Wednesday, February 16, 2011

11 facts about Education around the world

11 Facts About Education Around the World

  1. One in five adults in the developing world — almost 862 million people — cannot read or write.
  2. Most illiterate persons are female. In more than 20 developing nations, illiteracy rates amongst women exceed 70%.
  3. As much as 115 million children of primary school age are not enrolled in school.
  4. More than 226 million children do not attend secondary school.
  5. Many children who do enroll in school do not graduate with even the most basic reading and math skills because their schools do not have enough teachers, books or facilities to provide a quality education.
  6. Across the world many children miss out on their education because:
    • They are made to work to help support their families,
    • They are recruited into armed forces and become child soldiers,
    • Their families do not have the means to pay for schooling,
    • Discrimination and racism undermine their chance to receive an education,
    • They face violence as they pursue their education. This is the case for girls in areas where they are threatened with extreme physical harm (eg. acid attacks) for the seemingly harmless act of attending school.
  7. In most developing countries, public school is not free. The costs of books, uniforms, and teachers’ salaries are borne by the students’ families.
  8. School fees and related costs are a common barrier to education. These charges are a greater burden for children from poor families, and disproportionately affect those who are racial and ethnic minorities, members of Indigenous communities and migrants.
  9. Girls are more likely to be excluded from school than boys when there isn’t enough money to go round. As many as two out of three out-of-school children are girls.
  10. Social traditions and deep-rooted religious and cultural beliefs are most often the barriers to expanding girls' educational opportunities in undeveloped countries around the world.
  11. Educated girls and women are less vulnerable to HIV infection, human trafficking and other forms of exploitation, are more likely to marry later, raise fewer children who are more likely to go to school, and make important contributions to family income.

Sources:http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-education-around-world

Question- 1. What fact about education around the world surprised you the most? Why?

17 comments:

  1. -Question 1: What surprises me is that the most of the illiterate people in the world consist of women, and that drop outs have a less life expectancy then those who graduate. I think that women who receive less of an education or none at all then boys should be rectified.

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  2. (Erik): Its suprises me that so many counties would deny females to attend schooling. even going to such extremes as to do physical harm to them. It is things like this that are stopping the progress for universal schooling.

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  3. In my perspective, these facts weren't really surprising to me. If thinking logically with how things are in these countries around the world, first of all these countries are poor, so of course schools aren't going to be free, along with the expenses of books and other materials. Since these countries are more religious based, most families see girls as the type to stay at home and do the house work, while they see the boys as the more dominant ones, so it would be common sense for their parents to try give them the chance to go to school.

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  4. Fact 7 which reads: "In most developing countries, public school is not free. The costs of books, uniforms, and teachers’ salaries are borne by the students’ families," is the most shocking to me. The reason being that article 26 of the United Nations states: "Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit." Its ironic how these so called "developing countries" are not only rejecting this article, but depriving there people of education because of their economic standing in society. If this countries really want to prosper they first must comprehend the practical implications and deeper meanings behind the words of the United Nations.

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  5. Fact1:"One in five adults in the developing world — almost 862 million people — cannot read or write." If there are this many adults around the world that cannot read or write, how are we suppose to expect them to lead by example. These adults need to be given classes in order for the younger generation to be able to read and write. We need to start with the people these young children in developing countries look up on as examples. This is shocking because if these adults cannot read or write its going to take there developing country an even longer time to be stable. Having so many illiterate people in these types of situations is only making the problem harder to solve. The United States and other power countries should be investing and giving money to these types of cause that will directly help these developing countries.

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  6. Most illiterate persons are female. In more than 20 developing nations, illiteracy rates amongst women exceed 70%. This is very surprising because women in most developed country have often been ranked smarter than men and colleges are often heavily populated with women. The United States should make sure that women gain more rights in less developed countries. By creating a more literate world we are making the world a better place.

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  8. Joseph
    One in five adults in the developing world — almost 862 million people — cannot read or write.Its crazy to think that this happens in the world. The under developed world is under such turmoil that it can provide a suitable secondary education (at least provide them with the skills to read or write)to its people.

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  9. I was very shocked at the statistics, after doing some further research I found out that the statistics were correct, however the most shocking was that in most developing countries, public schools are not free (Sam Cooley)

    I on the other hand was very surprised that out of all the illiterate people in the world,over 50% of those people are female and are most likely to excluded form school when not enough money is provided (Carlos Romero)

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  10. Randy Rodriguez: i was surprised the most by fact number 2, that most illiterates are women. this surprised me the most because i didnt think that the women would be the illiterate ones because men are usually lazy

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  11. The fact that interested me the most was fact # 10 ehich reads "Social traditions and deep-rooted religious and cultural beliefs are most often the barriers to expanding girls' educational opportunities in undeveloped countries around the world". This is interesting because one might think that women are better educated than men. Another interesting factor is that one wouldn't think women wouldn't be able to go to school because of their religious beliefs. -David Marino

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  12. The most surprising fact that I read amongst all 11 was Fact 11, which states that: "Educated girls and women are less vulnerable to HIV infection, human trafficking and other forms of exploitation, are more likely to marry later, raise fewer children who are more likely to go to school, and make important contributions to family income." This surprises me because the result of sending these girls to school for an education has such a positive outcome, and one would think that this would make more people want to reach out to send these girls to school because of how much it can improve these developing areas. If more people contributed and made more of an effort to get these girls educated, many generational curses can be broken and the following generations would have a greater chance of attending school and receiving an education, which will only help the developing areas excel and develop more rapidly and efficiently. With this education, these females would become less vulnerable to human trafficking and sexual exploitation, possibly resulting in more positive careers and better opportunities for them. These opportunities and careers would open the door for their children, beginning a new generation with a seemingly brighter future, in terms of education. - Cesar Rosa (not Andy E. Munoz) .....

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  13. The New York Times article that most interested me is titled "Iraqi Prime Minister Gives Ministers Ultimatums." The reason why is because it illustrates how the revolution in Egypt has instilled fear in leaders all throughout the Middle East. This article supports this concept by stating that "Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki gave his ministers 100 days to improve their performance or risk being fired — an apparent response to a string of deadly antigovernment protests against poor public services." I hope that this sense of revolution doesn't just stay condensed in the Middle East, but spreads to all countries in which its people are being deprived of their natural rights. - Andy E. Muñoz

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  14. The article I was most interested in was the "Yemen: Opposition Rejects Offer for Unity Government". It caught my attention because it shows how the people are beginning to feel more confident, which can be attributed to the successful overthrowing of government in Egypt. The people of Yemen rejected an offer for a unified government, and this is noteworthy because the people saw how the Egyptians were unyielding and got what they want, so they see it as an opportunity to be unyielding as well and not let the government off the hook because they know that if they continue their protests and demonstrations, they will get what they want as well. - Cesar Rosa

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  15. (Randy) the article that interested me the most was the new york times article " iraqi Prime Minister Gives Ministers Ultimatums" because it shows how one revolution could inspire or settle fear into other third world countries. from the article we read yesterday i also lied the fact how Hillary took charge and gave the Prime Minister an order to stand down without retaliation.

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  16. The New York Times article I found most interesting was "Iraqi Prime Minister Gives Minsters Ultimatums". This article is evidence of how technology is initiating revolution in these countries governed by iron fists for decades. The people are see how the world truly is outside of there countries, and want to have the same liberties. These single governed countries want democracy, and be able to have equal opportunities to succeed. They want to better there countries by putting people who will have the their countries best interest when ever making decisions. Instead of selfish rulers that refuse to hand down there powers. The United States has been doing a good job supporting this revolutionary countries but are keep a safe distance. In Egypt they have a big influence because they pay the country 1.63 Billion to keep the Israel Peace treaty, and in Libyan they buy a lot of there exports.

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