Blog 1: A Boost for the World’s Poorest Schools, Deborah Faircloth
According to this article, the news for the poor schools of the world is not all bad. It reports that since 1999, the number of children attending schools globally has increased by 37 million. In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of children attending primary school has increased by 18%. The United Nations Millenium Development is seeking to have all children in school by 2015. Development organizations such as Save the Children have initiated new programs to achieve this goal. One such program is called Literacy Boost. Literacy Boost has been instrumental in the increase of enrollment and the children's reading success.This wonderful program is a prime example of social problems turning into social solutions. Literacy Boost not only reaches children of the poorest schools but also their parents become interested and involved. These parents are often illiterate themselves. I believe that when the parents and the teachers become a strong, integral part of the child's education, poor or otherwise, this union maximizes the child's desire to learn.
www.nytimes.com/
1 comment:
This saddens me to see that children aren’t getting the quality education that they need. With increase population and limited resources these poor countries aren’t able to provide adequate education for these children. Having these different programs/organizations that are seeking to provide proper education for these children and their families is great. The parent and children are getting the education they need. I believe education is important and everyone should be guarantee equal opportunities for education.
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