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Quality Education: Where are the discrepancies? - Coggle Diagram
Quality Education: Where are the discrepancies?
Gender Discrepancies
UN: Globally, around 5.5 million more girls than boys of primary school age were out of school in 2018.
UN: About one-third of countries in the developing regions have not achieved gender parity in primary education.
UN: These gender disadvantages also stem from lack of access to skills and limited opportunities for young women in the labour market.
Global Goals: "By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education."
UNICEF: Significant progress was achieved during the last decade in increasing access to education and school enrolment rates at all levels, particularly for girls. Despite these gains, about 260 million children were out of school in 2018, nearly one fifth of the global population in that age group. Furthermore, more than half of all children and adolescents worldwide are failing to meet minimum proficiency standards in reading and mathematics.
Nobel Peace Winner Malala Yousafzai stood up for women in education around the world, fighting for equality, and elimination of gender discrimination around the world.
Lack of Resources
UN: Sub-Saharan Africa faces the biggest challenges in providing schools with basic resources.
This situation is extreme at the primary and lower secondary levels where less than one-half of schools have access to drinking water, electricity, computers, and the internet.
Globally, 25% of primary schools lack: electricity, drinking water, basic sanitation
Globally, 50% of primary schools lack computers and internet access.
Why Quality Education Matters-Sustainable Development Goal 4
Socioeconomic Discrepancies
"Around the world, children are deprived of education and learning for various reasons. Poverty remains one of the most obstinate barriers. Children living through economic fragility, political instability, conflict or natural disaster are more likely to be cut off from schooling – as are those with disabilities, or from ethnic minorities" (UNICEF).
"Lower levels of educational attainment are associated with higher unemployment rates and lower earnings. Although an increasing number of students have enrolled in postsecondary institutions over the last several decades, there are still differences in the characteristics of students who complete various levels of postsecondary education" (NCES).
Frontiers in Psychology Study Findings: "In addition to the significant indirect effect of family SES on school achievement through self-concept, we also found that family SES directly affects school achievement. This implies that self-concept may not completely explain the relationship between family SES and school achievement".
The COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the global learning crisis.
147 million children missed over half of in-person instruction in 2020-2021 (UN).
Entrenched inequities in education have only worsened during the pandemic (UN).
Covid-19's Impact on Education
War Stricken Countries & Government Crisis
Education is a lifeline for children in crises.
Remote learning is offered to 3 million Ukrainian children in chaos of war (April 2022).
UNICEF: "Around the world, attacks on children continue unabated, as warring parties flout one of the most basic rules of war: the protection of children. The protracted nature of conflicts today is affecting the futures of entire generations of children. Without access to education, a generation of children living in conflict will grow up without the skills they need to contribute to their countries and economies, exacerbating the already desperate situation for millions of children and their families."
