Evaluation of the Education System around the World

 

The education system of a country can be evaluated on three main accounts. Firstly, the capacity of a country to provide educational opportunities to all its citizens. Secondly, the quality of education that is imparted to the students and thirdly, the provision of amicable livelihoods to the educated people by the government, and at the same time, the competency of the graduates to attract potential employers. Many underdeveloped and developing countries have failed miserably on all three of the aforementioned accounts. Their educated class lacks the necessary broad base knowledge, spoken and analytical skills. Outdated methods of teaching are employed which are unable to fulfill the challenges of the contemporary world. As a result, the unskilled workforce is graduating which are unable to get any good job opportunities throughout the world leading to an increase in the poverty rate of that nation. 

Narrow Outreach and Poor Quality of Education    

Today, there are millions of children around the world unable to access education. More than 72 million children of primary education age are out of school and around 760 million adults are illiterate and are not able to improve their own and as well as their children’s living conditions.

The education system of those nations has failed to reach a large proportion of its eligible population. The problem lies on the supply side where people face difficulty in accessing the educational institutes, especially in the tribal areas. Many developing countries still lack basic infrastructure and facilities needed to provide effective learning environments. Vacant teacher posts, ghost schools, non-functional colleges, absenteeism, unaffordable costs, lack of interest in education are some more commonly cited reasons for children being unable to access education in those regions.

According to a report by the United Nations, 262 million children and youth aged 6 to 17 were still out of school in 2017 and more than half of the children and adolescents are not meeting the minimum proficiency levels in reading, language, mathematics, numeracy, science, etc.

Failure to provide livelihoods

Their education system has also failed in ensuring a livelihood for educated youth. The main reason behind this is the lack of necessary skillsets and knowledge demanded by the employers. Consequently, the youth remains unemployed and the rate of unemployment keeps increasing with time. This is an alarming situation for those nations as it will lead to an increase in the poverty rate throughout the world increasing hunger.   

These underdeveloped nations need to revert the prevailing situation and take the right steps in the right direction to meet these challenges and eventually lead to progress and prosperity and on the road to development.