Global education monitoring report, 2017/18: accountability in education: meeting our commitments

The Global education monitoring report, 2017/18: accountability in education: meeting our commitments "shows that there remain major education problems around the world that accountability can help solve. Only 1 in 10 children in sub-Saharan Africa has basic reading skills. Around the world, 100 million youth cannot even read. One in seven primary school teachers are not trained. Millions continue to be taught in a language they don't speak at home. Meanwhile, the share of education in total aid has fallen for the sixth year in a row, and one in four governments do not meet the agreed education financing thresholds.

Our Report looks at who is responsible for achieving our global education goal, SDG 4. It shows that calling on individuals and institutions to report how they tried to meet their responsibilities - a process commonly known as accountability - can help achieve an equitable education system of good quality. 

Accountability starts with governments, which are ultimately responsible for fulfilling the right to education. This right should be written into law and strictly enforced."