This report is based on and reflects an extensive global public consultation held September 2012-March 2013. It offers a summary of the main themes and messages that have emerged from the wide-ranging contributions to the consultation. The report formed the basis of an input on education to the reports of the High -Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and of the United Nations Development Group’s 1 –both of which will feed into the Secretary-General's report on achieving the MDGs and post-2015 to be presented and debated at the General Assembly. This report also served as the basis for the issue brief on Education and Culture presented to the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.