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to services such as the management and connectivity and sustainable digital
protection of ecosystems, improved water- transformation. As we focus particularly on the
resource management, and a better second goal, we believe in fostering “equitable
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understanding of the water cycle. The 2016 and inclusive use of telecommunications/ICTs
Dubai Declaration noted, “in order to strengthen to empower people and societies for sustainable
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socioeconomic development, an integrated development.”
approach is required among the space sector and
other sectors, including environment and 3. Achieving Education for All through
climate change, health, water, information, expertise, technology and collaboration
communications technology, and management
of resources, to better understand and meet the
needs of end users and society at large.” Nanritam’s Education for All project aims to
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achieve its goals through expertise,
The Space 2030 Agenda stresses the following: collaboration and use of technology. The EFA
“We emphasize that space tools are highly project believes that best quality education
relevant for the attainment of the global should be imparted equitably and should reach
development agendas, in particular the 2030 every corner possible. Nanritam’s EFA is a
Agenda for Sustainable Development and its play-based, hands-on pedagogy for children
goals and targets, either directly, as enablers and aged 3-8 with sessions on Foundational Literacy
drivers of sustainable development, or and Numeracy, social skills, conversational
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indirectly, by providing essential data for the English and holistic development. The project
indicators used to monitor the progress towards is being expanded to include hands-on, in-class-
achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sendai demonstratable Foundational Math and Science
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015– sessions for children between ages of 8-16
2030 and the commitments by States parties to years. While quality education is the aim, the
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the Paris Agreement.” students are taught learning as a fun activity and
their progress is regularly monitored through
The Space 2030 Agenda also states: “We also assessments. The uniqueness of this EFA project
aim to leverage to a greater extent new, is that it plans to work on a minimum cost
innovative technologies, such as space model.
technologies and their applications, to
contribute to improved delivery of the mandates The EFA project aims to improve the existing
of the United Nations as a whole.” Further, in education system to align with tomorrow’s
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the same lines, the present zero draft dated 17 needs and expand productive capacities for
July 2024 of the Pact for the Future notes that sustainable development and embrace new
the heads of the States and governments commit technologies. Thus, the project works towards
to strengthening digital cooperation and realization of SDG 4 (quality education). It
harnessing the potential of science, technology particularly focuses on SDG 4.6 (“By 2030
and innovation for the benefit of all humanity ensure maximum men and women achieve
and accelerate the use of science and digital literacy and numeracy”; SDG 4.4
technologies to help us to realize the 2030 (“Substantially increase the numbers with skills
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Agenda. for employment and entrepreneurship”); SDG
4.C (“By 2030 substantially increase the supply
In line with SDG Goals, Space 2030 Agenda and of qualified teachers even through international
ITU’s Connect 2030, ITU’s Strategic Plan for collaboration for such training”). The project
2024- 2027, also believes that as the world is also addresses SDG Goal 8 (decent work and
looking for solutions and moving towards economic growth), among other developmental
sustainability, the digital solutions should take goals. Last but not least, EFA program sincerely
the center stage where no one is left behind. The believes and pursues SDG goal number 17, that
two strategic goals of the ITU are universal is collaboration at all levels. On one hand the
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