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The Role of Higher Education Institutions in the Implementation
of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Hassan S. Nondo | DMS, DrPH, MPH, MSW, ADSW, RN Quality Center, Almaarefa University
What are Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development The role of higher education institutions:
The Global Challenge for Government Transparency: puts forward a broad and ambitious agenda Each of us and higher education institutions have a role
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 covering a wide range of interrelated goals. in contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals
Agenda. (SDGs). Higher education institutions are in a unique
Higher education institutions (HEIs) play an position to fully engage in SDGs as their first mission
These goals, also known as the SDGs, aim to end important, multi-faceted role in the new global is to educate and train competent graduates and
poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for development agenda. prepare them for a better future, and able to
everyone by 2030. contribute to sustainable societies.
In 2015, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 195 nations agreed Higher education institutions (HEIs) play an important,
with the United Nations that they could change the multi-faceted role in the new global development
world for the better. agenda, which strives to eradicate poverty while
addressing social needs such as education,
These countries believe that this will be health, social protection, job opportunities,
accomplished by bringing together their climate change, food security, and
respective governments, businesses, environmental protection. All these
media, institutions of higher education, areas, and more, are reflected in the 17
and local NGOs to improve the lives of Sustainable Development Goals
the people in their countries by the year (SDGs).
2030.
The challenge is for HEIs to understand
Thereafter, The United Nations and realize the extent to which their
member countries adopted 17 SDGs curricula and their implementation
to be achieved by the year 2030. satisfy students’ sustainability-related
knowledge and skills to be able to
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable successfully deal with the current and
Development puts forward a broad future global socio-economic and
and ambitious agenda covering a wide environmental sustainability challenges.
range of interrelated goals, including:
The author realizes that worldwide, some
1. Eliminate Poverty, 2. Erase Hunger, 3. universities have started to come on board
Establish Good Health and Well-Being, with the SDGs, prompted by United
4. Provide Quality Education, 5. Enforce Nations-supported initiatives such as the Higher
Gender Equality, 6. Improve Clean Water and Education Sustainability Initiative, the Principles of
Sanitation, 7. Grow Affordable and Clean Responsible Management Education initiative, and the
Energy, 8. Create Decent Work and Economic Growth, Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
9. Increase Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, 10.
Reduce Inequality, 11. Mobilize Sustainable Cities and However, we appeal to the HEIs lagging to step up and
Communities, 12. Influence Responsible Consumption join the race to lead us to sustainable societies. The
and Production, 13. Organize Climate Action, question remains as to how HEIs, particularly those in
14. Develop Life Below Water, 15. Advance Life On low-income can assume a proactive and leading role in
Land, 16. Guarantee Peace, Justice, and Strong achieving the SDGs.
Institutions, 17. Build Partnerships for the Goals.
Painted by Huda Othman |
a student at the College of Medicine
Picture Pulse
The exquisite sight of a bird perched atop a bountiful tree
inspires sustainability to continue blossoming and singing.
ALMAAREFA PULSE
