UN Sustainable Development Goals

How Checkpoint Leaning fits into the UN's SDG

Checkpoint aligns its work with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), integrating global priorities into its content, methodology, and organisational vision. This commitment ensures that Checkpoint’s educational and media output contributes meaningfully to international efforts to create a more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive future.

Checkpoint has been formally recognised for delivering impact aligned with:

• SDG 4 – Quality Education: By developing accessible, evidence-based educational resources that are inclusive, culturally relevant, and grounded in academic research, Checkpoint supports inclusive and equitable quality education and promotes lifelong learning opportunities for all.

• SDG 9 – Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure: Through innovation in digital media, responsible use of emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain, and the development of scalable digital infrastructure, Checkpoint contributes to building resilient systems that promote inclusive and sustainable industrial development.

Checkpoint’s future ambition is to contribute to all 17 Sustainable Development Goals through its work across learning, media, and social impact. These goals guide content creation, partnership development, and strategic planning across all areas of the organisation.

By integrating SDG principles into every aspect of its practice, Checkpoint ensures its work has lasting social and educational value, supporting the broader global mission to achieve a more sustainable and just world.

Please see below for a more detailed outline of how Checkpoint delivers to SDG subgoals.

4.2 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre‑primary education so that they are ready for primary education

4.3 By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university

4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship

4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations

4.6 By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy

4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

4.a Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all

4.b By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries

4.c By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States

9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all

9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending

9.a Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States

9.c Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020