Basic Education

Here you will find all relevant information and documents about Basic Education, Inclusive Education System and Quality Education, Education in Emergencies (EiE), Transition to VSD and lifelong learning, and to Basic Education and other sectors.

Main Topics

A class of primary school children sitting at their desks in small groups, in Tanzania. In one of the groups, a girl writes in a notebook and the other kids are looking at her.

11 July 2024

Introduction to basic education

Inspired by the Swiss educational system SDC builds on the mutually reinforcing qualities of basic education and vocational skills development and stresses the link to the labour market.

Group of women in traditional Nepali dresses, sitting and standing in front of a house, listening to a woman talking about their rights.

11 July 2024

Inclusive education system and quality education for all

SDC seeks to drive systemic changes by contributing to effective, inclusive and equitable education systems and by enabling relevant quality learning that provides competencies for life and work.

Children sitting at their desks outside at a refugee campsite

11 July 2024

Education in emergencies

Education in emergencies (EiE) programming is a way to ensure the right to education even during crisis.

Vocational training in Burkina Faso: A young woman measuring the size of a cloth in a tailoring class with other two women, empowering themselves for a brighter future.

11 July 2024

Transition from school to work - Interconnections

Foundational skills enable all further learning and are tools to further skills, including vocational skills. Lifelong learning and training are a must and foundational skills crucial in preparing learners for future job prospect.

A student wears headphones and writes in a tablet in class

11 July 2024

Basic education in thematic contexts

Basic Education has the transformative potential in: Sustainable development, civil society participation, and social cohesion, climate change and disaster risk reduction, peace building and gender equality, digital transformation and migration.