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 A matter of Agreement At the level of international debate and action three principles tend to be broadly shared. These are the need to understand quality education in terms of (a) content relevance, (b) access and outcome and (c) observance of individual rights. In much current international thinking, these principles are expected to guide and inform educational content and processes and also represent more general social goals to which education itself should contribute. This is reflected in the thinking of the following international bodies: UNICEF: recognizes five dimensions of quality:  the learners, the environments, content, processes and outcomes, founded on the rights of the whole child, and all children, to survival, protection, development and participation (UNICEF, 2000, in UNESCO, 2005). UNESCO’s understanding of education quality seeks to identify unambiguously the important attributes or qualities of education that can best ensure that goals are actually met. Q...