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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