During the day long proceedings and at the conclusion of the Forum, the participants emphasized the need of raising education budget at least up to 4% of the GDP, creating a special budget line for EarlyChildhoodEducation (ECE), and creation of an Inter-provincial Forum on Education by the Federal Ministry of Inter-provincial Coordination.
This sixth meeting of the EFA High-Level Group, which has met annually since the Dakar Forum, paid special attention to the goal of expanding earlychildhood care andeducation (ECCE).