Education in Developing Countries University of Nevada – Las Vegas Rebecca Winthrop February 10,...

Education in Developing Countries

University of Nevada – Las Vegas

Rebecca Winthrop

February 10, 2011

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Introduction

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Living on less than $1.25/day

Source: UN Estimates, 2000-2007; Creative Commons

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Infant Mortality: Deaths/1000

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Developed Countries Developing Countries

Source: UN Human Development Index

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Challenges in Developing Countries 150 million children 5-14 are engaged in child labor.

18 million children are living with the effects of displacement.

15 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDs.

Risk of maternal death is 300 times greater for women living in the least developed countries.

1.1 billion people lack access to sanitation facilities.

1 billion children are deprived of one or more services essential to survival.

Source: UNICEF State of the World’s Children 2009 & WHO Water Sanitation and Health Statistics

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Youth Demographic

Source: World Bank World Development Report 2007

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Question: • What is the education story in the

developing world...

… and where is the biggest need for educational improvement?

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High Education Development Index

Source: UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2009

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Low Education Development Index

Source: UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2009

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Education in Conflict AreasCountry # Primary-Aged Out

of School Children in 2010

Country # Primary-Aged Out of School Children in

2010

Afghanistan 1,816,000 Liberia 447,000

Angola 824,000 Myanmar (Burma) 16,000

Burundi 244,000 Nepal 714,000

Cambodia 220,000 Nigeria 8,221,000

Central African Republic 310,000 Pakistan 6,821,000

Chad 1,186,000 Republic of Congo 244,000

Colombia 413,000 Rwanda 88,000

Cote d’Ivoire 1,164,000 Sierra Leone 285,000

Democratic Republic of Congo 5,203,000 Somalia 1,280,000

Eritrea 349,000 Sri Lanka 51,000

Ethiopia 3,721,000 Sudan 2,798,000

Guinea 362,000 Timor Leste 71,000

Haiti 706,000 Uganda 281,000

Iraq 508,000 Zimbabwe 281,000

TOTAL 38,684,000Source: Save the Children Rewrite the Future, 2009

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Where are out-of-school youth?

Source: UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2010

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Poverty and Conflict holding back Educational Progress

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The Power of Education in addressing poverty and conflict

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Spurs economic growth in developing countries

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New markets and consumer bases for U.S. goods and services

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Increases security, decreases conflict.

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Produces healthier families

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The right thing to do.

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What has the global community done about education around the world?

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Human Right to Education• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

(1948)

• Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

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Education For All• Global compact between developed and

developing countries.

• Pledged that all countries with strong plans for education would not go unfunded.

• 20th Anniversary

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Millennium Development Goals

Source: Center for Global Development, 2010

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The new education challenge: A Global Learning Crisis.

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Percentage of Students Who Could not Read a Single Word, 2008-09

25Source: End of Grade 2 Early Reading Assessments. Complete reports available at www.eddataglobal.org

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