The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is a “multilateral partnership” (GPE, 2014a, para. 2) that is made up of non-governmental organizations, private donors, teachers, international organizations and donor governments in order to aid the nearly sixty participating, developing nations in the implementation of sound educational policy and programming. Through the sharing of curricular guidelines and effective instructional strategies, GPE promotes increased discussion concerning education among the developing nations participating in this partnership. The objectives for GPE are as follows: • Supporting education in fragile and conflict-affected states • Promoting girls education • Increasing basic numeracy and literacy skills in primary school • Improving teacher effectiveness through training and recruitment • Expanding funding and support for GPE nations (GPE, 2014a, para. 7). Partners, Key Stakeholders, Funding and Support GPE is dedicated to the empowerment of the developing nations that are members of the partnership. GPE has stated that education policies and programs can only be successful when they are part of a nation’s priorities and in line with the values of the cultures of those who live within the nation. GPE has chosen to represent developing nations on its Board of Directors, dedicating six of the nineteen board seats to developing nations and these members help GPE to offer technical and financial support to developing countries. The result is a partnership in which countries work to develop their own quality educational programs through the assessment of their education priorities. GPE asks participating developing nations to consider the best ways that these counties can invest in the future of childre... ... middle of paper ... ...rieved from http://www.plan-international.org/files/global/publications/education/girls_education_economics.pdf UNESCO. (2013). Education for all global monitoring report, policy paper no. 10: Children still battling to go to school. Paris, France: UNESCO. Retrieved from http://www.unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002216/221668E.pdf UNESCO. (2014). Education for all goals. Retrieved from http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-all/efa-goals/ UN Secretary General’s Global Initiative on Education. (2013). Education cannot wait call to action: Plan, prioritize, protect education in crisis-affected contexts. Retrieved from http://www.globalpartnership.org/media/2013-9-education-cannot-wait-call-to-action.pdf World Bank. (2008). Human development network: Girls education. Retrieved from http://go.worldbank.org/1L4BH3TG20
The need for education is a massive problem that the United States is facing in the current day. According to the United Way’s web...
Lewis, M.A. and Lockheed, M.E. (2006). Inexcusable Absence: Why 60 Million Girls Still Aren’t in School and What to Do About It. Washington, DC: Center for Global Development.
In the documentary “Time for School 3”, aired in 2009, executive producer Pamela Hogan, conducted an informative and thought-provoking project, which scrutinized the lives of seven children living in Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya, and Romania. Despite living in diverse countries, these seven children shared one attribute; the tussle of receiving a basic education.
Here in America every single child is sent to school starting at the age of five years old for kindergarten, and sometimes as early as two years old for pre-school and continue on to get an education late into their twenties, some even going on to take classes the rest of their lives. Education in America is something that is readily available and even is required by law, but taken for granted by many children. On flip side third world countries often do not have schools or public education mandated by government, and most times it is not even available when most children yearn for it. Education is taken for granted in America, and in third world countries where education is almost completely absent something can be learned from their determination to further their knowledge.
While many Americans, and even more unfortunate is American teachers, claim that global education would harm American values and go against what America stands for (Webb), a global education presents the ability to either properly expand upon one’s knowledge of the world with accurate information about their true culture and their language, or a global education could either undeservingly demote or promote a country to a ranking it may or may not deserve. Without global education, our future generations will face unnecessary challenges and face the possibility of destroying everything that we, the world, built upon to maintain
...blems are growing in magnitude and will neither go away nor resolve themselves. They require action by having students be trained and willing to deal with difficult and complex global issues. Students should have a degree of literacy regarding the global problems, issues, concerns, and trends that increasingly impact their lives. Through awareness students will know and understand that global issues and challenges exist and affect their lives. Awareness is a necessary prerequisite to understanding. Students will be aware that their information and knowledge on most global issues are incomplete and that they need to continue seeking information about how global and international issues are formed and influenced. Global education is a lifelong process. New global issues will emerge in the future, and new insights into current global challenges will be generated.
Education is a form of learning that is necessary for the development of one’s personality, identity, physical and intellectual capabilities. Education also provides to the growth of a person through the enhancement of social and professional integration. Education can improve a person’s quality of life. Underprivileged adults and children have a chance to escape poverty. “It is a tool for the economic, social and cultural development of all population around the world. Education is a human right and should be accessible to everyone without discrimination. All children should be awarded the same opportunities to be able to build a future for themselves. Therefore they must and should be able to go to school. Each child have the right to benefit from a quality education that fits their needs.”(Humanium 2016).
This can be understood when we take into account the corruption that happens in Lower economically developed countries. In LEDCS education is a sector which needs more focus an article which focuses on this issue describes the education in LEDC as shocking as ‘Out of 128 million school-aged children, 17 million will never attend school’ And ‘37 million African children will learn so little while in they are in school that they will not be much better off than those kids who never attend school.’ From the shocking figures we can see that education in Africa needs major adjustments in order to achieve successful
...e getting equal benefits. By pooling together efforts, various positive outcomes will result. By either micro financing an educator, allowing easy transfer of foreign goods, or unifying charities, both poverty and lack of education will be combated. These methods will allow for nurturing environments for children to succeed.
Mir, S. (2011), Education woes: Shortage of teachers a threat to public schools, Tribune, 3 April.
Finally, research has shown that basic education is paramount to a nation’s ability to develop and achieve economic development and sustainability targets. Once these targets are identified, a country will need to re-examine its education curricula at all levels, that is, pre-school to tertiary education. Also, as a government develop policies within their countries they should ensure that there is an interconnection between the environment, economy, and social structures and that they become an integral part of formal education, starting with kindergarten and continuing through primary and secondary school and then on through training at the college, university and professional levels.
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school” this quote by Albert Einstein states the importance of education, its influence on our daily lives and its power over all other devices. My teacher once asked me what’s easier, to remember or to forget? I answered confidently “to forget” but he made me realize I was wrong, I can never forget the alphabet “a” for example even if I try erasing it from my memory; moral of the story is that education will stay with you for the rest of your life.
Changing the World Through Education My philosophy of teaching involves changing the world through my students. I want to enable my students, through education and motivation, to leave the world better than they have hounded it. Like many social reformists, I feel that we as teachers owe it to the future generations to instruct them how to handle the problems they will encounter in hopes that they will pass on fewer problems to their children. I will work every minute of every day to ensure my students’ successful futures.
Others who vanish for weeks on end, helping their parents with the year-end harvest. Still others who never come back, lacking the money to pay for school uniforms and school supplies. Such is the daily dilemma faced by many young people in the developing world as they seek to obtain that most precious of all commodities, education. With the global economy relying more than ever on brainpower and innovation rather than raw materials and manual labour as generators of wealth, a good education has become the key factor determining who will succeed and who will be left behind.
To reach the universal education goal for all children, special efforts should be clearly made by policymakers like addressing the social, economic...