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Education in Developing Countries
University of Nevada – Las Vegas Rebecca Winthrop February 10, 2011
Introduction
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Living on less than $1.25/day
Source: UN Estimates, 2000-2007; Creative Commons
50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
Infant Mortality: Deaths/1000
Developed Countries Developing Countries 3 Source: UN Human Development Index
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Challenges in Developing Countries
150 million
children 5-14 are engaged in
child labor
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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
Youth Demographic
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Question:
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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 7 Source: UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2009
8 Low Education Development Index Source: UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2009
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Education in Conflict Areas
Country # 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 Burundi Cambodia Central African Republic Chad Colombia Cote d’Ivoire Democratic Republic of Congo Eritrea Ethiopia Guinea Haiti Iraq
TOTAL
Source: Save the Children Rewrite the Future, 2009 824,000 244,000 220,000 310,000 1,186,000 413,000 1,164,000 5,203,000 349,000 3,721,000 362,000 706,000 508,000 Myanmar (Burma) Nepal Nigeria Pakistan Republic of Congo Rwanda Sierra Leone Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Timor Leste Uganda Zimbabwe
38,684,000
16,000 714,000 8,221,000 6,821,000 244,000 88,000 285,000 1,280,000 51,000 2,798,000 71,000 281,000 281,000
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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
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) 20
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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.
20 th Anniversary
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Millennium Development Goals
Source: Center for Global Development, 2010
The new education challenge: A Global Learning Crisis.
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24 Percentage of Students Who Could not Read a Single Word, 2008-09 Source: End of Grade 2 Early Reading Assessments. Complete reports available at 24
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