Taking stock of national efforts to involve youth in educational decision-making.

The International Day of Education 2026 will celebrate the power of youth as co-creators of education. This will be done by: 

Taking stock of national efforts to involve youth in educational decision-making, through a  new report by the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report team, in partnership with the UN Youth Office, which measures student and youth participation in education laws and policymaking. Requested by the SDG4 High-Level Steering Committee in 2022, this new measurement holds countries accountable for their commitments to meaningfully engage youth made at the United Nations’ Transforming Education Summit and in the Pact for the Future.