Walt Disney once said, “Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.” If this is so, then why do education systems today focus on certain groups of people, not encompassing the big picture and providing for each and every individual? Believe it or not, today’s education systems has flaws. They do not take into account the needs of the students and parents. It can cost an unreasonable amount, cause stress to students, and is unbalanced based on stereotypes and certain groups. 70 million children today are prevented from attending school. Many of these children live in Africa, which is most likely because Africa is very poor, and does not manage the resources it has well. This is an issue because these children are prevented from reaching their full potential. Why should these children be held back?
To begin, one of the major problems in education is that education is unbalanced based on certain groups of people, including academic level, location, etc. According to the speakingbooks.com, “One in five people are illiterate today, ⅔ being women.” Women are still stereotyped as trivial, and are not provided the education that a man would get. Speakingbooks.com also states, “98% of illiterate people are concentrated in three key areas: South and West Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arab States.” Different countries have certain resources and help, which allows them to provide a better education to their citizens. Poorer countries, like South West Asia and
In the United States public school funding are provided by the government. Every child no matter the race, gender, or physical disabilities have to attend school, until they have graduated high school. Although, children here in the United states are provided with opportunities to succeed in school, many take this for granted and drop out. While many kids all over the world are struggling to earn an education. Kids in Afghanistan, Brazil, India and Japan are struggling to earn an education, while as a country we take education for granted.
In fact, there are still some countries struggling to offer education because they are still in development. Countries in Africa, such as Sudan, are primary victims. According to a research paper, “education is one of the main priorities for the people of South Sudan. As recent studies show, many communities in South Sudan view education as the most important peace dividend.” (Barnaba). After the analysis of school enrollment and completion rates in Sudan, results were rather low. Sudan, a third world country, currently is going through the state of being the most illiterate country in the world. It has placed education as its top priority and may will be finding ways to encourage families to send students.This ultimately has been caused through the poverty of the parents and thus requiring help in supporting the health of the family making education a second priority. Due to that reason, the country is still developing. A huge gap separates the developed countries from the developing countries solely based on the education systems. The paper states, “there is also concern raised on lack of attention to education quality and its failure to reach the marginalized as contributing to the learning crisis”(“Fix the Gaps in Our Education System [column]”). There is a weak management of schooling in many third world countries, which is a primary reason to why they have not developed yet. This is the reason for the gap and
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
Education in America is one of the most important issues that face our nation. If the education in America is not thought of one of most serious issues we face, our nation as a whole will fall. There are many debates and they seemly extend to all walks of life. The debates range from the decline in education, school vouchers, and the no child left behind law. As a nation, the United States is ranked above others. We must search for that solution to all of the pro’s and con’s in education. The solution should allow all walks of life to excel in the education realm. After all, the children of today will be the leaders of tomorrow.
The limited schooling that takes place in lower-income countries reflects the national culture. In some schools there is bullying and violence. Some students do home schooling because they do not like being around hundreds of people or because they do not feel like they learn anything in a class full of students. In some schools, they do not have enough student because of budget cuts or because they are mostly in magnet/charter schools. There is also adult education, as in parents or elders want to continue
Why isn't an education available for all students across the the globe?There are many reasons on why education is not available for all student across the globe most commonly in our society reasons that affect education are if students moving a lot ,there truant to school , or they work and go to school. In all this case they still get education even though it not a good one but in some part of the world there are children who don't even have a school in their community therefore they not receive an education.The barriers that impact children the most and cause them not to get an education are gender discrimination,location and most importantly political turmoil.Gender discrimination is a barrier because it keep girls for an education
The connection between poverty and education has been discusses for many years, and the government has poured billions of dollars into providing as well as improving education for both the upper, and the lower class. According to The Institute of Education Sciences, “In 2012, approximately 11.1 million school-aged children, or children ages 5 to 17 years old, were in families living in poverty.” With the amount of money flow coming into the Unites States, why are impoverished school aged children still not receiving education benefits and opportunities? This has not been an issue until the last century when the push for education became prevalent. Currently Shanghai, China is leading the marathon to education among other countries. The United
Have you ever thought of the people who move to America from other countries with poor conditions and wonder what their education must have been like? People from other countries are not able to receive the education they need in order to be able to go and improve their lives in order to have a better life for themselves and for their future families that could possibly have one day. When children are forced to move from other countries to America they take longer in order to be able to grasp the education skills they are being taught since not everyone learns they same they are forced to have to be able to learn new ways of education. Education in third world countries have improved over the years, but there are still flaws to the system while
Education is the factor in our society, or any society for that matter, that allows people to strive for their chances of equality, or better yet, greatness in a convoluted world belonging to both marginalization and wealth. However, at the same time, many people are being forced to miss out on their chances for an education and the opportunities that come with it. If we improve the opportunities for education, we also stand to diminish troublesome income disparities. Such a course of action is something that depends on the school districts and the resources that are available to them. If one takes a look back at the history of education in our country, they could undoubtedly see challenges to education access and how far the United States has come since then in providing said access. The positive development has seen increased education access for demographic groups ranging across four specific categories: ethnics, race, gender and one 's place in the class system.
What is it that’s making our country suffer from excelling in education? Very few would argue about the importance of our education system today. Issues such as lazy teachers, lack of parent involvement, and teaching useless information in class may hinder progress in today’s education system. An education plays a crucial role and is an essential tool, unfortunately, with all the jaded judgments; our students are not able to value their education. A proper education can open the doors to many opportunities that would have never been possible if it had not been for the knowledge and preparation that one received while in school. With the growing economy and desperate times, it is more important than ever for our country’s children to receive the proper education and training that is needed to allow them to acquire a good job and produce the revenue needed to live. Today's education system is flawed in many ways, and these flaws should be eliminated to ensure a good education for our future generation.
In America, there is a lot of money that goes towards education but some school districts get more money than other school districts. America spends the most on education than any other country but they are not distributing the money the right way. Money is not only the problem with education but the gap between
Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy education. In this great country of ours, education is not a privilege it is a right. All children are given the opportunity to a free education. An education that should allow them to become high school graduates, 21st Century scholars, and prepare them as leaders to sustain this nation. What happens though when this is not the future for all children? The problem at hand is not all children are receiving the same educational opportunities. Not all children graduate from high school and not all lead successful careers as adults. Why is this the outcome for some and not others?
However, the rate of transition to secondary school is extremely low: just 32% in 2008, compared to 40% for boys. The proportion of girls completing a full secondary education was a drastically low 0.8% in 2010. Almost 1.2 million adolescent girls are out of school. The pattern is repeated for women in adult and non-formal education, with only 55% making it to mainstream school. In another macro perspective all these countries have in common is that they are low developed countries and developing countries which means either working class or middle class and they don 't have the enough money for education. These countries don’t have the money to educate everyone even when they decide to educate people they going to educate the men’s because they are believed to be the more dominant gender.
In countries like Yemen lack of education is caused by and ongoing civil war, and the unwillingness of parents to allow children to travel such large distance for the sake of education. In Syrian countries it 's all about “tradition” and the preservation of the culture. Where fathers often think "I can pay for my son. But not for the girl” (Faisal, Safa.)
economy for a country, the fact that poorer countries have a lower stock of educated people proves the point. The world was and is convinced that education was and is the key to economic prosperity. As Chang stated: “More educated people are more productive – as evidenced by the higher salaries they get”. So, it is a matter of mathematical logic that an economy with more educated people will be more productive (Chang, 2011). Capitalism leads to more focus on education, which later turned out to globalize the different education systems, access to schools and knowledge in general. Changes in capitalism came with opportunities for people and their knowledge, based on changes in education systems.