In this section, the discussion points to the government’ effort on improving educational outcomes for…
As an international student I saw a lot of difference between public school in United State and in my country. American children only allow go to public school in their district, while in Indonesian student can go to any public school even their house is 50 km away from school. If I were an American who have a child that ready to go to school, I’ll let my child go in to charter school, which have a better quality from public school. It doesn’t mean charter school can guarantee the children will be successful person. Public schools also produced many famous people, but the public schools…
“Poverty entails more than the lack of income and productive resources to ensure sustainable livelihoods. Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participation in decision making. Various social groups bear disproportionate burden of poverty.” – United Nations Social Policy and Development…
Students must study well and put an effort in what they are doing, if they don’t make an effort to do well then they won’t be so successful in what they want to achieve. On the other hand some people think that other factors can influence on their achievement, some of the factors can be the social background of the student, the school they attend and the way they are treated. For example private schools give some students an unfair advantage, as they have to pay to go to a private school, then they are able to get a better education, private schools tend to have fewer students, this makes it easier for the teachers to help each student individually and help them in the area they are struggling. However in public school, the teachers are not able to help the students as much and they can’t give as much attention to them because there are a lot of students. This means students will have to deal with their difficulties on their own and this makes it more difficult for them to achieve better grades.…
Malawi, Martha, “Poverty Portal in Kenya,” “Poverty levels in the rural areas,” Web. 15 May 2010.…
Most Kenyans interweave native beliefs into a traditional religion. 3. Education Kenya has a developed education system, which has a 8-4-4 system, with 8 years of primary, 4 years of secondary and 4 years of university education. It is undergoing slow but sure development through the effort of the government. There are a number of schools in Kenya, including some international schools, which incorporate international systems of education like American, British, French and German. Primary school, which children attend from the age of seven to the age of fourteen, is free. Secondary school is prohibitively expensive for most of the population. Only half of all children complete the first seven years of schooling, and only one-seventh of these continue on to high school. Kenya's education system has been plagued with widespread accusations of cheating, and there is a shortage of qualified teachers to educate the burgeoning population of school-age children.4. Political lifeGovernment. Kenya is divided into seven provinces and one area. The president is both chief of state and head of the government. He is chosen from among the members of the National Assembly, and is elected by…
The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to provide the Ministry of Education with the information necessary for them to make sound decisions in…
The problem with the K-12 education system is a combination of the school body and the politicians involved. The school body consist…
Poverty is the condition of having insufficient resources or income. In its most extreme form, poverty is a lack or deprivation of basic human needs, such as adequate and nutritious food, clothing, housing, clean water, and health services. In developing countries, people are faced with extreme poverty, because there are almost no jobs, a near complete lack of public services, and lastly, because of weak and corrupted central governments. The consequences of this situation are staggering. Millions of people are homeless, disease is rampant, and starvation is a common occurrence. “Extreme poverty remains a daily reality for over 1 billion people who live on less than US$1 a day and 800 million people who suffer from acute scarcity of food.”(MDGs, 2005). More third world countries, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia and Eastern Asia, have more poverty-related ills. These regions are also the most adversely affected by hunger because poverty is rising at a rapid rate. with the ”hungry representing 33 percent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa, 22 percent in Southern Asia and 13 percent in South East Asia.”(MDGs, 2005), Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia were the worst affected regions in terms of the number of hungry people during the…
Countries also differ in the degree to which their labor markets include people with education and skills of value to employers. Educational opportunities also vary from one country to another. In general, spending on education is greater per pupil in high-income countries than in poorer countries. Poverty, diseases such as AIDS and political turmoil keep children away from school in some areas. A concerted international effort to provide…
Health care provision within the devolved system of government as provided for in the Constitution of Kenya (2010) will come up against several obstacles, key among these being the challenge posed by uneven inter-county levels of development, unequal distribution of resources for health especially the distribution of health facilities, human resources, and poorly developed communication infrastructure. Also unevenly distributed across the country are poverty levels, the effect of which is to make health services largely inaccessible to a large chunk of the population that cannot afford the high out-of-pocket expenditures, which are known to be common in Kenya. Some counties starting at a relative disadvantage will take time to build up their capacity and ability to use…
* Ndege, P. O. (2008) “An Assessment of Poverty Reduction Strategies in Kenya”, Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Assessment of Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Kenya, Addis Ababa: OSSREA.…
Approximately half of Kenya’s population, approximately 40 millions, are food and nutrition insecure. This is closely linked to poverty. Declining food production implies that Kenya is nationally food insecure. Over 10 million people in Kenya endure chronic food insecurity and poor nutrition, and about 2.5 million people require emergency food assistance at any one time. Nearly 30% of Kenya’s children are classified as undernourished and nutritional with widespread nutritional deficiencies. The emerging dilemma of food and nutrition insecurity is linked to agricultural production. Roughly 79% of Kenya’s population live in rural regions where agriculture dominates.…
Recent events in Kenya have cast a disturbing light on the depth and complexity of social distress in the country. The conflict arising from the disputed presidential elections has roots in inequality, poverty, poor governance and a host of other issues. However the major underlying issue is clearly the perception of deliberate unfairness and inequality in the distribution of national resources.…
Poverty, the stage of being indigent or extremely poor is the common phenomena of the world. Today about one-fifth of the world’s population lives in extreme poverty. For example, Indonesia, Filipina, Africa and Afghanistan. They don’t have adequate food, water, sanitation, education or healthcare, poverty may leads to dead and extinct. The causes of world poverty are widespread diseases, geographical location and unethical company.…