UNESCO’report deplores the status of Education For All Policy

The UN science, education and culture, UNESCO deplores the education system in Rwanda since the establishment of the education for all policy in developing countries.

The UN organization’s report released recently stipulates that over 250 million children across the world who complete their primary education are unable to properly read and/or write a full sentence in a foreign language.

Despite a huge amount of money invested in the education sector, the quality of education remains low at an average of 40 percent in developing countries.

For the UN organization in charge of education, the fact that the education for all has facilitated children to attend schools, did reduce the quality of teaching and learning especially in low developed nations.

Another issue raised by the report concerns the fact that even the children who completed this education cycle are unable to properly write, read or calculate.

The report gives an example of Burundian education system in which the government invests 40 percent of its total budget but does not bear positive fruits.

For the UNESCO governments should choose an education system that fits with its financial means and strive to make it successful.

The report highlights the necessity of increasing both intellectual skills of teachers and salary so to equip them with necessary tools to work in conducive conditions.

The UNESCO warns the concerned governments to eradicate the problems before it gets worst. The report underlines the importance of setting coordinated efforts as a means to manage the situation.

Another issue that is undermining the education system in Sub-Saharan Africa according to the report is the inequality between girls and boys to attend schools, despite the so- called education for all policy adopted by the governments concerned.

The UNESCO reminds that if the education could involve women and help them to complete the secondary education, the outcomes would be positive at an extent that child mortality could decrease at 15 percent.

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