Importance Of Education

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What is the importance of education in developing countries? Why are people allowing their current situations shape their entire lives without seeking a better outcome? Is it based on their beliefs, laws, financial hardship, and lack of motivation? Or is it their mindset? Researchers M. Anne Hill and Elizabeth M. King argue that “education improves health and productivity and that the poorest people gain the most.” UM faculty educator and scientist Gazi Mahabubul Alam disagrees. In his research paper, Do developing countries need Education laws to manage its system or are ethics and a market-driven approach sufficient, he offers proof that education illiteracy is due misinterpretations of the law.
Researching the law in developing countries, Alam acknowledge how politicians along with lawmakers have disregarded the need for educational improvements. “Africa’s education crisis does not make media headlines…children don’t go hungry for want of textbooks, good teachers and a chance to learn…and it is undermining prospects for sustained economic growth in the world’s poorest region” (Watkins). Due to the financial hardships and laws in developing countries, the increase of illiterate people among them, children and women has caused many to turn the focus from what really matters.
To illustrate, education still remains inaccessible to millions around the world and organizations like “Humanium” and “Caritas Australia” among others try to provide awareness of education deprivation and how millions of children are not if at all given adequate teaching. Places like Nigeria, Africa, Somalia, and Uganda that are dominated by activist groups and militias force children to become soldiers instead of receiving proper education.
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...ldren to school can be fined and imprisoned for three months, and employers who hire school-age children face fines and up to six months in prison.”
If Malala had allowed the Taliban the power to tame her voice, she would have never achieved a difference in Pakistan.
To crystalize, education is a necessity in developing countries yet they undergo tremendous hardship financially due to the amount of illiterate people in their society. The widespread of illiterate people worldwide is concerning and should be emphasize the need for improvement. Developing countries low-income not only affects children and women but everyone around them. No government should hold the absolute power to determine who is capable of attending school. However, advocates like Malala prove that we are able to make a difference it’s a matter of how much you want to attain that goal.

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