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Post by hekatea on Jun 14, 2007 7:14:16 GMT -6
It's a process, I think. That's why now, India is progressing because their intellectuals are going back to their homeland and do their service back to their own people Maybe, in the Philippines it will come too in the near future.
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Post by chang90216 on Aug 1, 2007 20:05:03 GMT -6
I think education progress in the way that all people use technology to make it very efficient and funny to all students. In the thrid countries in the world, they still don't have any access to it and thus are in the state of learing in a classical way. If that keeps going, it causes a problem; the recognition of the other countries. In other words, if technology does not take place in them, they are still cofined to their own places and do not know what's going on in other countries. That brings about the regression of their obtaining information aboout anything, including how they manage their educational systems. Learning from someone or an accident in the past helps you get some priciples or helps for yourself.
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Post by soughra on Feb 26, 2008 17:46:12 GMT -6
omy god i wish good people if they can visit our country to see the school state i was studing in asia in good country and good education but i moved to africa and our school condition are really sucks we made strike several times but there is no piont the goverment refusing to listen to our commands i'm getting tired of studing here especially that i'm in the high school so school is very important to me here from mauritaia help meeeeee to get school better and about ur post about the third world so igot the chance to write this subject and about the people who wrote about teachers i think they just come to get their sallery and not their message of teaching i remmember just few teachers who do care about us so they are not much and thanxx
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Post by rileysamm on Jun 9, 2008 12:32:21 GMT -6
The issue with education in third world countries is the lack of it. There is that much we can do to help the health and poverty issue in these countries and therefore, only that much that is being done with education. Even if there is educational opportunities for children in these countries, the quality of it depends solely on who finances the school and the people who run it.
One thing I've learnt after hearing countless stories about the children in developing countries is that they want to learn, and they dream of having an education. For us, we dream of "bigger things" -- of traveling the world, or getting that dream house. But they dream of having an education and of being someone who can make a difference.
That brings me to the issue of education in developed countries. We are handed education on a silver platter yet many choose to not take it, like some of our other luxuries. We must put in the effort to educate ourselves properly so that we, in turn, will be more knowledgeable and skillful when educating others.
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Post by Zach on Jun 9, 2008 18:55:23 GMT -6
Absolutely wonderful point you have there! Thanks so much for joining us here at YFCI. Enjoy your visit!
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Post by ahmed on Nov 10, 2008 4:33:43 GMT -6
Free education? Do you really believe it will solve the problem? My country had a free education system..completely free for the past 50 years. What are the results? University graduates who can barely read.
Well, let's define education here. Is it the ability to read and write? The ability to solve and derive complicated math equations? If you're talking about the primary education, then I believe everyone should be able to "at least" read and write for free. But for me the real core of education is something else. It is the preparation of a human mind to be able to take on challenges in life. Let me tell you my story and I hope you guys can understand what I am talking about.
I went to public schools in my country, between 70 and 80 students filled in a small class. The school was dirty, old and hardly qualify for a farm. We had a dusty playground and nothing to play with. At those days, teachers (even the best of them) were not able of conduct a proper pedigree by all means. We were like machines only memorizing what we're taught without an opportunity to ask questions. Then we go home, a hard working family who eat the dirt to make ends meet, cannot expect them to have the energy or the patience to answer the questions troubling a 6 years old kid, and they're indeed so many!
Anyway, that was the case until the university, same problems. And of course you can imagine the quality of education we can get compared to most of the developed ( or even some of teh developing) countries. The bottom line was, if you have enough money to get into private school or private univesity, you will reap all the fruits in the job market after graduation. Hold on, I have no objections on that, I believe life has its own way in teaching us valuable lessons in a way or another and I never had hard feelings for those who could afford what I couldn't, God bless all.
After graduation, I got a job that a middle school grad can do, i was a salesman in a store for telecom equipments. Relying only on my "somehow" strong communication skills and my ability to communicate with all sorts of human forms and shapes. But it has nothing to do with my university degree which was in accounting, and I swear I remembered nothing from what I've learnt because I felt it was useless anyway.
I worked in the shop for 3 years, was succesfull tho. By that time, my parents were retired and I had to chip in the family expenses, which was ok by me because I recieved good salary and bonuses. But I had no vision for the future what-so-ever. However, I managed to save some money to work on my english language. I went to evening program in a nearby university, and it worked! Then when my english became "tat" better, i decided to join an english program to learn accounting in the same university, but I was a bit over my head then, it was a desatser because my english and basic foundation in accounting were not that strong, I got depressed.
On the other hand, I met some interesting guys in the english language program. One of them was an adminstrator to one of the NGOs that promotes culture exchange between my country and Japan. I guess he liked me so he gave me the opportunity to be part of one of the delegation....and that was it, a new chapter in my life started.
I went to Japan, my first time to get in a plane, the first time to see a developed country. I met some wonderful people there. My age but far more mature and they knew many more things about the world than me. I looked into myself and thought that I am not that stupid, I guess I can be like them, they have no extra arm or extra eye..we're just the same. And instead of just standing there looking at my meaningless life and blame the others for it, I decided to change it once and for all.
One of the people I met in Japan advised me to look for scholarships in univesities around the world, and he said they have special programs for people who come from the third world like myself. I went back home with my hopes on finding such opportunity. I searched for months and sent applicatoins for dozens of universities until one day a university in Asia replied and asked me to prepare my TOEFL and GMAT grades and send it to them to qualify for a 2 years undergrad program in FInance then possibly an MBA. They couldn't recognize my degree from my home university because they know the quality of our education. The TOEFL and GMAT were desatsers, I knew nothing about GMAT and I never studies math in english. Took me 6 months to work on that and got it done after the dean of the school i applied for was kind enough to extend my deadline. And I was ready to go...finally! But then the problem of my family surfaced. They're depending on part of my salary as well, so I didn't know what to do. But my great father recognized the opportunity I had and decided to let me go chasing my dream...
Of course I don't need to mention that I was the oldest, dumpest and slowest student in my class. But I only found help and assistance from all the people around me. They found a job for me in the school library so I was lucky enough to get more time to studt while being paid, i sent all those money to my family anyway. I had some one-on-one sessions with some of my smarter classmates in return of doing some carpentering or doing their laundry for them. Anyway, I learnt, I started to grow more mature..i grabbed the opportunity by the horns and I started to feel i am a different man.
I finished my 2 undergrad years with reasonable grades, during which I found some part-time jobs here and there to send money to my family. My life started to get better and I was ready to take on another challenge. Until one day the dean of the school told me that I wont be able to apply for an MBA scholarship and I will have to search for another school if I want to go on. At this point I had a dream to get my MBA and fly back home to my family and get a very good job with huge paycheck. I didn't know what to do, however, my dean told me about a new global MBA program in an Asian university and they wud love to get some foreign students. The luck kicked in again, and I was accepted in that school for an MBA in finance + Chinese language courses. I was thrilled, I flew back home with the last money i had to see my family, then I managed to get a loan from one of my wealthy friends witha a promise to pay hime "one day" after I finish my MBA and get a job. I paid for the ticket and went on a new journey to the far east this time. To make a long story short, I went there, I studies, I worked, I grduated and then got headhunted for a local bank to work as a trader for foreign exchange and fixed income products!!! And I am doing well on a 2 years contract and looking forward for my next challenge. I paid my debt to my friend and my family is fully secured. I met my -now- lovely wife while i was studying here and we started to build our lives together.
Very simply, from a guy who gradutaed from his terrible local university cannot even speak english into a multilingual financial professional dealing with people from all over the world. Of course I used some luck on the way...but I worked very hard to change my life to the better. I would've saved at least 8 years of my life if i had access to better education that would increase my ability to be creative and productive, to be prepared for a highly digital world, to be able to use computer in my early years, to be able to get an answer for a question i had in class. I am the oldest person in my job level, and I had to work very hard to be accepted.
I hope we can all understand that if we really want to create leaders and innovators, we need to start from the very begining...a learning enviroment that will make the kids think, ask and act, not just dull classrooms with a bored or helpless teacher who can barely feed his family.
Education is the answer...not for the job market...but for our future as human beings!
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Post by winzeeberry on Nov 28, 2008 11:27:01 GMT -6
Hello, I'm new here.. This is an interesting topic. Here in my country the problem are mostly the same as other countries. That is the lack of appreciation and salary for teachers. I've become a teacher straight after I graduated from university and it's been a year now. And I realize that some people think that being a teacher is not on the same level (sometimes lower) as if you were working in a company. Why is that? I also realize that the education system in my country is very poor. Children nowadays are drilled with school subject. Children from the age of 5 are expected to read and write in 3 different languages. Not to mention other subjects that they also have to learn, like math and social studies. Children in 2nd grade have to memorize the inside of a computer. I'm currently teaching pre-kindy children, and our school education system is active learning. When I first joined this school I was satisfied with the system. As children are enjoying themselves at school. They are learning through playing and we make lesson plans according to children's interests. Here in my country, it's hard to adopt the active learning system at primary school because the school have to follow the national curriculum from the government. Most school's here still adopt the drilling system, which in my opinion it's not good for a child's developmental abillity. Education is not always about only getting good grades but there are certain aspects like social developmental. This is just my opinion
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Post by dhshrestha on Feb 23, 2009 3:17:42 GMT -6
education in the third world countries is a challange and an oppertunity. it is challange because the government has no adequate resources to provide basic education to its citizen. for example nepal. nepal needs additional 62000 teachers to meet the student teacher ratio (STR) which is 50:1. the teachers in nepal mostly engage in politics. they are the member of sister organization of political parties. according to the report published by teacher union nepal in 2007, the teacher only spends 25% of his time inside the classroom. teacher absentsim is a major problem here. the hand over of management of public schools to community is another major issue. It is an oppertunity because about 60% of the worlds population reside in the third world. Among them the girls are one who are must deprived. In the third world countries girls are subjected to complex and multiple threats to their right to education.
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Post by zahro on Apr 4, 2009 7:24:49 GMT -6
EDUCATION IN THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES I think education in the third world countries is not seriosly to development the education in they country. We can looking, in Indonesia much school international in there with price not cheaper, they pround with by self, they no make all people to clever, but they make the society make lazy. because society poor come poor and stupid and society rich a come rich again, because just they have much money. I am not agree with their do, I hope goverment espesially in Indonesia can seriously with education. but I am salute with all teacher in third world country because they make all people come clever and their dedicated in education.
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Post by Zach on Apr 5, 2009 13:32:20 GMT -6
Hello everyone! We have some very good suggestions and comments on this topic! I'm thinking about compiling your opinions and creating either a blog post or an article for the YFCI newsletter. Please post your opinion on this issue!
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Post by unique07 on Sept 8, 2009 4:08:57 GMT -6
The education in the third world countries...This question is related with the thousands students of the world who they want the higher education in the world different countries..Then they cat,t decide who to select the best countries for education... But I think they have select the best university for higher education...Then they have no problem for select the countries... Now the different countries have the different university offers many in many fields education... English schools
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Post by folo on Sept 12, 2010 17:14:00 GMT -6
I believed all that you guys said. Just a thought,, What if there is no education at all. My ancestors lived for more than 6000 years before education reached them but they are still doing OK,, and when Education came that's the begining of the fight and problem,,,, Just something to think about.
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Post by ViCtoria* on Sept 13, 2010 14:19:33 GMT -6
Hi Folo, Thank you for your input! Have a karma . I don't know if it is possible to conclude that education is the reason to all of our problems. Personally, I consider it more as a solution. Groups of people in the past who did not have what is known as "education" weren't entirely civilizations yet, from what I recall. They were more like hunter-gatherers. Only larger groups formed communities, villages, etc. And this is when more formal education (as in, not education-to-survive-education) started. What do the rest of you think?
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Post by merica on Dec 1, 2013 19:42:59 GMT -6
The tricky thing is, though, whoever funds the educating can pretty well decide what to teach. This can be pretty sketchy because regardless of what your political or world ideology is, turning out a bunch of kids with the same, taught political ideas is never a good thing. They need to learn to learn so ultimately they can decide for themselves. The biggest problem with the education system in America, at least, is that kids are just learning how to jump through hoops, not how to make up their own tricks. They come out dumber than a box of rocks in applying what they've learned.
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