Education for All Education for All (EFA) is a global movement
launched in 1990 and led by UNESCO that aims to meet the
learning needs of all children, youth and adults. At the World
Education Forum in Dakar in 2000, measurable EFA goals were
identified, and Viet Nam was among the 164 governments that
committed to their achievement by 2015. In the same year, Viet
Nam joined the 189 nations who pledged to half extreme poverty
by 2015 through achieving the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs). Following its commitments, Viet Nam developed an EFA
action plan for 2003-2015, a framework that sets targets and
guides cooperation among Government, international
organizations, bilateral donors and NGOs toward achieving EFA.
As a low-income country, Viet Nam was eligible for assistance
from the Education for All Fast-track Initiative (EFA FTI),
which matches national education strategies such as Viet Nam's
EFA action plan with donor’s efforts to accelerate progress
towards the Millennium Development Goal of universal pr