This article, Education is path out of poverty, is written in the commemoration of the international literacy day, which took place in September 8th. This day is to honor the importance of the education. The writer presents various scenarios in third-world countires to present how some children are desperate to receive education. From now on, I'll discuss about this unfortunate truth that are still present today.
On September 8th, it was an international literacy day. Sadly, I did not know about this day until I read this article. This article, which was written a week before the international literacy day, examines why education is such a vital factor in this world. Although it seems like the world focuses a lot on the education systems, the statistics don’t reveal this fact in third-world countries. In Sienna Leon, one in six people is illiterate while it would cost just $7 billion to teach everyone to read and write. Also, in Ethiopia, literacy rate is only 41%. While the third countries struggle with the education systems, the powerful countries like the U.S and countries in Europe spend up to $18 billion every year to enhance the education systems. The parallelism I can examine from this fact is that if one’s country has a good education systems, then that country will most likely to become developed country. In Sienna Leon, rebels burned down the schools and killed teachers because they know that the education is important and education will hinder them from taking advantage of their people. This happens not only in Sienna Leon, but also in the most of the third-world countries and the world-wide international literacy day is celebrated to remember those who cannot receive these valuable educations. These valuable educations will shorten the gap between the rich and the poor and will assist people to take one step closer to the better world. Therefore, I would like to conclude by saying: “education is the solution to everything”, as the article concludes.
Article: http://www.thestar.com/News/GlobalVoices/article/252611
On September 8th, it was an international literacy day. Sadly, I did not know about this day until I read this article. This article, which was written a week before the international literacy day, examines why education is such a vital factor in this world. Although it seems like the world focuses a lot on the education systems, the statistics don’t reveal this fact in third-world countries. In Sienna Leon, one in six people is illiterate while it would cost just $7 billion to teach everyone to read and write. Also, in Ethiopia, literacy rate is only 41%. While the third countries struggle with the education systems, the powerful countries like the U.S and countries in Europe spend up to $18 billion every year to enhance the education systems. The parallelism I can examine from this fact is that if one’s country has a good education systems, then that country will most likely to become developed country. In Sienna Leon, rebels burned down the schools and killed teachers because they know that the education is important and education will hinder them from taking advantage of their people. This happens not only in Sienna Leon, but also in the most of the third-world countries and the world-wide international literacy day is celebrated to remember those who cannot receive these valuable educations. These valuable educations will shorten the gap between the rich and the poor and will assist people to take one step closer to the better world. Therefore, I would like to conclude by saying: “education is the solution to everything”, as the article concludes.
Article: http://www.thestar.com/News/GlobalVoices/article/252611
