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Isabella Calpakis
WHY it matters
! It is next to impossible to deliver primary education to growing populations across sub-Saharan Africa. According to Schooling in sub-Saharan Africa, valid purposes must be made clear in order for the effort and expense of providing education (6). ! 1. Can help citizens become literate and numerate so they can begin to solve personal issues. ! 2. Can provide a base for education to be furthered later on.
History behind it
! Before European intervention, various ethnic groups educated children based on traditional norms and values. ! According to African Higher Education Policy: A Survey of Sub-Saharan Africa, education centered on training and discipline resembled modern schooling (26). However, slave trades and political conflict forced a new educational system.
! It is a shame that such a system could not sustain through societal issues and warfare; education should have been kept a priority over other changes.
! Growing interest in Western education left Africa in the dust, a continent left behind in the midst of conflict.
! This neglect has carried forward into modern-day society.
opposing argument
! Barriers to education ! allocated government spending, teachers salaries, fees for public school education. ! Africas economies, in terms of both wealth and growth, rank last according Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa.
! Increasing population growth will not make it easier either to support education that must constantly be expanded to provide for all.
! Each nation has a limited amount of available fund; a balance must be achieved between the quantity and quality of education (Sunal xxi).
! Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa states that there is more than one obstacle to mass education. ! Issues include access to reading materials, most jobs do not require literacy, and schooling of such low quality that those who pass through years of schooling are barely literate (xix). ! It is a shame to think that years of schooling are nearly as beneficial as they should be. ! Questions are asked of whether or not the end results are worth the expense, since the quality is so low. ! However, the schooling would be worth is considering the possibility that there is an increase in what is learned in the schools.
! Less than a year later, Pascal and 10year-old Lenjo are off the streets, and in class. They attend a free program in Nairobi for children that are too poor to even afford a meal of maize and beans.
! Hope for humanity: there are efforts being made, but how far can these funds go for such a growing population?
Influence of Technology
! Extreme development will only be made possible with the help of technology. ! According to African Higher Education Policy: A Survey of SubSaharan Africa, African universities do not only lack staff, but facilities as well (76).
! Training staff would be required for efficiency, however, staff would not reach their potential without proper facilities. ! Funding should be re-directed to enhance quality of efficiency of staff.
Review of sources
! USA Today
! Credible news source. ! Variety of sources for information, from news reporters, to governments.
! Dosomething.org
! Valid site with the mission of making a difference and having positive impacts on society.
! African Higher Education Policy: A Survey of Sub-Saharan Africa and Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa
! Scholarly sources with credible bibliographies, and in-depth information not only with information for my topic, but also detailed information for other areas of interest concerning education.
audience
! Of my presentation ! fellow peers, Professor Campbell, teachers, children whose education it concerns. ! Of Schooling in Sub-Saharan African and African Higher Education Policy: A Survey of Sub-Saharan Africa ! professors, college students, intellects concerned with this issue. ! My topic matters to not only the country as a whole, but also to the children whose lives could be potentially changed with a higher quality of education and access to more resources to better their knowledge base.
Works Cited Domatob, Jerry K. African Higher Education Policy A Survey of Sub-Saharan Africa. San Francisco: International Scholars Publications, 1998. Print. Kennedy, Elizabeth A. Africa's Children Struggle for Education - USATODAY.com. N.p., 21 July 2007. Web. 6 Oct. 2013. Sunal, Cynthia S., ed. Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa: Contemporary Issues and Future Concerns. New York & London: Garland, 1998. Print. "11 Facts About Education Around the World." Do Something. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Oct. 2013.