Last blog post I brought up the discussion of sub-sharan Africa and south/west Asia and their current position on girls and providing the same education equality as boys. What I didn't realize are all of the other multiple countries that suffer along with Africa and Asia.
The following link below is an article that focuses on women's education in developing countries such as: Afghanistan, Burkina, Faso, Nepal, Somalia, and Sudan. Unfortunately, I only recognized 3 out of the 6 places that are listed. How many do you know of? Only about 10% of the women from these countries are literate. The authors of the article, Anne Hill and Elizabeth King, inform that in major locations like Libya, China, and Turkey where the literacy rate for men is extremely greater than the women.......
I'm talking a dominance of 70%.
A significant contributor that Hill and King believe to be a reason that certain countries lack women's enrollment, or overall admissions from both sexes, are costing and resource availability. The authors explain that aside from the actual school tuition, there are extra cost such as learning material, transportation, and boarding fees that play a role in the effects of how many individuals attend school.
I was crazy surprised to learnt that in Korea, parents pay for 70% of the national education expense. I'm not talking about for books, uniforms, and supplies... Hills and King were referring to the constructed and operation for school buildings....
The worse part is that the cost expense was greater for girls than for boys. Seriously??? How is that fair??
In my opinion, education is extremely important for the future of individuals. School courses offer several advantages such as academic knowledge over hundreds of unique subjects, interaction with different races and sexes, and future techniques that are only beneficial to their desired careers and lifestyles. Don't get me wrong... I know there have been mass improvements and undeveloped countries have come a far way. Below is a graph that was created in 2007, that displays the enrollment of boys and girls in secondary schools. It shouldn't be surprising to see that Africa is at the bottom and North America at the top. Do you think education resources and benefits are evenly distributed among countries??
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