Education All Around the
World
Around the world over 75 million children do not have the
opportunity to go get an education. Over half of that amount is girls. Gender biases often stop
parents from sending their daughters to school. Girls often stay home and learn
from their mothers or are sent to work.
If the culture prefers boys, the greater the gender difference in
schools. Wars and crises are also preventing many children from receiving an
education. In countries that have civil
wars, most of the schools have been destroyed.
People have no choice but to get away from where the crisis is worse.
Most developing countries’ budget for education is way to low
to meet basic education requirements. If the primary school system wants to
keep up with the amount of children that need to learn, governments of
developing countries have to invest more money into education system. In rural
regions and urban districts often do not have safe transportation to go and to
return from school. Children living in rural regions have to walk a very long
distance everyday to get to their school, and are often tired to learn when
they get there. Some parents do not allow their daughters to go to schools,
fearing for their safety. Schools are
lacking teaching materials, such as textbooks. Usually the required
books, are outdated. These schools also
have no funding to pay for water, electricity or transportation for students.
The teachers are overworked. They are reqired to work multiple shifts everyday,
with an extremely large amount of children in each class.
Many families in developing countries cannot afford to pay
for school fees, learning materials, school uniforms and transportation to and
from school. In countries that have ended school fees, the amount of children
attending the school have risen.
Families rely on their children to help provide an income for the
family, for this reason majority of students drop out of school. The
International Labor Organization believes that about 166 million children
between the age of 5 and 15 have to work to provide their families basic needs,
such as water, food, clothing and a place to live..
Malala Yousafzai is a great example of a girl fighting for
her education. Malala attended her father’s school in Pakistan, where the
Taliban was forcing woman and girls out of their jobs and school. Malala and
her father gave speeches about the importance of education. One day while taking the bus home from
school, a soldier pulled the bus over and asked for Malala. The soldier shot
her for standing up for the girls in Pakistan.
One bullet hit the left side of her forehead, traveled under her skin of
her face, into her shoulder. She was
rushed to the hospital. She was later transported to England to receive better
health care. Malala continues to give speeches about the importance of
education. She inspired many people to be brave and fight for what they
believe.
