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.
Why people have misconception of the education in Liberia. There are several reasons that caused people think that education in Liberia is still a mess. Everlasting civil war is one of the most important reasons that caused the bad situation in which Liberian education used to be. While giving all attention on surviving during War Time, neither did Liberian citizens consider education in priority, nor did potential donors fill money in the big hole of education. The majority of Liberians were trying to deal with food, places to live, drinking water, medicine, etc. Education, to them, was a luxury that one may never be able to reach. And statistically, according to the Ministry of Education, “2400 schools had been established in Liberia before fighting in the West African country broke out. However, 80 percent of these were put out of operation by the conflict” (1, Inter Press Service, “EDUCATION-LIBERIA: Civil War Leaves School System in Tatters”). In another aspect, after the civil war went off, many worldwide organizations were being skeptical to the regime that was in charge of Liberia’s domestic politics. Because
In America, we are told that it is the land where everything and anything is possible. For many years, it wasn’t like that for African American. With many hard work, strength, and courage African American manage to earn the right to an education. To the African American community education became more of a need than a want. We’ve learn that education is such a powerful asset that with it you are unstoppable. You can do so much if you put your time and energy to it. Having an education to African American is the one hope for a brighter and better
The education of children who are in poverty tend to be lower compared to richer families. Kids in africa can’t go to school because they have to do housework or work. In america, kids have less resources to use for educational
In the article, Education and Schooling: You Can Have One Without the Other, Mwalimu J. Shujaa of the State University of New York discusses the importance of learning that there is a difference between schooling and education. Can education exist without schooling or vice versa? Shujaa’s article gives an insight into the conjunction of schooling and education and how they impact the culture of African Americans.
This paper discusses five main issues that affect the quality of and access to education in developing countries, namely; economic barriers, conflict barriers, climate change barriers, gender barriers, and language barriers. Definitions of ‘education’ such as “the acquisition of the art of the utilisation of knowledge” (Whitehead, 1966), or “making available to each generation the organised knowledge of the past” (Good, 1959, p191), or “the means whereby one generation transmits the wisdom, knowledge and experience which prepares the next generation for life’s duties and pleasures” (Snelson, 1974, p1) might be correct, but are too broad and not relevant in the context of this paper. ‘Education’ in this paper is defined as “the systematic
For some poor African American students, education is usually the last existing method by which they can improve their family life level and escape from a long history of poverty. Therefore, whether the education system will
In 1822 the American Colonization Society(ACS), emigrated freed black slaves to Liberia located in West Africa, however, during this time the indigenous had already been living there (Brown, Education in Liberia, 46). Unfortunately, there is not much information on women in the colonization. “Scholars have written surprisingly little on the role of women in the movement. The few historians who have studied women in the colonization movement have examined the rise and decline of female support in the South” (Younger, Philadelphia Ladies Liberia School Association and the Rise and Decline of Northern Female Colonization Support, 237). To
As critic Wang phrased it, “A black minister who gives a wonderful speech about the importance of education turns out to be blind” (Wang 1). In essence, the minister is in the wrong, regardless of his individual experience with education. It is an institution that cheats black people. Its educators are still predominantly white, it fuels the school-to-prison pipeline,
Do you think you’re life is hard? How would it be if civil wars, corrupt government officials, gunfire in the streets, extreme poverty, severe illness and no indoor plumbing were added? That is what most Liberians had to deal with on a daily basis, due to the problems forced upon them that they had to attempt to solve as individuals not as a country. But these problems were caused by an already weakening system that was waiting to be toppled, taken advantage of and destroyed. Many Liberians would die and many lives would be shaken before it would rise again, yet when its change comes it will be stronger than ever. But before any of this happened Liberia would first have to be established as a country.
I believe education, is very important thing to break the cycle of poverty and make people life easier but in Ethiopia lack of enough and quality education facilities, shortage of highly qualified teachers and lack of a job after graduation made people life difficult more than anyone can imagine.
In addition to empowering individuals, effective education systems strengthen communities by building bridges between people, thus preventing conflict and ignorance. Most importantly, our education systems cannot simply cater to the powerful and privileged. In making donations and investments, we must look to those who are most vulnerable in the world – women, those from developing countries, and many others who are often relegated to the shadows when governments think about the public they serve. In doing so, we can build a more well-educated, prosperous, and socially just
Last Decade governments and high ranking officials from across the globe came together under the magnanimous principles of The Universal Declaration of Human rights giving birth to the millennium development goals.The 8 goals and 21 targets capture ambitious promises such as eradicating poverty and hunger and achieving universal primary education by 2015. (UN.org) Yet with just a few months away from the deadline this historic chapter will close in tragedy.The setting for this tragic tale is Sub-Saharan Africa where 50 million children and youth still remain out-of-school.Despite extraordinary progress in enrollment stark disparities still remain. Poor children across the region are victims of an insidious “lottery of life” where the family they are born into means everything and nothing. (efa governance matters)For a poor child born into poverty the chances of that child finishing school once they start are slim, and if that child happens to be female she can only dream of what it’s like inside a classroom. Experts have declared Africa’s education crisis a state of emergency as dangerously low completion rates, and poor learning achievement have left an indelible stain on educational goals. Africa’s education crisis is a result strong socio-economic and cultural barriers which have created major stumbling blocks in both access to education and learning outcomes.Consequently millions of of children and youth are being robbed of their futures.
Growing up in a relatively minute town in Ghana, West Africa I was tenacious to find answers to questions pertaining to my social environment such as economic growth and pricing. However, since my parents were never privileged to attain any form of higher education most of my questions were either answered logically or were completely left unanswered could not give answers to most of my questions about, they always made sure I understood the importance of being educated.
In west Africa, after an eleven year civil war, the Republic of Sierra Leone took part in a school building project funded by the World Bank. Unfortunately, due to caps placed on public sector hiring, there were not enough educators to adequately satisfy student demand resulting in students not being admitted to school (Marphatia, A. A., Moussie, R., Ainger, A., Archer, D.,2007, p. 9).
When studying history, it is important to be thorough and complete in your analysis. More specifically, when reading into the African educational system, there are many parts to focus on. These sections range from physical to social to spiritual. From studying these, we can see just what role each part played in the system. Things to consider from this are questions concerning
Teaching in Africa was my first experience as an educator and the joy I discovered in the classroom led me to a lifelong love for students. Africa also introduced me to the importance of evidence-based practice. I clearly remember an incident during my first year of teaching in Africa. Our Academic Dean, a young English woman, sat me down in our small school library and explained to me the importance of differentiated instruction. As a first year teacher