In America, everyone no matter gender, race, religion, or financial ability has access to school through high school. This means at least 13 years of education are provided for children to get a start. However, this is not the case all over the world. In Africa a child is lucky if they even make it into a classroom, never the less having books or a teacher that can teach. And if this child is female it is even more of a miracle. Even when children have been in school for three years many are illiterate. Education has been the essential building block in countries like South Korea and China. Education has been proven to increase GDP, decrease infant mortality, and limit spread of infections such as HIV/AIDS. Education equality among genders and to students in other countries that are given 13+ years of education is needed. So the question is left how to increase the number of children receiving education and the quality of the education in Africa.
First of all, I would like to apologize for the late commentary. For some silly reason I thought this was due at the end of the module.
ReplyDeleteI would like to start off by saying I think your topic will prove to be an interesting and relevant one for this class. I think you will be able to find a lot of information on the positive aspects of improving education for a society's children. I noticed you only mentioned Africa... will this be your main country of discussion? I think there are more countries out there that have this problem as well. I am also curious to see how you address the cultural variations and their stances on education importance. Obviously, the benefits are obvious to us, but it might be harder to convince those in societies where this has been the norm for so long. I'd be curious as to how you address that. Overall, I think this will be a great project. Good luck!