Writing Assignment #2
All the children have the right to enjoy a free quality primary education. Afraid to assert this right, world leaders have made primary education their main developing objective in the Millennium Development Goals. Today, this goal seems unattainable in many poor countries. Schooling, especially for girls, is far from universal, and many children leave school before completing the primary cycle. Often, school children do not receive an adequate education because some teachers are poorly trained and underpaid, the classes are overcrowded and schools do not have the basic educational materials: books, paper and pens.
The problem facing many developing countries is the following: the State does not have the political will or financial resources to meet the educational needs of the population. Surely tuition and other costs incurred by the parents represent a heavy burden for some; otherwise, the children receive no education. In an ideal world, primary education should be universal and financed by public funds and the children must be able to attend school, whether their parents have the means or don’t. The reason is simple: when a child does not acquire the basic skills to act as a responsible and productive member of society, it is not only the child who is lost, but the entire social body. In fact, the result of having a lack of child-rearing could end up more costly than the cost of their education. If an adult doesn’t have the basic skills, then it gets much more difficult to find a good paying job for him and thus escape poverty. The enrollment of girls can also have notable benefits: educated women have a higher level of income with a significant lower infant’s mortality. They also have greater freedom ...
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... in need and helped more than 150,000 people. (Toms, One for One )
This result fills us with both pride and humility, and we can shoot, more than ever, to change our actions so we can have a positive impact on communities in need. This is a simple example; we covered in class about how Toms chose as a mission to donate one pair of shoes for every child in need. I believe that in some African countries, having access of shoes isn’t as beneficial as having a proper shelter like UNICEF did as one of their main mission, or having more supply of food but I do believe that creativity beat talent and that creativity from entrepreneurial countries where the state and the people have the means to buy things could be linked between money paid and services received. Therefore, people may be willing to pay because they can see what their money could do to help others.
Even the mere inequality of wealth in a child’s social, cultural, or educational setting can have effects on a child’s peer to peer interactions, hierarchical structure and their ability to achieve. Gorard 2010 as discussed in Victoria Cooper, 2014 (p160), links poverty and or social deprivation with lower academic results. In the Xiao Bo case study by Child poverty research and policy centre, 2013 (Heather Montgomery, 2014) it demonstrates the multifaceted effects of poverty on a child, such as the stresses it places on the family to educate children, pressure on the children themselves to succeed in education to enable them to assist with family finances and lifestyle, the compromises and sacrifices made as a family unit in lifestyle and financial planning in order to pursue education of the child, as well as demonstrating the wide range of instigators that create inequalities of wealth, such as political/policy decisions, loopholes in aid assistance, cost of education and unequal access to resources. In 2001 the Millennium development goals were set out in response to the millennium summit of the united nations to reduce poverty and its associated issues, of the eight goals, the first goal was to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, demonstrating the comprehension of the wide ranging affect of poverty on children and society as a whole, and an understanding that poverty ‘Damages children in every way’ as stated by Unicef
Education for children is very important for Ghana to increase their GDP. Although there is a rate of 34% for child labor, school attendance is increasing. The system is set up for eleven years: two years of Kindergarten, six years of primary school and three years of Junior High School. There are certain programs that are helping Ghana achieve their Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of universal education. There has been an implementation of an incentive in some areas providing one hot meal a day for students who attend school. Also, there was a new education plan in 2007 that aims to provide free primary education by 2015 (UNDP, Ghana, 2012, page 3). Although this is a tough goal to meet, there has been a substantial increase in school attendance over the past decade which will improve Ghana’s human capital in the future.
In underdeveloped countries there are a number of reasons why children don’t stay in school and not only because of family income. In underdeveloped countries hardships children have to face that don’t allow them to be successful in the pursuit of their education range from difficulties of getting to school, to paying tutoring for additional support to pass test’s to well as the actual cost of the schooling necessary. Even when the tuition of the education these children in underdeveloped countries receive is free, other expenses do get in the way. Other expenses would be things such as expenses for the child’s lunch, as well as their uniforms and even examination fees. Not only are these the issues children face in underdeveloped countries but they also face having to leave school to provide income for their families even if they really do want to continue their education. Why would they do such a thing? Children often fail to develop basic literacy and numeracy because their parents actually take them out of school so they can work and be able to provide income for their family households. So i believe that it’s safe to say that in
From the moment your baby arrives in this world he or she is beginning to learn. Your
The poverty within family not only impacts on the living conditions within that family, but also on a child’s education. For example children with inadequate capital backgrounds are likely to get absent from school with transient living, poor health and living conditions.
It is of utmost relevance to understand the importance of Education before considering why early childhood education is necessary. Education has been the major light to the development of nations all over the world. Even before the independence of most countries, people have undergone various training and education abroad which led to the development of their countries. The purpose of education is to bring development to the nations. The broad goal of early childhood education is to increase children’s performance in the preschool and at both primary and college education. In the preschool, children learn new skills, which they have not been exposed to at their different homes. Also, there is a socio-cultural
Importance of Early Childhood Education Early childhood education is for children from the ages of three to eight years old. There are four learning goals that early programs have for a young child. The four learning goals are: knowledge ( consisting of facts, concepts, ideas, and vocabulary), skills ( small units of action that occur in a short period of time), disposition ( respond to certain situations), and feelings ( emotional states) ( Katz 2003). With successful care giving and early education, it can bring a positive outcome to a child’s life. What a child learns in their early years are things that will continue to help them along in their future, in school and in the real world.
There are countless causes of poverty in under developed countries such as overpopulation, disease, and how the government distributes its wealth. When you have people in developing countries have far too many children than they should and don’t have the means to take care of them you get overpopulation, when you get overpopulation you get less job opportunities, and when that happens you people who can’t take care of themselves or their children. Two factors have been shown that correlate with overpopulation which is poverty and education. When you have higher education in a community you will tend to have a decrease in birth because when people get education especially in women you will have a decline in birthrates because when they get their education they usually want to get a good job. (Poverty and overpopulation).
As Indian economist and Nobel laureate Sen Amartya has pointed out, “…the freedom to go to school is being decreased not only by the weakness in their school systems, but also by the fact that the children (and their parents) do not have a choice” (Bark 33).
A dusty, one-room schoolhouse on the edge of a village. An overworked teacher trying to manage a room full of boisterous children. Students sharing schoolbooks that are in perpetual short supply, crammed in rows of battered desks. Children worn out after long treks to school, stomachs rumbling with hunger. 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, an education.
...ds & Gelleny, 2007). Moreover, the status of women is independent on policy adjustments in developing countries. Governments in developing countries should organize an economically and political stable environment, to be economically attractive (Maxfield, 1998 as cited in Richards & Gelleny, 2007). Other critics state governments are forced to cut expenditures in education and social programs. This phenomenon especially affects women (Ayres and McCalla, 1997, as cited in Richards & Gelleny, 2007). Since the public sector is one of the main employers of females, women are often the most disadvantaged by governmental efforts to cut expenditures in the public sector (Hemmati and Gardiner, 2004, as cited in Richards & Gelleny, 2007). As a result, women will become unemployed and unable to expanded education among themselves or their children. (Richards & Gelleny, 2007)
It is noticeable that the system of education is changing from time to time based on financial issues and how the world is growing. In the past, individuals taught the education system from the oldest member of the family to children, and their members were charging fees from the families that sent their children to them. Which meant that education was an important thing in all ages. Nowadays, the education is shaped to an official system run by professional people in governments and many countries invest high amounts towards education which makes evidence of how important it is in our current life. Every country has a different system of education based on their financial stability, government infrastructure and the standard of the government officials. It is noticeable that there is a big difference between the education in developing countries and the prevailing system in developed countries .In my essay I will discuss some reasons for these differences...
In the contemporary society, education is a foundational human right. It is essentially an enabling right that creates various avenues for the exercise of other basic human rights. Once it is guaranteed, it facilitates the fulfillment of other freedoms and rights more particularly attached to children. Equally, lack of education provision endangers all fundamental rights associate with the welfare of human beings. Consequently, the role of education and in particular girl child education as a promoter of nation states welfare cannot be overemphasized. As various scholars asserts, the challenges and problems faced by the African girl child, to enjoy her right to education are multifaceted. Such difficulties include sexual abuse, child labor, discrimination, early pregnancies, violence and poverty, culture and religious practices (Julia 219). Across the developing world, millions of young girls lack proper access to basic education. In the contemporary society, this crisis, which is particularly critical in remote and poor region of sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia have fascinated increased public attention. However, almost all global nation states have assured their commitment in addressing various girl child challenges and allowed a declaration to enable each young girl and boy receive education by the year 2015 (Herz and Sperling 17). This target was firmly established and approved in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. However, this study will focus on girls’ education in Africa and its impacts to their livelihood.
In many countries with high levels of poverty, universal healthcare is a myth and quality healthcare is often a reserve for the financially endowed. Because of this, the poor are forced to contend with below par healthcare services, which are still comparatively expensive. The inability to access regular and balanced meals often results in poor health among individuals in this populace, with chronic illnesses being very common (Hickey & du Toit, 2013). Unfortunately, the same can be said of education. Many children in poverty stricken areas often drop out of school at early ages to seek employment. This is often driven by the need for every member of the household to contribute towards family expenses (Hatcher, 2016; Yoshikawa, Aber, & Beardslee, 2012). As a result, these children do not enjoy the benefits of proper education, which often results in many of these children still living within the same poverty brackets as their
Women rights for education is a worldwide issue that can make positive changes of the society through its prevention. In the developing world, there are many barriers that prevent girls from receiving the quality education that they deserve including early and forced marriage, pov-erty, poor health and nutrition, family care and domestic housework, early pregnancy, violence in schools, the long distance to school, the cost of education, and a lack of girls’ washrooms. In developed countries, girls face barriers such as poverty and early pregnancy, which prevent them from attending to school. Advocating for education for women is important as it can result in equal rights for women, prevent the inter generational poverty, raise healthy families and com-munities, empowerment of girls, rights for creating their own future, and inclusive educational settings.