Quality of Education and its Role in National Development: A Case study of Kenya’s Educational Reforms By Peter C. Otiato Ojiambo* Abstract Education is a vital tool in the developmental process of any given nation. In this article‚ a critical examination is made of various educational reforms that have been undertaken in Kenya in both colonial and post-colonial period and their correlation to national development. Specifically‚ the article examines historical development of Kenyan education and its
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JOURNAL REVIEW: PHILIPPINE EDUCATION Why Are Some Filipino Children Not in School? By: Jose Ramon G. Albert‚ Francis Quimba‚ and Andre Philippe Ramos Published By: Policy Notes SYNOPSIS Filipino families and the Philippine government have always been known to give prime importance to Filipino children’s education. This is quite evident in several national development plans on the part of the government‚ while parents prioritize their children’s education by planning the earliest time
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Equity and Equality in Australia’s education system There is an ongoing debate in the field of educational research and practice in Australia regarding the scope of equity and equality of opportunity within the nation’s education system. In their published article‚ Donnely & Caro (2008)‚ present two opposing opinions in approaching the question. Donnely (2008) suggests that overall Australia is a country that has high equity and high quality in its education system and that the nation “does better
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Like many deep problems within the United States and other countries the issues at hand first being with income. With a lack of income less education can be bought‚ healthy food seems outside the financial reach and even heath care is viewed as a paid for privilege. So without nourishing food‚ proper education and a way to keep one healthy how could they possible be given an equal chance at life to succeed? The answer is simple and unfortunate‚ their odds of succeeding in life are more difficult
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Failures within Today’s American Education System The American education system has been on a gradual decline over the past several years and has become very non competitive to other nations across the world. This is quite surprising considering the fact that America has one of the most developed and strongest economies in the world yet is so far behind other countries in the education matter. One of the most recent debated issues in the U.S. Department of Education‚ is the 2002 No Child Left Behind
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My Personal experience of the education system Education is crucial to the development of an individual‚ providing us with knowledge of the world‚ in preparation for our future. The following essay discuses the importance of the education system‚ the barriers to learning‚ and influences through personal experiences. I will explore how the curriculum and teaching methods throughout my education differed‚ social culture during the school life‚ and effects of behaviours‚ taking into account national
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Though many feel that the American education system is a model of success‚ compared to the educational system of Finland‚ the American system is in dire of reform. What is Finland doing differently compared to America and what can America do to better its education system? First‚ America can start by changing the hours‚ then‚ forgoing the standardized testing‚ and lastly getting rid of unnecessary courses. Starting school early in the morning can destroy the child’s mind‚ some kids have jobs that
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The education system in the Dominican Republic needs to improve on a few things such as building classrooms‚ improving infrastructure‚ improve teacher training‚ provide more after school programs‚ increase the quality of public school education‚ and decrease the number of school dropouts. There are also students in the Dominican Republic of Haitian descent who are excluded since they are not provided citizenship in the country‚ and citizenship is crucial to continue an education in DR. The Dominican
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SMS-BASED GRADES INQUIRY SYSTEM IN HIGHER EDUCATION A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES Davao City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE In INFORMATION SCIENCE ESMAEL V. MALIBERAN‚ CoE 2010 INTRODUCTION: The grade of a student is a scale which determines students who need more improvement and require more assistance which will help teachers in guiding them towards their development
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is America’s Education Failing? The United States is often referred to as the best country in the world in many areas. It may be‚ but far from it in education. Out of a total of thirty-four countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development‚ it ranks just fourteenth in reading‚ seventeenth in science and twenty-fifth in math (Walker). Despite America’s status as a country‚ America’s education is failing because of the large emphasis on standardized education‚ and the flaws
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