The Struggle for Education

By Richard Ding 3o221

Researched Countries

NigeriaPakistan

Education in some countries

In most parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, education rates remain stubbornly low.

-Nigeria, for example, has over 10 million children are not in school.

-The net enrolment ratio has only reached 71% recently in Sub-Saharan African after a sharp increase after 2000.

- Around 38 million children of primary school age are still out of school

Why?In many of the Sub-Saharan

African countries, students are not able to go to school as

- Constant war and conflicts within the country ( Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, UAE )

- Lack of money and resources to afford going to schools (Nigeria)

War and ConflictsThe Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist

political movement in Afghanistan, were very critical about their treatment towards women or girls.

They believe that only boys ought to be educated, thus they destroyed many girl schools and banned them from going to school

Unable to afford school45% of Nigeria’s population is

under 15 years of age

Huge burden on the current workforce

Government unable to spend too much money on education as they need it for other sectors as well

Troubles these students faceLack of quality education (lack of

teachers/ schools/ overload of enrolment). It is common to see 100 pupils per teacher sitting outside the classroom

Constantly hunted by the Taliban as education was illegal for girls.

Need for labor or money at home hence students have no time left for studying

Troubles these students face

Can anything be done?Governments have already

started setting up declarations such as the

 - Education For All declaration established in Jomtien in 1990, which aimed to provide worldwide education as well as recognizing the needs for education.

- Millennium Development Goals set in Dakar in 2000.

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