys access to quality childhood development, care and pre-primary education which MEHRD make sure full enrolment of five years, extend access for 3-5 years old and improved quality education.
Ministry also looks at quality and relevance of tertiary skills, reduces gender disparity and increased access for underrepresented target groups.
They also set their targets ensure secondary school both work-related skills and transferable skills, entrepreneurial and ICT.
Gender disparity in education is a high in Solomon Islands which has influence Education Authority to extend achievements in gender parity for ECCE and to balanced gender for both primary and secondary schools.
That also includes; explore ways to measure incidence and find affordable solutions, focus on formal education system and strengthen multi stakeholder approaches to extend adult literacy.
Ministry also set their goals in putting additional to existing curricular in primary and secondary education and to coordinate actions with other Ministries.
According to the NEAP documents, they are working on a core networks to achieve areas in poverty reduction, health, gender equality, reduce inequality, sustainable consumption and climate change.
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