educational challenges

Name: Yus Ira Erina
Course Code: ENG101
Section: 2
Assignment no.: Final draft
Topic: To classify some educational challenges across the globe

Education is an important part of every youth’s lives. Being educated means you’ve managed to experience the acquisition of knowledge through skills, study or being taught. Also, education has given people the ability to know, think, and do. As for children, education helps them reach their full potential in life. Today, the world we live in has faced many struggles to keep education important. In most countries, they’ve faced many educational challenges such as marginalization in gender, socioeconomic inequalities, poor faculty and facilities. The marginalization in gender causes many youth to not have basic access to education. Marginalization happens when an individual has been isolated, ignored or left behind from a certain group. For example in Afghanistan, girls aged 8 and above were not allowed to get education because they want women to be sacrosanct. "Taliban treatment on women.” Wikipedia, 2001. Web. 2014. Inequality between genders can create a negative bond among communities or societies, which undermines either sex to have potential and rights. In addition, Women have been strongly disgraced on education in many countries mainly because they are referred to as the weaker sex. Women, Human Rights & Education.” PDHRE, 2003. Web. Although in physical terms, it is obvious women are the weaker sex but it is not scientifically proven that in mental terms, they are. Since women are often looked down upon by men, they are also less respected. This is mainly because of men thinking women have more disability due to their gender. As a consequence, many female children in most countries aren’t given a chance to experience learning and these children find themselves on the margins of the education system. Socioeconomic inequality is one of the major contributions in educational challenges. It basically defines the gap between the rich and poor. Research indicates that children from low socioeconomic households and communities develop academic skills more slowly compared to children from higher socioeconomic status groups. American Psychological Association, 2009. Web. Most low socioeconomic status groups are often underresourced that can negatively affect a child’s academic skills. Inadequate education and increased dropout rates also affects children’s academic achievement, perpetuating the low socioeconomic status of the community. American Psychological Association, 2009. Web. Furthermore, it is stated that families from low socioeconomic communities are less likely to have the financial resource and time availability to provide children with academic support. For example, children’s initial reading competence is correlated with the home literacy environment, number of books owned, and parent distress (Aikens & Barbarin, 2008). However, parents from low socioeconomic communities may be unable to afford resources such as books, computers, or tutors to create this positive literacy environment (Orr, 2003). American Psychological Association, 2009. Web. In other words, socioeconomic inequality refines that the majority, which are high socioeconomic status groups, are more educated than the minority (low socioeconomic status groups). Having by that, education is not given equally to those who need it most. In education, poor faculty and facilities can be a serious problem and challenge across the world. For instance in Vietnam, most schools do not have the proper and user-friendly facilities for children to use and wear uniforms that masks the poverty in their background. "Building Schools." . Cargill, Mar. 2010. Web. Due to this, children will not get a comfortable studying environment and it can lessen their motivation to learn. Besides that, poor faculty also lessens the motivation for children to study by having most public schools recruiting teachers are not highly trained. Teachers are like the pillars of school and if our pillars are weak then we are able to fall. According to Professor Devanath Tirupati, director-in-charge and dean (academic), IIM-B, "Faculty is a critical resource and yes, shortage of quality faculty in the country is a critical problem,”. "PhD requirement, poor salaries leading to shrinking pool of 'quality ' faculty in business schools.”. The Economic Times, n.d, 2003, Web. Lack of trained faculties is mainly due to low pay rate and high qualifications, which most young educators who wish to become teachers in school cannot apply. As stated by Economic Times, getting quality faculty is a challenge when the pool to tap from is limited. Inadequate pay and regulations that make it mandatory to have only PHDs make it tough for institutes to attract high-quality people from industry. n.d, 2003, Web. In conclusion, poor faculty and facilities has been struggle in the education industry. Education has played a major role in in the modern life and it has enabled us to create a better world economically and socially to develop common culture and values. As the challenges said above, it is important that we don’t take these challenges lightly and prioritize education for our children, as they are the future leaders for the world but it is also important that we don’t only focus on what’s best for them but also consider their wants as well. Every child has the right to education and no one person should let them know otherwise.

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WORK CITED
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"Education & Socioeconomic Status." . American Psychological Association, 2004. Web. . .

"PhD requirement, poor salaries leading to shrinking pool of 'quality ' faculty in business schools." . The Economic Times , 1 Jan. 2002. Web. . .

"Education & Socioeconomic Status." . Save The Children, 1 Jan. 2007. Web. . .

"Building Schools in Vietnam ." . Cargill , 1 Jan. 2010. Web. . .

Cited: "Marginalization." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 26 Jun. 2014 . "Education & Socioeconomic Status." . American Psychological Association, 2004. Web. . . "PhD requirement, poor salaries leading to shrinking pool of 'quality ' faculty in business schools." . The Economic Times , 1 Jan. 2002. Web. . . "Education & Socioeconomic Status." . Save The Children, 1 Jan. 2007. Web. . . "Building Schools in Vietnam ." . Cargill , 1 Jan. 2010. Web. . .