Poverty And Its Effects On Underdeveloped And Developing Countries

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Imagine the person sitting next to doesn’t have basic reading or writing skills, let’s say around 1 in 5 people in this classroom do not know how to read what is up on the board. The ability to read and write can be the difference between a life of hardships or a life lived comfortably, to address this issue across a continent would mean the ability to deal with other problems economically as well as socially resulting in a healthier society overall. Well across the world around 800 million adults deal with this problem not including young children or teens, furthermore ⅔ of that 800 million are women affecting the community as a whole as mothers and sisters are usually the educators of the family and the community. We know this to have greater effects on underdeveloped and developing countries because they don’t have the public education system like wealthier countries.

Countries like the U.S, France, England, and Germany have illiterate citizens however the illiteracy rate isn’t as prevalent. This is due to the access to public education and the right each man, woman and child has in these developed countries. Education in “Rich ” countries are thought to be the best in the world, however there are schools that fail to meet expectations. This can be due to many reasons like lack of funding, irresponsible students, and negligent staff. Nothing is ever truly perfect, but when it comes to an education system, it should be the best it can be. But this won’t happen as more and more funding is cut from public school budgets; like for example Illinois. Where political corruption has caused the mismanagement of tax dollars mainly affecting the education system. On the other hand when we look at a developing count...

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In conclusion, Illiteracy is rampant in parts of the world that is underdeveloped, or developing this can help solved through the improvement of the educations of both sexes, almost 800 million adults in the developing world lack this right. As well as women who make up ⅔ of that number. The measurement of the society shouldn’t about how much money they make but the way both sexes are treated especially when it comes to education. However the developed country can still do some improving because they have small amounts of illiterate among their population and the school system should always be adapting to the new information and technology that comes out every year. But Illiteracy is a big issue however as the world becomes more interconnected it will be easier to solve this epidemic.

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