5 Challenges in Education in Today's Society

Education is a basic human right. However, children across the major part of the globe are facing several barriers to accessing quality education. In some instances, there is no school, while in other cases the teachers are not trained well enough to impart quality education.  Increasing access to education can do a lot of good for the entire planet. It can improve the overall health and longevity of the society, make people more equipped to combat climate change and lead to overall peace and prosperity. 

Here are 5 of the greatest challenges in education in today’s society that the world needs to address on urgent basis to achieve the objective of quality education for all by 2030.

Lack of adequate finance

It is simply not feasible to expect developing countries to take care of their own education system with the limited financial resources they have at their command. They can only achieve to educate their citizens if they receive adequate foreign aid from developed countries. According to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) only 20% of aid for education goes to low-income countries.

Lack of teachers or teachers who are poorly trained

Teacher effectiveness greatly influences a child’s learning. The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) reports that there are simply not sufficient number of teachers to achieve universal primary or secondary education. Also, majority of the teachers in schools in developing countries lack the knowledge and the expertise to offer anything substantial to their students by way of teaching. As a result, students do not receive the type of education that can enable them to make a difference. There are 130 million children in school who lack proper training to learn basic skills like reading, writing and math. 

Absence of classrooms

Lack of classrooms do not allow students to lean in an environment conducive to learning. Children in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa either learn in the open or are squeezed into overcrowded classrooms that lack basic amenities.

Lack of learning materials

Outdated and worn-out textbooks curtail learning in many parts of the world. Workbooks, exercise sheets, readers, and other core materials are in very short supply which hampers a student’s ability to learn and practice.

Exclusion of differently-abled children

World’s 93 to 150 million children with disabilities are denied access to basic education. Quality Catholic middle school  are trying hard to fight this anomaly by offering education to all so that this vulnerable group is not denied right to education.