Education in Developing Countries – Las Vegas University of Nevada

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
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Developed Countries
Source: UN Human Development Index
Developing Countries
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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 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
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
Source: Save the Children Rewrite the Future, 2009
38,684,000
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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
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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
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Source: End of Grade 2 Early Reading Assessments. Complete reports available at www.eddataglobal.org
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