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Pakistan, with the 26th biggest economy, and the 45th greatest GDP among the world, was an increasingly prosperous developing nation. However, Pakistan faced fatal long-standing problems in education: limited access, doubted quality, and unequal opportunity, which created serious constraints for Pakistan’s rapid economic development in the late 21th century. In spite of the successive government’s efforts, there were three major problems that impeded Pakistan’s to receive an equal and available education: sexism; wealth gap; and religious rejection. Our organization, BEBS, aimed to solve these problems and provide supportive education in Pakistan areas to help their economy in the long run.
Education had become the major obstacles of the economic development of Pakistan. Pakistan now endured a total literacy rate of 54.9% in 2008-2012 which means that about half of this country cannot read or write. In 2010, Pakistan has 5.1 million children out of school, 1 in 12 of the world’s out-of-school children. Even though the Pakistan government reinforced the aid to support education nationwide through the last decade, education was not valued for most middle and lower class, especially in rural areas. 85 cities out of 101 had a literacy rate lower than 50% in the year of 2008. The literacy rate in some rural areas even reached below 15% including Kharan, Shangle, Awaran, Jhal, Magsi, Naseerabad, Dera Bughti, Kohistan, and Musa Khel. Genderism, one of the major barriers of accessible education, kept many females from go to school.
Sexism, which has been rooted deeply in Pakistan history and tradition, bereaved women of receiving equal education. In 2006, women’s literacy rate was significantly lower th...
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The majority of Pakistan’s GDP has been transferred from agricultural products to service products and industrial goods, although relied on some foreign investment. Through education, Pakistan would be able to develop some of its own industries and make its economy thrive. Our organization, Better School Better Education, would make such goal to improve the quality of education in Pakistan by overcoming the present educational problem: the gender gap of education, the unfair distribution of education in rural and urban areas, and the religious disparity in schools. Through solving these education problems, we would make education more widely accessible to everybody and improve its economy in the long run.
In Afghanistan, education is not easily attainable especially as a woman. “For girls in much of the country, education remains a dream no more attainable now than it was under the Taliban. If women are educated, that means their children will be too. If the people of the world want to solve the hard problems in Afghanistan--kidnapping, beheadings, crime and even al-Qaeda--they should invest in education”(Baker).This quote explains the struggles that young afghanistan children have to go through by not getting the opportunities that American children get every day. Even after Afghanistan was under the Taliban, it was still rare for children to attend school which is a horrible reality. Education is explained as one Afghanistan's worst problems of this time. Future generations are in trouble if this problem is not fixed. The tragedy that these children are facing needs to evolve towards a better system. Afghanistan’s current educational structure is unacceptable to the growth of children. “It's hard to overstate the amount of work to be done. The literacy rate in the country has dropped below 40 percent for men, and it is believed to be as low as 4 percent for women” (Whitelaw). Though there is clearly a lot of work to be done in the education systems, it is crucial to the well-being of many children that the systems improve to inspire kids that education along with hard work and dedication is essential to future success. This is only one
Education gives people the skills they need to help move themselves out of a life of poverty and into one of prosperity. Not only does it help people prosper, but with education comes improved health. With the proper education, people are more able to prevent disease and use the health services at their disposal effectively. As well as a greater knowledge of health and how to take care of your body, education helps people earn more money and creates an economic growth. It is shown that in many Third World countries, with each extra year of schooling, people earn ten percent higher wages. The higher wages, in turn, contribute to a national economic growth. Education supports the growth of civil society, democracy, and political stability, permitting people to know about their rights and obtain the skills and awareness needed to use the rights. This is an important article in the argument because it shows the benefits of a substantial education, which many of the Third World countries are
Some of the main challenges being cost of education, school environment, position of women in their societies as to how they are treated, conflicts and social exclusion. One of the main reasons why parents discriminate against the girl child when it comes to education is the cost when compared to economic returns to the household after the completion of education and also the expenditure of marrying off a daughter is enormous in many societies. It has also been documented that girls in most developing countries start helping in household chores from an early age and being highly educated causes constraints regarding marriage as many grooms don’t prefer a literate wife. Studies have shown that girls are the first to discontinue schooling to provide care to a sick member in the family or take care of younger siblings in case of death of a parent, and this is one of the main reasons why in Sub-Saharan countries there are many child headed families. Social exclusion is another barrier that prevents girls from going to school as they are excluded based on caste, ethnicity and religion (DIFD Report,
After being thrust into the American conscience by the September Eleventh attacks, Islamic culture and Afghanistan became synonymous in the minds of most American citizens. The active attempts to limit women from receiving education in that nation were all too real, and very tragic. However, in many other Islamic cultures, women have significant and positive influence on the education system, both today and in the past. The achiev...
In Pakistan, people are stricken with poverty, the economy is unstable, and there are no opportunities to fulfill one’s goals. The U.S. economy is abundant and ripe with jobs. The only attribute is that one has to go out and want a job. Pakistan is more of a follower than a leader. It essentially adopts America’s ideals, but does not attain them. The poverty and unemployment rates are increasing daily. In many cases, one person works in the family and rest of the individuals sit back and play cricket or watch movies all day long. There is no hope of becoming a self-made person. The system is backwards and I think it requires a change. In contrast, living in Ameri...
There comes a time in person’s life when their must make decisions that will further go on to impact their life vastly. For many, that decision is whether to further their education or not. For those who do decide to further their education, they must choose which type of schooling is best, college or vocational schooling. Vocational schooling may appeal to those who are looking for an alternative and less expensive form of education. College, the more standard form of education, gives students the ability to have more flexibility since a variety of careers can be open to them from the major they choose. Both forms of education have its advantages and disadvantages, while benefiting the future of the student in the long run.
Others favor more deft methods of improvement – preferring awareness campaigns to encourage those “less cultured” to send their childrento school. Such efforts have already been implemented by myriad NGO’s including the CARE and Akhuwat foundations – each with varying, but ultimately infinitesimal, levels of success. Although all of the above are perfectly logical suggestions, one crucially important feature is often forgotten in such top-down prescriptions. Apparent public apathy towards education is not the result of culturally ingrained biases that need “fixing” – it is instead the product of perfectly logical capitalist norms. When parents know that an education from even the best universities in Pakistan guarantees starting incomes little greater than 20,000 Rupees (equivalent to that of a chauffeur), one cannot expect them to follow high-minded ideals of Western-style
Before the Northern Alliance and Taliban governments came to power, nearly half of all university students were women prior to the US-Soviet conflict in Afghanistan. In fact, women were doctors, teachers, and civil servants. Then, an Islamic extremist political campaign in Afghanistan came to power in 1996: the Taliban. Under the Taliban, women couldn’t be employed or get an education until the Taliban came up with a suitable course of study (Ewig, November 23 Lecture). These restraining circumstances in Afghanistan silenced many people, men and women alike.
“I am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai is a beautiful and hard breaking book at the same time. This book is an autobiography that describes the author childhood and her support on the right for girls to have an education. Through this autobiography, Malala describes the restrictions that are imposed on females in her country. There are many that believe that woman of Pakistan should not be educated in the other hands there are a few that oppose this idea. Malala’s support on education for girls almost cost her life, since she was shot by the Taliban. From a multicultural perspective Malala’s story touches on topics such; culture shock, discrimination within your own culture, oppression, religion, family and woman’s right. Despite the opposition
In the United Sates, the education systems priority level is continuously decreasing. As this major issue goes on to decreases in value, the economy is directly effected as well; the economy will go downhill and will linger backwards in development (Campante). Education is one of the most significant factors in developing a country yet it keeps getting over looked in the United States. This topic is important to me because I am going to school to be a teacher, and the education system keeps losing importance. The future of America will be directly affected by how we educate America’s children today.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” This quote by one of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, suggests that education has always been greatly valued in life. However, the escalating cost of higher education, among other reasons such as lack of motivation and financial aid, is causing many to question the value of continuing education beyond high school. Many wonder whether or not the time, money, and devotion will actually pay off in their futures. However, educating our American citizens is what will ensure the future success of our country as a whole. Continued education is nearly a necessity for individuals in this day and time.
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).
All people deserve the right of education equality no matter gender, race or financial income. According to the daily star, by 2015 only seventy percent of countries will have achieved equality between the sexes in primary education and fifty six percent will have achieved equality in lower secondary education. Education equality is one of the main problems in school systems. Despite progress in recent years girls still suffer a lot of disadvantage in education systems. While gender equality in education remains a crucial issue for many countries women still account for two-thirds of the world’s illiterate population.
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Gender disparity is a social disease much seen in rural area than the urban areas. Gender inequality is a well-known and still widespread reality in the developing countries. Gender disparity in terms of child population, literacy rate and work participation rate stands in rural society. Gender disparity is one of the most important barriers of overall development in society. Literacy is an important tool for the development in society, especially female literacy. It is regarded as both a means and end of development (Azim 2005). Because female literacy rate increase women empowerment in society. The gender discrimination to female literacy hinders the development of society and nation in large scale. The denial of basic rights is also the