The Educational System in the World
Education is a powerful development tool and one of the strongest instruments to reduce poverty, improve health, gender equality, and promote world peace and stability.
Unfortunately, education remains an inaccessible right for millions of children around the world. More than 72 million children of primary education age are not in school and 759 million adults are illiterate and lack the necessary awareness to improve both their living conditions and those of their children.
Studies show that if we provide all children with quality education and teach the skills necessary for work, we can end poverty and illiteracy by 2030.
Causes of poor education
Many children still lack access to education due to persistent social inequality and marginalization. Factors associated with poverty, unemployment, illness, and parents’ illiteracy, multiply the risk of not attending school and the school dropout rate between 1 in 2 children. Many of them are forced to drop out of school because of health problems related to malnutrition or because they have to work and support their families.
Emerging countries do not have the financial resources needed to set up schools, provide school materials, or train teachers. The funds promised by the international community are not sufficient to allow countries to establish an educational system, covering all children.
Likewise, the lack of financial resources affects the quality of education. Many teachers only benefit from basic training and those that exist are not sufficient in large dimensions. As a result, the failure rate in education remains high.
Africa is the most affected region, with more than 32 million children of primary school age out of school. Central and East Asia are severely affected by this problem, with more than 27 million children with no school education. In Yemen, for example, more than 80% of girls do not and will never have the opportunity to go to school. Even more alarming, some countries, such as Afghanistan and Somalia, make no effort to reduce the disparities between boys and girls concerning education.
Lack of education and poor education have negative effects on the population and the country. Children leave school without having acquired the basics, which greatly impedes the economic and social development of these countries.
DID YOU KNOW?
:: Since 2012, 31 million elementary school students have dropped out and an additional 32 million have not passed the year.
:: In Africa, 11 million children drop out of school before completing primary education. In South and West Asia, the figure reaches 13 million.
:: Most girls tend not to even start school, and boys when they repeat their grades, drop out of school.
:: According to UNESCO, in 2010, 61 million schoolchildren were not enrolled. Of these children, 47% were unable to study, 26% attended school but for some reason dropped out of school, and 27% are still expected to attend classes in the future.
:: Children living in a rural environment are twice as likely to not be studying.
:: In developing countries, each additional year of study can increase the average person’s future income by 10%.
- These figures were taken from research conducted by DoSomething.org, one of the largest organizations that promote social changes in the lives of children and young people.
Fifty years from now, countries will be governed by today’s children. Your thoughts and actions will be shaped by what you know and have experienced, providing your nation’s future.
Pearson, an educational group of excellence, periodically tests some assumptions, comparing measurable factors, such as student grades, ranking countries according to the success of their education system.
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The results vary, but are still interesting, especially when you learn that the USA, is known for having one of the best education systems and was recently ranked 14th, and has a long way to go, like many European countries.
A survey carried out in partnership with the company BAV Consulting and Wharton School, interviewed 16,000 participants, in four regions to associate countries with specific attributes.
The best countries for education are ranked based on the score in a compilation: it has high-quality universities and a well-developed public education system.
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland invest the largest financial amount in education, passing on a large percentage of their gross domestic product, according to the World Bank. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says that levels of education funding do not necessarily affect academic performance, but these nations are rated higher, generally outperforming Asian countries.
For the full list and more information about the results:
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/education-full-list
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Japan- had the best education system in the world for three consecutive quarters. The main reason for being on top is your technology-based education.
South Korea- comes in second place in the Top 20 countries with the best education in the world.
Canada- of all countries, Canada has the highest rate of university graduates.
Holland- have invested a lot in early childhood development and is ranked relatively high.
Israel- Finland is known to have modeled its education system based on the Israeli system. This is the main reason why
Finland is highly ranked today. The only reason why Israel is not ranked even higher is the same as that of other countries, not investing in its early childhood education program.
Germany- has always been very well classified. However, there has been a steady decline due to social change in the country.
United States- Most people think that the United States would be able to rank highly due to its financial aspects, however, this is a far cry from reality. The United States needs to work harder on its high school completion rates and early childhood education.
France- The country has an impressive early childhood education system, but still struggles with years of neglect at other levels of education, having its negative effects on the ranking.
EDUCATION TODAY IN BRAZIL
According to entities that work with Education, it is believed that the programmed goals of the National Education Plan of Brazil (PNE) are not likely to be fully achieved, due to the lack of revenue.
Representatives of the largest educational institutions in Brazil discussed the 10-year plan and said that budget constraints harm Brazil’s public education system.
“In 2015, one of the most important proposals of the PNE, the construction of state and local education plans, had not been completed, but it had advanced. In 2016, nothing progressed ”. Daniel Cara, the coordinator of the National Campaign for the Right to Education, told Agência Brasil.
Although the PNE is in force until 2024, fourteen intermediate targets were defined to be achieved between 2015 and 2016. Among the goals, the inclusion of all young people, aged between 4 and 17, in school.
Currently, according to educational institutions, approximately 2.8 million school-age children do not attend school in Brazil. The interruption of education programs and the limited resources given by the federal government to state and municipal education systems has made meeting the target extremely difficult.
Maria Helena Guimarães de Castro, executive secretary of the Ministry of Education, said that the federal government has plans to review basic education programs and authorize more revenues for states and municipalities. According to her, the priority is the inclusion of more than 700 thousand children of pre-school age (4 to 5 years old — who are out of school due to lack of places).
In July 2014, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed the country’s new ten-year law National Education Plan. Among the goals of the PNE, investment of 10% of the country’s GDP in education by 2024. Critics at the time called PNE an ambitious goal for a country that, in 2012, according to data from the World Bank, had a little more than 6% of its GDP in the sector.
HOW TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE WORLD
In some countries, being a teacher means having an overworked, underpaid, and undervalued job. The first step in the right direction, based in other countries, is the government program that funds teacher training.
An investment not only in Education but in educators, which is the right way to go. We lost many teachers in the first five years of their careers, due to financial difficulties, feeling overwhelmed and unprepared.
The educational system can be improved without causing major chaos. Countries need to review the gaps that hinder their success and be on par with the educational standards of major countries. And the government must ensure that education is provided for all citizens of the country. Practical and theoretical knowledge must be applied in an organized way to bring fruitful results.
SOURCE
United Nations Educational Scientific And Cultural Organization. “Opportunities lost: The impact of grade repetition and early school leaving.” UNESCOCenter for Global Development. “Education and The Developing World.” CGDEV.Org.
Lacey, Christie. “Worthy Investment.” Opportunity International.
