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Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 aims to “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” (Ferguson, T., Iliško, D., Roofe, C., & Hill, S. (2018). SDG4-Quality education: Inclusivity, equity and lifelong learning for all. Emerald Group Publishing.).
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Akhter, H., Bown, A., Yang, Y. (2023). Exploring the Challenges Schoolteachers Are Facing in Promoting Sustainable Development Goal 4: The Case of Pakistan. In: Beasy, K., Smith, C., Watson, J. (eds) Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Education for Sustainability, vol 7. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3802-5_11
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