Education is the single most important means to achieve sustainable development.
Any attempt to strengthen economies, reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of people can yield results with increased attention to education. Learning equips people with the skills they need participate fully in the economy and society. In 1990, world leaders and organisations pledged Jomtien, Thailand, to provide basic education for all by the year 2000. In fact the World Conference on Education helped move education back to the center of the international development agenda and on the priority lists of governments. Global conferences that followed reaffirmed this commitment.