Education All Around the World

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 Usually the required books, are  outdated.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.