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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