XLRI Students' Blog on Corporate Sustainability

  Introduction “ Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward”- Soren Kierkegaard It is tempting to say and believe that life must always be lived in the moment. To propose that we must all focus on the present and not frivolously waste our time worrying about the future. And for too long, homo sapiens as a species have been doing just that- caring only about the present generation, extracting all they can from this planet, without caring for either the other species that are co-habitants of the earth or even their progeny-the future generations of human beings. But now, it is evident that worrying about the future is a burden that humanity must take to ensure the perpetuation of the human race itself, ensure prosperity for our children, and sustain growth. And the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals are a step in the right direction- to move humanity to the path of a bright and sustainable future. And the first step in ensuring a prosperous f...

  Rethinking India’s Journey to achieve SDG 4 objectives - Aayush Khandelwal | BJ20002, Abhishek Kapoor | BJ20003, Krishna Kumar Rathi | BJ20025, Rahul Mandal | BJ20039, Sidharth Monga | BJ20050, Vinayak Lahoty | BJ20060 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Education is pivotal in achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. The broad objective of SDG – 4 is to ensure inclusive and equitable, quality education and to promote avenues of lifelong learning opportunities . One in five children in the entire world has no access to schools. [1] Yet, we have seen a record number of children being enrolled in educational institutes across the world, at all levels: primary & secondary. This schooling has, however, not resulted in the learning outcomes that were expected. UNICEF reported in 2019 that about 617 million out of 1 billion school goi...

Group9_D | SDG 4: QUALITY EDUCATION Authors: Abhishek Kumar (BD20004) | Arihant Jain (BD20014) | Eshan Jain (BD20027) | Navdeep Redhal (BD20039) | Nikhil Kumar (BD20040) | Pranay Modi (BD20043) | Vadalkar Sarthak Ram (BD20069) Image Courtesy: AIESEC in Australia “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”, Nelson Mandela once quoted. A good education is everyone’s right and it must be accessible to everyone. The SDG 4 aims towards every child getting quality, equitable and free education, by 2030. The campaign has picked up immensely since 2004. The developing countries are working in the direction of 100% literacy, and the corporates and the leading nations of the world play an essential role in it. According to the UN’s report, one in every four girls is deprived of basic primary education in the developing countries. And more than 10 crore youth worldwide lack the basics of literary skills, out of which 60% are women. Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia ...