FACTORS THAT AFECTTING THE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN RURAL SCHOOLS
FACTORS THAT AFECTTING THE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN RURAL SCHOOLS
In the last years the goverment of Colombia has implementing politcs of education, but nowdays the progress of education in rural schools has been slow. There are a number of factors affecting teaching and learning process in rural school of Colombia, this factors include geographic location, physical and human resources, armed conflict and family socioeconomic status.
The geographic location in rural areas is an important factor because many childrens have to walk many hours for arrive to school. In many cases the climate conditions have got worse the situation. In rural areas of Colombia, the coverage of a small school can be about ten kilometers, including several rural villages.
Second factor, the limited physical and human resources cause low quality education in rural zones. For example, the classrooms are too small for the number of students who are in each room. The rooms are cramped for space due to the number of students, desks, and all the equipment and materials needed to function in a classroom, the most basic school do not have enough educational materials like books, maps, charts and many other resources needed for the provision of education to young. The access to the Information and Communication Technologies in rural areas is very limited. With today 's society it is important for each student to develop their computer and technology skills and this is just not possible for a rural area school due to the lack of funds to provide students with computers. Actually the Colombian government, through the Information and Communication Minister, work in the optical fiber network implementation for some small village, with this, the access to the technologies will be improved. In reference to the human resource, a lot of teachers at basic schools in Colombia at the rural area are not fully trained or qualified; this really affect the quality of the provision of the education
In the last years the goverment of Colombia has implementing politcs of education, but nowdays the progress of education in rural schools has been slow. There are a number of factors affecting teaching and learning process in rural school of Colombia, this factors include geographic location, physical and human resources, armed conflict and family socioeconomic status.
The geographic location in rural areas is an important factor because many childrens have to walk many hours for arrive to school. In many cases the climate conditions have got worse the situation. In rural areas of Colombia, the coverage of a small school can be about ten kilometers, including several rural villages.
Second factor, the limited physical and human resources cause low quality education in rural zones. For example, the classrooms are too small for the number of students who are in each room. The rooms are cramped for space due to the number of students, desks, and all the equipment and materials needed to function in a classroom, the most basic school do not have enough educational materials like books, maps, charts and many other resources needed for the provision of education to young. The access to the Information and Communication Technologies in rural areas is very limited. With today 's society it is important for each student to develop their computer and technology skills and this is just not possible for a rural area school due to the lack of funds to provide students with computers. Actually the Colombian government, through the Information and Communication Minister, work in the optical fiber network implementation for some small village, with this, the access to the technologies will be improved. In reference to the human resource, a lot of teachers at basic schools in Colombia at the rural area are not fully trained or qualified; this really affect the quality of the provision of the education
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