Blog # 5: Albany State to help develop education in Africa

ASU educators are headed to Africa to help develop policies to better rural Africa’s education system. Three Albany State University educators are going to Africa participate in the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the Ministry of Education and Literacy of Burkina Faso Triennale on Education and Training. Dr. Kimberly King-Jupiter the dean of the College of Education states that “The reality is we live in a global society and the global society is not just about a map on the wall; it’s about the experiences that help us understand who different types of people are. She also states that the struggle for a better quality of education is a global struggle and the challenges of educating students are also global. The 2012 ADEA Triennale is a discussion forum on education and training that will develop education and training systems that will provide human capital for Africa’s needs to have a sustainable development. They want to better Africa’s education system. With comparison to Southwest Georgia they have the similar educational struggles as Africa. Being this is in the rural Africa this is considered the more poor part of Africa, so they don’t have excess to the resources to provide good quality education. With this lack of resources in the rural area is the reason for the educational system to struggle to provide the appropriate education for their students. The 2012 ADEA is trying to come up with a solution for better equal quality education for students in rural Africa. Our global society should be doing more to address this issue because it’s a global issue as well. Africa is not the only country that is struggling for better quality of education. I find this article as a step closer to a more inequality of education for Africa. Every child deserves good quality education. I am for Albany State developing a system for better education in Africa.

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