Increasing Education in Developing Countries

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Third-world countries struggle with numbers of problems. Food shortages, lack of clean drinking water, and disease are just a few issues that developing countries are facing. Another important issue is that of education. Several factors make it obvious that an increase in education is greatly needed in developing countries and solving this problem may prove very difficult in these poverty-stricken areas. Leaving the population of these countries uneducated creates a vicious cycle that only sends them spiraling deeper into these problems. Education is an important issue that needs addressed immediately for change to occur.

The lack of education in today’s developing countries is obvious. Literacy rates in several countries are devastatingly low. Often, the majority of people cannot read or write, or can only do so to a very small degree. It doesn’t help that the condition of schools in poor countries is completely unacceptable. Teachers are also an issue in poverty-stricken areas. There may be a shortage of educators, and most often, teachers do not make enough money to survive. Another apparent problem is the rate of students who attend school at all. Often, students in these areas drop out before reaching high school. Perhaps they cannot afford further schooling, or need to begin working to earn money in order to sustain their families. For whatever reason, many students are not continuing on to a high school education. Girls and women face the hardest side of the issue. While education is already unsatisfactory in these countries, women are receiving even fewer opportunities to learn. This problem has not gone unnoticed. In fact, there are several programs that are putting in efforts daily to increase the education in countr...

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