According to The Richest, the following ten countries have the
worst education systems: Angola, Gambia, Pakistan, Guinea, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.
Angola
Angola is the country which is located in Southern Africa. Children in
Angola start to attend school at age seven and have four years of
compulsory education that is free of charge. Although no official
attendance statistics is provided, it is said that around 70% of
children of Angola go to school. Most of these children are boys. Girls
usually do not attend school and stay at home because they need to help
their families. Children can go to secondary school at age eleven and
study for eight more years, but a lot of them do not tend to pursue
secondary and higher education. Less than 0,7% of citizens of Angola get
a university degree. Although this country is trying to develop and
improve its education system, today Angola is ranked 111th in the UNESCO
EDI (Educational Development Index), which makes it the country with
one of the lowest levels of education.
Pakistan
Located in South Asia, Pakistan is populated by more than 199 million
people. The education system of this country consists of six levels. The
first level is pre-school. Then they have primary, middle, high, and
intermediate levels (grade one through twelve). After school children
can start to study at the university and earn a degree. According to one
of the UNESCO reports, Pakistan has some of the worst education
indicators. First of all, Pakistan’s spending on education is extremely
low and it keeps decreasing. Secondly, in 2010 there were 5,1 million
children do not go to school in Pakistan, and this number is going up.
Today more than 4,5 million girls do not attend school. According to
UNESCO, the poorest girls are the most disadvantaged.
Eritrea
The country which goes next in our list is Eritrea which is located in
the Horn of Africa. Children in Eritrea can go to school at age of seven
and have a compulsory education till they are thirteen. Education
system in Eritrea includes four stages. They are pre-school, primary
school, secondary school, and higher education. Students can choose to
study for four years at a higher education institution in order to earn a
degree. One of the major education goals in this country is to provide
education in each of the country’s native languages. A long war led to a
huge crisis in education. And although now education is the country’s
top priority, it is still extremely poor.
Mali
Mali is the country located in West Africa, and half the population of
this country lives below the international poverty line (which is 1,25
USD per day). Children in Mali go to school when they are six years old
and study for nine years till they are sixteen. Although education in
Mali is free, students have to pay for books and other necessary things,
and a lot of families in this country just cannot afford it. Since
there are no schools in rural areas, students need to travel a lot to
attend classes, which leads to poor attendance, which, in turn, leads to
a very low literacy rate in the country – 46%. Recently Mali has
experienced a lot of violence, and this naturally affected other spheres
of the country’s life.
Niger
Niger is located in West Africa. It is one of the poorest states and it
has the worst national education system globally. Education system in
Niger also has four levels - from pre-school to university level.
Children start to attend school when they are seven years old. However,
literacy rates in this country are extremely low because less than a
third of adults in Niger can write and read. The situation with women is
even worse since only one quarter of young women is literate in the
country. Therefore, Niger is the lowest ranked country in all the UN
indexes.
Even though we have provided information about only a few countries
from the list, it is obvious that every single country except Pakistan
is located in Africa. Yes, such organizations as UN do whatever is
possible to improve national education systems in these countries, but
it is not enough because these people face a lot of other problems that
might be even more important. Nevertheless, a lot of volunteers from all
over the world come to Africa to teach children and help African people
become more literate, and this definitely improves the existing
situation and gives people hope.
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