Education for All - Millennium Development Goal 2.A.
Target: Ensure that, by 2015, all boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.
Two major factors that can hinder the possibilities of achieving such a goal are:
1. Poverty
2. Gender Inequality
Poverty: The LEDC's of the world, have not been sucessful in achieving this goal as the people cannot afford the schooling of their children. India, the country that I hail from, is an LEDC. Moreover it has its own economic problem as 1/4th of its population lives in poverty. The people living in slum areas and small villages find it difficult to earn enough income from being occupied in small-scale businesses. For example, if there is a farmer, he would rather have his child to work with him on his farm than send him to school because it cuts costs and helps him to reduce other labour costs. Therefore, with this mentality and state of living young children do not get the education they need.
Some improvements are trying to be made to bring about a change in these lifestyles. But, they are not very effective. For example, in a slum area of Mumbai, Dharavi, Sugata Mitra has installed computers in the slums through his 'Hole in the Wall' project.
www.bit.ly/pcVd62 (gapminder-india)
www.bit.ly/onRarm (gapminder-world)
Gender Inequality: Gender inequality has been another problem that becomes the hinderence in achieving the MDG. Many countries still give boys a higher preference than girls, therefore they can gain an education easily than girls can. The gender inequality is a clear example of the mindset of people which is not a joke to change. At the time when many world leaders are emerging females, there are some people who do not believe in giving the right to education to women. More girls, at the age of primary and secondary, are out of school than boys.
www.bit.ly/owVOy2 (gap minder - india)
www.bit.ly/psrVMs(gap minder- world)
Sources:
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG%20Report%202010%20En%20r15%20-low%20res%2020100615%20-.pdf#page=18
http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm
(Sugata Mitra: talk with Mr. Mitchell)
Target: Ensure that, by 2015, all boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.
Two major factors that can hinder the possibilities of achieving such a goal are:
1. Poverty
2. Gender Inequality
Poverty: The LEDC's of the world, have not been sucessful in achieving this goal as the people cannot afford the schooling of their children. India, the country that I hail from, is an LEDC. Moreover it has its own economic problem as 1/4th of its population lives in poverty. The people living in slum areas and small villages find it difficult to earn enough income from being occupied in small-scale businesses. For example, if there is a farmer, he would rather have his child to work with him on his farm than send him to school because it cuts costs and helps him to reduce other labour costs. Therefore, with this mentality and state of living young children do not get the education they need.
Some improvements are trying to be made to bring about a change in these lifestyles. But, they are not very effective. For example, in a slum area of Mumbai, Dharavi, Sugata Mitra has installed computers in the slums through his 'Hole in the Wall' project.
www.bit.ly/pcVd62 (gapminder-india)
www.bit.ly/onRarm (gapminder-world)
Gender Inequality: Gender inequality has been another problem that becomes the hinderence in achieving the MDG. Many countries still give boys a higher preference than girls, therefore they can gain an education easily than girls can. The gender inequality is a clear example of the mindset of people which is not a joke to change. At the time when many world leaders are emerging females, there are some people who do not believe in giving the right to education to women. More girls, at the age of primary and secondary, are out of school than boys.
www.bit.ly/owVOy2 (gap minder - india)
www.bit.ly/psrVMs(gap minder- world)
Sources:
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG%20Report%202010%20En%20r15%20-low%20res%2020100615%20-.pdf#page=18
http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm
(Sugata Mitra: talk with Mr. Mitchell)
Kaneesha, some really good points here.
ReplyDeleteSome things to think about.
What are the implications of "The Hole in the Wall experiment"?
I like that your playing with Gapminder... but what do the graphs you created show us?
Do the statistics show a correlation between the % of primary school completion and the rate of development?
Think about how you might set up the graphs to show this.
Dear Kaneesha,
ReplyDeleteAlot of good point and do agree to what said by the year 2015 all humans will be alike girls will be like boys and boys will be like girls its all facts, good research and I enjoyed reading you work.
Keep it up! :)
Dear Kaneesha,
ReplyDeleteyour points and your explaintion are well written but something to think about-hunger and physical problem could hinder the goal. I mean with physical problems something bad might have happened to them in the past and they are still holding on to the past. For hunger it links in with poverty.
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