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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