Education in Africa is definitely one of the most talked about places when it comes to countries in need of help. However, how often do we forget about the Latin American countries? They could use our help too. Countries such as Peru, Columbia, and Ecuador have standards below what they should be, especially for females. For primary education, 90% or more children have the availability of a school system and are enrolled in these countries, (already less than 50% girls) but when it comes to secondary education, only 50-70% of women in Peru and Columbia are enrolled. Ecuador has less than 50% of it‘s younger women enrolled to gain a secondary education.

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The Harvard Review for Latin America (http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/491), talks about education being linked to poverty in the Latin American countries. Going along with this topic, members of the community that have higher social status and power are often the ones who can get the higher education, but if you don’t already have a higher education, you don’t have a high social status. It’s a never ending circle; a Catch-22 if you will.


The children in these countries are often in need of help in order to get the education they need and here are some sites to help. If you can contribute, please do. We could be the link to helping some of these children better their lives.


http://plan-international.org/where-we-work/americas/peru



http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/learn/world-vision-peru



http://sponsor-a-child.net/



https://www.planusa.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/396744




All four of these sites provide information on how to sponsor a child in another country, and what you can do for them. Help give the children of today the chance to have a good education.




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If you are interested in mor information on the topic of edcuation in Third World countries, these are some sites that have fantastic information.


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This website provided access to education statistics in Afghanistan.
　
　
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/edu_spe_on_tea_mat-education-spending-on-teaching-materials
　
Nationmaster.com is an excellent source that had information on the amount of money spent each year in different countries around the world.
　
http://www.southafrica.info/about/education/education.htm
　
This website contains information about South Africa and statistics on government funded schools.
　
http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/initiatives/aei.html
　
This is an excellent source of the aid that the US government is providing to countries that need help with the education available to children.
　
http://www.guardian.co.uk/katine/2010/feb/23/primary-education-africa
　
The information provided on this site expands upon the lack of education available for primary schools students.
　
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/education/news/article_1158379.php/Lack_of_teachers_threatens_educational_goals_in_Africa_elsewhere
　
This site is a critque as well as facts about the apparent lack of teachers available in Africa.
　
http://acr.hrschool.org/mainfile.php/0178/309/
　
India is a country that has a poor education system and this website provides information on the history of India’s education.
　
http://cozay.com/POOR-EDUCATION-IN-INDIA.php
　
This website has information on the education in India as well as the job market that young adults that could go into after they get an education.
　
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/491
　
This website has information on the education in Latin America as well as the effect of income on children.
　
http://countrystudies.us/philippines/53.htm
　
The Phillipines has a lack in the education system that is addressed in this site that describes history through modern times of their system.
　
http://web.mit.edu/bilal/www/education/habib.html
　
This site provides facts on the education in Pakistan, specifically the demand for private education.
　
http://www.helpperu.co.uk/webpages/welfare/education/education.html
　
Peru has improved its education system in the last 50 years, but there are problems in system that are addressed on this site.
　
http://www.actionaid.org.uk/101658/haiti_quality_education_for_poor_rural_children.html
　
Actionaid is a website that provides information on what can be done to help the children of Haiti with their education.
　
http://www.herononprofit.org/education.aspx?id=ourwork
　
This source has information on the challenge of education in Haiti.
　
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/CAMBODIAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21016209~menuPK:293886~pagePK:1497618~piPK:217854~theSitePK:293856,00.html
　
The world bank has many projects that help expand the education in Cambodia, and this website addresses that.
　
http://www.tulane.edu/~rouxbee/kids98/ethiopia2.html
　
　
This website is full of information about the changes that are being made in the Ethiopian system, as well as the parts that need to be changed.

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What is a discussion about Third World education without bringing up technology? Today’s technology in the United States has a large head start compared to many of the other countries around the world. The statistics for number of personal computers per million people is much different today that it was twenty years ago. In 2004, the United States was 4th globally in the number of computers per million people at 762.152 computers compared to 217.127 in 1990, although they were also in the number 4 spot then as well. Saudi Arabia was the first African country to make the list at 27th with 376.221 computers per million people in 2004. In 1990, Saudi Arabia was 56th with only 23.2 computers. The last on this list was Niger at 170th with only 0.716 computers in 2005, with 0.236 computers in 1990.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/med_per_com_percap-media-personal-computers-per-capita

Assuming that these statistics are accurate, then it is not a secret why education in countries such as Niger are so poor. If there were 11, 972,000 people in 2005 then there would only be 3,572,444, which is about 0.30% of the population . It is safe to say that computers in the classroom is not really an option in many places. If there were, however, it would be possible for students to learn online, if internet was available. This could help keep children out of trouble and away from situations that could be potentially dangerous. The globalization of technology is not as advanced in Third World countries as it is in the United States or similarly highly developed countries. Perhaps the gain of technology would help improve the school systems, if available. Maybe such a resource should be considered as a possible solution.



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The education in Third World countries is terrible, and one possible reason is because of the appalling conditions in which the schools have to function. Imagine the schools that are in the United States and Great Britain. Large pristine buildings with descent sized classrooms, bathrooms, and a place to eat lunch. These are the privileged ones. Most people who attend such institutions don’t realize the difference between what they have and what others have to go without.



Schools in Third World countries sometimes don’t have desks or even an actual place to learn. Some towns have buildings that are where the children learn but they are never in that good of condition. Occasionally, a building will have a board that the teacher can write on. More often than not, teachers have to dictate a good portion of their lectures.

Teachers often are just people in the village or town that are trying to help out the children as professionally are not in a position to be paid in such areas of the world. Sometimes, professionals will help out when they are passing through doing research on the people. Opposite to the contrary, the student to teacher ratio can be as high as 103:1. This making teaching difficult for teachers everywhere, and even worse in countries such as this.


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The history of education in countries other than the United States is not easy to find information for. As I researched this subject, I couldn’t help but see and compared the differences in our education system to that of Africa’s. The little education the children get in Africa is less than satisfactory by our standards and I believe that, as far as education goes, it should follow the best examples. Most schools in Africa focus on primary education. In fact, it is fairly rare to hear much about Africa’s secondary education systems. Before the introduction of these systems, a lot of the information that was taught through things like rituals, ceremonies, artworks, and dancing. The lack of a formal education was made up by the style and relevance to the cultural aspects of the people. European colonialism changed the systems because they believed that the education levels in Africa should be able to challenge those in other countries like the United States and some in Europe.
Is the information taught to the African students even relevant? Lewis Machipisa asked this question in his article that was printed in the 1999 InterPress Third World News Agency. He talked about the drop out rates that could be caused by the lack of relevance that the educational system taught the students. ( http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/086.html ). Not many people in the United States think very much about the education in Africa, and if we are have the ability, we should try to improve such conditions so that children of other counties can have better education that they do now. As a someday teacher, education is very dear to my heart, and I think that those who are able to should help those in need.

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Education Around the World

The education in other countries is something think about in a world as privileged as ours. We have the opportunity to help other countries in need, so why not? Yes, it’s true that we have our own problems to fix, but why do have this need to play hero with countries that actually don’t want our help? Countries in Africa can use our help, so let’s give it to them. The education system in such places needs to be brought up to a higher level to improve the overall education of the population. I chose the topic of education because it is very close to my heart. My father is from another country, and he didn’t get the schooling he deserved, so I feel that showing everyone the need that other countries have for a better education, might prevent similar situations from happening. Globally, this is an issue that is not the same in all countries, and its something that can be improved. Mostly, I just want the facts to be known, the interest shown, and the steps taken to improve what we can.



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