Inequality In Education

With the world becoming actively aware of the issues that exist in the education system and the influence that gender has on the system, it may be argued that both girls and boys are being neglected by the education system. Although, individuals and groups debate that the sex of a child is the key reason as to why inequality in education exists, others argue that a child’s class, their social lives and expectations of an acceptable image in society heavily contributes to the inequalities in the education system. “Boys Education in Australia” (McLean, 1996) examines the issues and discusses how these issues need to be addressed for a better future in education for both sexes.

Classes in society heavily contributed to the inequalities in education. These classes can be divided in to two - working-class and middle class. What is evident from this is that children from each class were treated differently - a child’s success was not dependent on intelligence, rather it reliant on other factors. McLean states that no-one argued how middle-class children had automatic advantages and were granted competitive benefits when these children started school, whereas, academic achievement for working-class children was rarely attained. The fault in the education system and teachers was that working-class children were characterized as average students, whereas, middle-class children were motivated and individually attended to. What McLean observed was that the families of working-class children were held liable for the challenges that these children presented in school, while overlooking that schools may be held responsible for their behaviour. Through these factors, working-class children were presented with challenges that the middle-class did...

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...UDHR). Insufficient education is particularly present in India where girls are taught from young age to handle house chores, while boys are encouraged to undertake secondary/tertiary study. The issues that rise from this includes not giving an equal standing for women in society, and allowing the increase in men superiority and masculinity. In response to the rise in unequal education opportunities, many countries have signed the Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations, stating that signatory countries are to “ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling by 2015”. Thus, it can be argued that schools and societies, nationally and globally, focus on creating activities that are aimed at attracting girls to further educate themselves in order to extinguish men superiority and to create a levelled standing is society.