the scope of this holistic vision builds on the advances made across the period of the mdgs during which net enrolment rates in primary education increased from to per cent in developing regions of the world united nations as reinforced by the incheon declaration of the world education forum world education forum education and lifelong learning are recognised through sdg as being fundamental human rights and as vital in realising the broader aspirations of the agenda for sustainable development finally many sportbased initiatives have also been oriented towards the holistic development and empowerment of young people and the dissemination of educational messages and so are relevant to sdg targets and