Unfortunately, I have still not yet received a response
so as an alternative I chose to explore UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and
Education” webpage. While exploring this site there were three insights that I gained
which included child marriage in Africa, the challenge of teachers in African,
and mobile learning.
In sub-Sahara Africa and South and West Asia about 2.9
million girls are marriage by the age of 15 which robs them of their childhood
and education. One of the most effective ways to prevent childhood marriage is
for girls to stay in school. Females who are educated overcome discrimination because
they are aware of their rights and have greater confidence in making decisions that
affect their lives. Given that all girls completed primary schools, the number
of girls getting married would drop by 14%. Even if girls stay in school longer
they make better choices of health risks of early births and births in quick
succession.
The lack of teachers in sub-Saharan Africa is the most
worrying in the world. There is a teacher shortage of 46% which represents
nearly half of the demand of teachers in the global level. Africa needs 1.6
million teachers by 2015. To end this, an understanding of issues and needs of
teachers in a specific country to develop well-adapted policies is needed.
Also, prospects for establishing efficient teacher policies will help improve
the quantity and quality of teachers needs to be explored.
In South Africa, there are over 25,000 learners that have
improved their math skills through interactive exercise and quizzes on mobile
phones such as Nokia. Teachers in Mali are able to access lesson plans and curricular
materials through internet portal. The program, UNESCO Working Paper Series on
Mobile Learning, scans the globe to provide concrete examples of how mobile
technologies can respond to different educational challenges in different contexts,
enrich formal schooling, and make learning everywhere more accessible, and
personalized. This is helping to improve educational access and quality around
the world.
In conclusion, education makes a great difference.
Reference:
UNESCO
Early Childhood Care and Education. Retrieved
from (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/).
Erika, you provide such great information! I too have not received any emails or responses and it continues to get me discouraged. Luckily, the websites provided help to give a different perspective on education. Education is the foundation of our society and it is clear that it holds importance all over the world. It is interesting to read about the challenges that people are faced with, but it also brings awareness of what exactly is going on. It was also refreshing to read about how South Africa has improved their math skills. It proves how important it is to continuously advocate for a better education. Again, I enjoyed reading your post!
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