The Importance Of Measuring And Mapping Policy Progress

In the United States public school funding are provided by the government. Every child no matter the race, gender, or physical disabilities have to attend school, until they have graduated high school. Although, children here in the United states are provided with opportunities to succeed in school, many take this for granted and drop out. While many kids all over the world are struggling to earn an education. Kids in Afghanistan, Brazil, India and Japan are struggling to earn an education, while as a country we take education for granted.

There are millions of impoverished and malnourished children all over the world. Not only are these children at risk for not receiving an education, they may tragically die

When children complete their basic primary and secondary education it results in numerous benefits for the children as well as the society in general. Studies show that completing a basic education reduces poverty, increases income by up to 10% per extra year of attending school, saves lives of children whose mothers have a secondary education, reduces the chances of getting HIV and Aids, and increases economic growth and GDP (Jalan & Ravallion, 2000; UNESCO, 2011a). Almost 70 years after the UN’s declaration, and having invested billions of dollars in education, more than 59 million children of primary school age are not attending school and 883 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate (UNESCO, 2015; UNDP, 2015). In light of this, the UN set out the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ in 2015 where one of the principle targets is that all children worldwide “complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education” by the year 2030 (UN, 2015, p17). There are many difficult obstacles to achieving this goal, and the following section will explain that economic factors, conflict factors, climate change factors, and gender factors, and language factors are the major issues that need to be addressed.

Why isn't an education available for all students across the the globe?There are many reasons on why education is not available for all student across the globe most commonly in our society reasons that affect education are if students moving a lot ,there truant to school , or they work and go to school. In all this case they still get education even though it not a good one but in some part of the world there are children who don't even have a school in their community therefore they not receive an education.The barriers that impact children the most and cause them not to get an education are gender discrimination,location and most importantly political turmoil.Gender discrimination is a barrier because it keep girls for an education

The connection between poverty and education has been discusses for many years, and the government has poured billions of dollars into providing as well as improving education for both the upper, and the lower class. According to The Institute of Education Sciences, “In 2012, approximately 11.1 million school-aged children, or children ages 5 to 17 years old, were in families living in poverty.” With the amount of money flow coming into the Unites States, why are impoverished school aged children still not receiving education benefits and opportunities? This has not been an issue until the last century when the push for education became prevalent. Currently Shanghai, China is leading the marathon to education among other countries. The United

A. 42 percent of jobs needing a college degree are not filled due to 22.2 million children and adolescents dropping out or at risk each year. Therefore, most Latin American children are not given the top quality education resulting in entering jobs lacking skills to increase and improve the economy which creates an insufficient way to reduce poverty. The gap between the rich and the poor has increased to 1/3 of households and 2/5 people living under the poverty line despite the act of urbanization. This creates a system where a child's education is based on the parents' social status, their job, and their education where 74 million people live under $2 per day. In Latin America, people believe the child should receive the same education level

This is unfair because generally rich kids have a lot of money, which makes them successful already and their parents put them in high standard private school for a good education. Poor kids have no opportunities because they have no money and they won’t be able to go to a good school because of the area they are living in. Researchers also found out that European countries have topped us. The article states, “But he felt that France was stratified and would offer little opportunity to a penniless Eastern European refugee” This quote shows that France, a European country is giving a poor refugee a better education. The US actually became better at giving education but fell back down because they focus mainly on higher education and the not the early education as it states in the article, “In particular, we fail at early education. Across the O.E.C.D., an average of 70 percent of 3-year-olds are enrolled in education programs. In the United States, it’s 38 percent.” This shows the statistics between others and the

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights claims that “Elementary education shall be compulsory”. This is a law that should be followed just as vicariously as any other but that is not the case. Statistics show that two hundred and fifty million child workers from the ages of five to fourteen. One hundred and twenty million of those children work full-time (Anti-Slavery International and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions). This blatantly violates the law set by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by depriving these children of their education by having them work full time. This is a crime punishable by law but there are over a hundred million children still not being able to attain an education because of child

Expanding women's portrayal in government can empower many women across the world. This notion of women's empowerment is rooted in the human capabilities approach, in which individuals are empowered to choose the functioning that they deem valuable. Women, as the conventional primary caretakers of children, often have a more prominent role than men in advocating for children, resulting in a

Approximately 75 million children around the world have no opportunity to attend primary school. Of the 75 million, most of them are girls due to tradition or parents that hold them back from attending ("Main Navigation"). Other factors that affect children from going to school is because of conflicts and wars that result in schools to be destroyed and families to flee the country. Lack of education is a growing crisis due to many factors in developing countries but it has the power pull a country out of poverty and make them economically stable and attract other countries to trade, therefore it should be seen as a priority. Developed countries are involved to help countries increase their education because every child should have the

(Duryea 4) In researching the region, it is clear that there are three major issues hindering education in these countries. The biggest problem in regards to education is not lack of schools as one may expect but the quality of schools. Second is the issue of poverty; poor children, especially girls, are kept from school because in many cases they must work long hours to help sustain their families. They are also more likely to leave school to start families of their own. Lastly is the issue of electricity in school. Without electricity in schools students are kept from a well-rounded and modern education as they are unable to learn about and have access to information and communication technology.

Some of the world’s poorest countries, with some of the highest child labor and illiteracy rates lie in Sub Saharan Africa. People generally associate the region only with poor economic conditions and all of the social disorder that goes along with 3rd World Status. While some of this reputation is deserved, many people are also failing to see the vast potential for this part of the world. There are several factors that African governments should look into if they want to effectively and efficiently revamp this areas quality of life. One way to do so is by improving the more crucial aspects to healthy functioning region, for example, allowing children to possess their natural rights to a decent education. This could influence an increase

Sir Angus Deaton’s “The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality” surveys a broad stroke of the world’s health and income inequalities throughout history, with emphasis on the last three centuries. Furthermore, Deaton postulates how to approach shrinking the gaps of inequality between more developed countries and less developed countries. While Deaton considers education in his book, he fails to sufficiently study its profound impact on health disparities specifically. Educational prosperity benefits many aspects of life expectancy such as combatting infant mortality and infectious diseases.

Policies come from those who have legitimate authority to impose normative guidelines for action (i.e., elected officials). Formulation of health-related policies is complex and depends on a variety of scientific, economic, social, and political forces. As a result, there is a considerable gap between what public health research shows is effective and the policies that are enacted and enforced (Brownson, Chriqui, & Stamatakis, 2009).

In signing the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2004), Ethiopia agreed to implement free, compulsory, universal primary education by 2015. The abolition of school fees for primary schooling in Ethiopia was integrated into the Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan (PRSP) in 2002. This change was viewed as a positive development by various stakeholders, including parents, teachers, and government representatives. However, in Ethiopia, the effects of the abolition of school fees saw a minimal increase in enrolment rates. Thus, the goal of UPE in Ethiopia is especially challenging considering, “current access to such education is about 67% for primary school-age boys and 47% for primary school-age girl…[and]…enrollment rates in rural and remote regions, where 86% of the population resides, are even lower because of the absence of schools near these communities.” However, although the abolition of school fees saw some improvements in enrolment rates, the lack of proper educational planning and capacity building in Ethiopia has caused other burdens in the educational sector. Thus, although many countries have decided to abolish school fees, the experiences in Tanzania and Ethiopia, has proven that many challenges remain leading to consequences on the quality of education delivered. In the case of Ethiopia, the biggest barrier to achieving