Education for all and promotion of lifelong learning. Why Education Matters Education enables upward socio-economic mobility and is the key to escaping poverty. Education helps reduce inequalities. Education is designed to guide them in learning a culture, shape their behavior according to that of adulthood, and orient them toward their eventual role in society. In the most primitive cultures, Third, educational science has revealed that participation in early childhood care and education programs improves children's school readiness and narrows the gap between socially advantaged and disadvantaged at school entry. From a human rights perspective, the development of quality preschool learning constitutes a role of education in sustainable development. An important instrument for achieving a more sustainable future is high-quality education. This was highlighted at the United Nations World Summit in Johannesburg, where it was declared that reforming the country's educational programs was essential to achieving sustainable development.Summary. Understanding the role of education in development is extremely complex, due to the slippery nature of the two concepts and the multifaceted relationships between them. This chapter provides a conceptual exploration of these relationships, laying the foundation for the rest of the book. First, it assesses the role of,