Sunday, December 14, 2008

Education for All

Education is the core developmental foundation to a country. Education increases a countries standard of living because with an increased education many more necessities are completed at a faster and more efficient rate. Better homes are built, better medicine is discovered, better governments are created, and there is also a higher awareness of safety and wellness. There is also a substantially lower amount of violence and discrimination due to less ignorance and arrogance.

Education proves to be the core developmental foundation to a country. The most peaceful and advanced countries in the world have extremely high educational standards and rates. Canada for example, has a literacy rate of 99% and is internationally renowned as being one of the most peaceful and most advanced country in the world. Canada has some of the highest ranking universities and schools in the entire world, as well as being one of the few countries that is known for promoting peace and having military sections created for that soul purpose.

Other countries that have substantially lower levels and rates of education clearly show that it is a necessity to have. Countries such as Burkina Faso have extremely low educational levels and a literacy rate of 23.6. Burkina Faso is also an under-developed country with large amounts of violence and oppression occurring everyday.

Where education is lacking, violence and oppression are flourishing. To ensure that a country is set to develop strongly and quickly, a country must equip its citizens with a proper education. This would also help to dissolve violence and unjustness around the world and help us to further ourselves into a peaceful global spectrum. Education is a powerful resource that we cannot let go unused.

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