Out of the 195 countries in the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) classifies 152 as developing countries. A developing country is one in which living standards are lower compared to a developed country. This includes a smaller economy, a less functional government, lower literacy rates and life expectancy, and weaker protection of human rights.
In the following article, we will highlight some facts related to education in developing countries of the world.
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- The Importance Of Education For Children And Its Effects On Society
- The Basic Problems Facing Education In Developing Countries
- Global Initiatives To Improve Education In Developing Countries
The Importance Of Education For Children And Its Effects On Society
The child’s family and the home that embraces him in his early years before he enters school is the first teacher for this child, and there is no doubt that the child’s behaviors, characteristics, and nature at the age of entering school are mainly due to the home and family from which he comes.
But regardless of the nature and behavior of the child when he begins his first year in school, the primary stage in school is an essential factor capable of sculpting the child’s mind and giving him the basic features and correct thinking mechanisms that he must learn at this age, which constitute the basic foundation upon which the following educational stages in his life are based.
Primary and secondary education must be necessary and indispensable for every child, as it gives him the knowledge and skills that he must possess in order for him to be qualified when he reaches the age of adulthood to know which scientific, professional, or artistic field he wants to pursue, and what is the appropriate plan that he must work according to in order to be able to achieve his goal.
A society, whose members obtain a good primary and secondary education and then decide for themselves what field they would like to be part of in their careers, turns out to be To be an effective society capable of development.
Problems Facing Education In Developing Countries
Today we live in a civilized world that is developing rapidly every day. Technology plays a fundamental role in this development, as the illiterate is no longer the one who does not know how to read and write, but rather the illiterate today is the one who cannot use modern technology.
Despite the progress the world has achieved today, most countries of the world (79% of world countries) are still classified as developing and still suffer from primitive problems and lack development in the most basic aspects of life.
Primary and secondary education in most developing countries with weak economies is limited to children from wealthier families, while children from poorer families are deprived of going to school or only boys have this opportunity.
For example, according to UNICEF, An estimated 22.8 million children aged 5-16 in Pakistan are out-of-school. In Nigeria, Even though primary education is officially free and compulsory, about 10.5 million of the country’s children aged 5-14 years are not in school. Furthermore, one in every five of the world’s out-of-school children is in Nigeria.
Inequality between males and females is another issue that plagues education in developing countries, as most families in general, and poor families in particular, do not attach little importance to the education of their female children. According to OXFAM (the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief ), in Kenya, a girl from a poor family has a one in 250 chance of pursuing her studies beyond secondary school, compared to a one in three chance for a boy from a rich family.
How To Improve Education In Developing Countries
The problem of education in developing countries is one of the issues that concerns many international humanitarian organizations, of course, there are many initiatives and charitable donation campaigns that are held every year with the aim of helping to solve this problem.
There is no doubt that the key element to solving this problem is reducing the cost of education at the primary and secondary levels in public and private schools. Many poor families want to provide a good education for their children, but they cannot afford it.
Another thing that would contribute to solving this problem is improving the conditions of the teaching profession in developing countries, where the shortage of teachers is a major issue that limits the possibility of providing education for children.
At the international level, there are many charities concerned with providing aid to developing countries. More awareness must be spread among the public about the importance of donating to these associations to help give children from poor families the opportunity to get their education.
In conclusion, we hope that awareness will increase in the coming years of the importance of solving this problem, and we hope to find more children attending schools in developing countries and contributing to enhance of their own societies.
THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION AND CULTURE
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