This article is highlighting the severe lack of quality education that Africa had been seeking and this, in turn, leads more of their people to be left in poverty. There is no competition in education, therefore this doesn't challenge their students to think, and this leads to a cycle of never ending poverty because kids do not how to make a better life for themselves. South Africa spends the most funds on education in the continent of Africa, yet they have not seen an elevated number of children who come out of this education system. It is said that rich and middle class, white and blacks leave this public education system, because they do not have much faith in it. Iraj Abedian, chief executive officer of Pan African Capital Holdings says that these parents are being unfair to the future generation and that he believes social welfare is the fastest growing item in their budget. He believes that they need to change their curriculum to counteract this growing number of people who are in poverty. It is said that the budget is expected to be more tightening, resulting in hurting already overburdened taxpayers.
Analysis:
This shows that it is not a matter of whether a country offers education or not, but it matters that the education they are providing is a quality education. If education is not quality, then this seems like it is a waste of money that they use to compensate those who are teaching. If children are going to school and aren't learning anything that they can apply to their lives, then how can this help them? It is not that South Africa needs to spend more money trying to help their students to learn, they just need to take more time a construct the best curriculum for their children, like Abedian said. If they continue to teach the same curriculum that they are currently teaching, it will result in more children growing up to live poverty, in which South Africa will have to consistently to find a way to fund these impoverished people. Constantly having to raise their budget for impoverished people, will eventually result in a lack of funds to distribute to other things that they once didn't have a problem with. It is amazing to me that out of the whole continent of Africa, that the South is the part that struggles to most with their education. It is almost as if they are in North America, because is seems like the North is given a better quality education than that of the south, it is just ironic that it is the same way in places other than my current geographic placement. Nonetheless, a change in curriculum, is a change for the better. This will help the children of South Africa learn better and have a better sense of awareness of how to prevent themselves from not being able to sustain life when they get older.
private
and social sectors, greater community participation and use of
technology to streamline and monitor operations. - See more at:
http://www.publicfinanceinternational.org/news/2014/02/india-urged-to-double-public-spending-to-tackle-poverty/#sthash.qFDG0TRO.dpuf
private
and social sectors, greater community participation and use of
technology to streamline and monitor operations. - See more at:
http://www.publicfinanceinternational.org/news/2014/02/india-urged-to-double-public-spending-to-tackle-poverty/#sthash.qFDG0TRO.dpuf
private
and social sectors, greater community participation and use of
technology to streamline and monitor operations. - See more at:
http://www.publicfinanceinternational.org/news/2014/02/india-urged-to-double-public-spending-to-tackle-poverty/#sthash.qFDG0TRO.dpuf
http://www.theafricareport.com/Southern-Africa/south-african-education-lacks-quality.html
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