QUALITY IN EDUCATION Access to education is important, but just as important is actually learning basic knowledge and skills I the classroom. Many children across the world cannot read, despite of having attended school several years. High quality education is a prerequisite for learning and human development. Quality is effected by factors both inside and outside the classrooms – everything from the availability of a teacher and teaching aids to the child’s starting point when it comes to mother tongue language or general health, for example. Overall, securing high quality education is a considerable challenge, particularly for countries with limited resources, where educational systems are prevented from functioning normally. A global learning crisis Since 2000, strenuous efforts have been made to include more children in schooling. This was the year the UN Millennium Development Goals and six Education for All Goals were adopted. Unfortunately, qual...