Sub-Saharan Secondary
Schools Shortage
October 28, 2011
3:29pm
Summary
On Tuesday, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) reported that 2 out of 3 children in Sub-Saharan Africa are left out of secondary school as the government cannot meet the increasing demand. There are only enough secondary schools for just 36% of children of age to enroll. Albert Motivans, UNESCO Institute for Statistics head of education indicators and data analysis, states that secondary education is important on a societal level to stimulate economies. Globally, secondary school has accommodated 100 million more children each decade. A child in the last grade of primary school only has at best a 75% chance of making the transition into lower secondary school in about 20 countries around the world with an “overwhelming” majority in sub-Saharan Africa.
Analysis
As Motivans stated secondary education is vital to development and is a bridge to the world of work. If children in Sub-Saharan Africa cannot even get a secondary education, degrees are not the least bit attainable and will not help the digital divide nor help them in a global economy. There is no way they can escape poverty without higher education, never the less secondary education. As this article states and our classroom lecture, a greater inequity exist for girls, who face greater barriers as the gender gap expands in Sub-Saharan Africa. Girls are the first to suffer from educational inequality in lots of places. However, Sub-Saharan Africa has made the greatest gains of all regions with gross enrollment ratios rising from 28% to 43% for lower secondary schools. This is great news as we want everyone to get on a level playing field and “win” in the global arena, no matter race, gender, etc.
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