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Isabella Calpakis
WHY it matters
It is next to impossible to deliver primary education to growing populations across sub-Saharan Africa. According to Schooling in sub-Saharan Africa, valid purposes must be made clear in order for the effort and expense of providing education (6). 1. Can help citizens become literate and numerate so they can begin to solve personal issues. 2. Can provide a base for education to be furthered later on.
History behind it
Before European intervention, various ethnic groups educated children based on traditional norms and values. According to African Higher Education Policy: A Survey of Sub-Saharan Africa, education centered on training and discipline resembled modern schooling (26). However, slave trades and political conflict forced a new educational system.
It is a shame that such a system could not sustain through societal issues and warfare; education should have been kept a priority over other changes.
Growing interest in Western education left Africa in the dust, a continent left behind in the midst of conflict.
This neglect has carried forward into modern-day
opposing argument
Barriers to education allocated government spending, teachers salaries, fees for public school education. Africas economies, in terms of both wealth and growth, rank last according Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Increasing population growth will not make it easier either to support education that must constantly be expanded to provide for all.
Each nation has a limited amount of available fund; a balance must be achieved between the quantity and quality of education (Sunal xxi).
Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa states that there is more than one obstacle to mass education. Issues include access to reading materials, most jobs do not require literacy, and schooling of such low quality that those who pass through years of schooling are barely literate (xix).
It is a shame to think that years of schooling are nearly as beneficial as they should be. Questions are asked of whether or not the end results are worth the expense, since the quality is so low. However, the schooling would be worth is considering the possibility that there is an
Less than a year later, Pascal and 10year-old Lenjo are off the streets, and in class. They attend a free program in Nairobi for children that are too poor to even afford a meal of maize and beans.
Hope for humanity: there are efforts being made, but how far can these funds go for such a growing
Influence of Technology
Extreme development will only be made possible with the help of technology. According to African Higher Education Policy: A Survey of Sub-Saharan Africa, African universities do not only lack staff, but facilities as well (76).
Training staff would be required for efficiency, however, staff would not reach their potential without proper facilities. Funding should be re-directed to enhance quality of efficiency of staff.
Review of sources
USA Today
Credible news source. Variety of sources for information, from news reporters, to governments.
Dosomething.org
Valid site with the mission of making a difference and having positive impacts on society.
African Higher Education Policy: A Survey of Sub-Saharan Africa and Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa
Scholarly sources with credible bibliographies, and in-depth information not only with information for my topic, but also detailed information for other areas of interest concerning education.
audience
Of my presentation fellow peers, Professor Campbell, teachers, children whose education it concerns. Of Schooling in Sub-Saharan African and African Higher Education Policy: A Survey of Sub-Saharan Africa professors, college students, intellects concerned with this issue.
My topic matters to not only the country as a whole, but also to the children whose lives could be potentially changed with a higher quality of education and access to more resources to better their knowledge base.
Works Cited Domatob, Jerry K. African Higher Education Policy A Survey of Sub-Saharan Africa. San Francisco: International Scholars Publications, 1998. Print. Kennedy, Elizabeth A. Africa's Children Struggle for Education - USATODAY.com. N.p., 21 July 2007. Web. 6 Oct. 2013. Sunal, Cynthia S., ed. Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa: Contemporary Issues and Future Concerns. New York & London: Garland, 1998. Print. "11 Facts About Education Around the World." Do Something. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Oct. 2013.