The African Educational System

Most Afro-centric schools are private schools which gives then an advantage over public schools funding wise which helps provide more faculty members or higher paid and educated experienced teachers that shows more interest in the students. “An Afro-centric education does not necessarily wish to isolate Africans from a Eurocentric education system but wishes to assert the autonomy of Africans and encompass the cultural uniqueness of all learners” (Nyoni). There is an argument that Afro-centric schools focus too much on African history instead of focusing on world views and tools to help students to be prepared for higher

Historically, race and class have been the defining factors in determining the quality of education received by people in the United States ( Gordon, 1990; Williams & Land, 2006). The western curriculum serves the cultural interest of whites, who have their roots in the European countries. It does not favor the cultural interest of African Americans, but it would only make sense that African American people are educated on true African history. The African American quest for education has been discussed by many African scholars and the struggles that African communities face since slavery. Dating back years ago, the African American communities have been suppressed, given only limited knowledge of their people, history, and

They say “If you give a man a fish; he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish; and you feed him for a lifetime.” Education in today’s society is very vital to be successful. Although there are many opinions on how education is valued or the access to such privileges vary. It can be crucial all the same. Both Africa and America have many differences there are many things they have in common starting with education.

An education was never in the foreshowing for many African’s in this century. Whites never gave them the opportunity or privilege to learn fundamental basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic. Many whites feared that if blacks became educated, the power and control factors would be reversed and the challenge of white supremacy may no longer exist (The Civil Rights Movement, 2004). Also, with an education, slaves would not be content with jobs such as working in the fields or in domestic service and slavery may be abolished. When public schools became an innovation, most black were ecstatic to finally gain common knowledge and have any free education at all. In addition, they enjoyed attending schools of their own, not intervened with white obstruction, in which black children

First, an overwhelming majority of African Americans are not afforded a satisfactory standard of education that will be conducive to their future which causes a divide between those who are educated and those who lack education. For example, Beneatha aspired to attend medical school to become a doctor, but her family did not understand this dream, nor did they have the finances to support this dream (Hansberry 36). Beneatha's collegiate level of education set her apart from her family as they were not formally educated in the same manner as Beneatha therefore they could not understand her aspirations which caused a great amount of distance between them. This is significant as it is representative of the various struggles African

Only a few states actually had schools for kids to go and get their education. Not even every little white kid went to school back then due to the town they lived in. After the war was all over with the blacks could learn more freely and have a more narrowed down goal. The black were desperate for an education they held their schools in old beat up churches with non educated underpaid teachers. However, after the war was over they were like night and day Africans were now so much smarter.

According to Martin & O’Meara, “World War II was a critical time in African colonial history, a period characterized by

The French general Napoleon Bonaparte said once that “History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.” Whether this is for better or worse, what can be agreed is that this has been done by many groups of people. These groups are forced to redefine their history against historical progress, especially nations, as this poses a threat to the survival of a nation and the unity of its people. Historical progress, an inevitable phenomenon that occurs as people move forward and discover more about their past, has the potential to make citizens question the actions of their nation and their nationality. Because of the substantial threat that historical progress poses, many leaders try to safeguard their nations by adjusting history. Some of the best examples of this have occurred in African nations, and have

Africa is a different continent thanks to colonization, mostly thanks to shifts in culture caused by the direct control, cultural examples, and technological temptation. Resnick examines this phenomenon and truly shows just how much we can leave behind while looking for the

The first significant event that affected my thinking and understanding of African history, was through my readings. The book talks about the Khoesan clans, as hunter gathers in the Southern region of Africa. In this region, the clans were self-reliant cattle herders. The Khoesan people would make as make trade with different clans. Their trade eventually branched off to trade with European traders. In the beginning, the Khoesan clans welcomed trade with

Education is a very important part of life. In Africa education is already something that is not easy to access, but for girls it is even harder. Girls are outnumbered in African schools, they make up 60 percent of the children who should be in school but do not attend. A big part of the problem is economic. But most of the reason is because girls are undervalued in society in Africa, they are not treated well and in some cases are abused. These problems are most dominant in Malawi.

There are certain degrees of stereotyping on African education as a whole. Even in China, a country still in trouble with its educational system, people tend to make bad judgments on education situation in Africa. But the situation is actually better than what we think. After years of civil war, Liberia’s education is rebuilding from debris caused by tumult.

In 2000, the United Nations introduced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as part of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. The MDGs were established to attempt to improve overall well-being for as many people as possible, and targets issues such as poverty, starvation, and disease. This paper will focus on the development goal of achieving universal primary education, specifically focusing on the country of Ethiopia. Achieving universal primary education is important because it acts as a building block towards the development of counties as a whole. Primary education is not only a necessity, but a right to all individuals regardless of gender or class. Over the course of the last decade, Ethiopia has experienced vast improvements

An experience I feel fortunate to have had, is the Nigerian education system. The Nigerian education system is an irregular, knowledge based system that has yielded a score of 0.425 on the Education Index of the UNDP. As a result of my journey through that education system, I have developed many skills at such a young age. I have learned to take initiative in my classes, because, a common tradition in Nigerian schools is for teachers to test students on topics not covered and justify those actions by giving students a scheme of work, which is essentially a list of topics to be covered in the school year. Going through this system, I have learned to befriend older students and ask them for their old notes, to study as the Nigerian school curriculum hasn’t changed in 50 years, much like the stance on corporal punishment in schools. According to my parents I had it easy as in their time both girls and boys were whipped on their butts but currently girls are hit on their palms, fingertips, and thier legs which is progress. However, the instruments of pain have not changed as, students are hit with cables, kobokos,omoroguns and pankeres. I personally have a momentum of a beating gone wrong in the form of a scar. The beating gone wrong happened when I was 4 and a teacher hit me so hard, my head was knocked toward the corner of my desk where an exposed nail ripped the skin of my jaw. Interestingly, this was one of the main motivations behind my wanting to be a pediatrician because

During that time education in Africa, Kenyan included was stratified on racial lines in matters of system structure, curricula and resources. For example, the Europeans system had an upper hand resource, its curriculum was based on British traditions, Arabs and Asians system came second. Africans prepared youths to work on Europeans farms.