Education is vital for the development of the country. Give 5 reasons.
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1. End Poverty– Education is the one of the most effective ways to reduce poverty.
According to UNESCO, 171 million people could be lifted out of poverty – a 12% drop in global poverty – if all students in low-income countries left school with basic reading skills. UNESCO also found that one extra year of schooling increases an individual’s earnings by up to 10%, and each additional year of schooling raises average annual gross domestic product by 0.37%.
2. End hunger – achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
There’s strong evidence that a mother’s education improves her children’s nutrition, especially as she seeks higher levels of schooling. Education gives mothers the skills and resources needed to be able to provide nutritious meals for their children. The most recent UNESCO research in 2013 shows that there are approximately 47 million children in low-income countries who are stunted as a result of malnutrition in early childhood. If all mothers in those countries had a primary education, 1.7 million children would be saved from stunting. If those mothers had a secondary education, 12.2 million children would be saved from stunting.
3. Good Health – Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages.
Better educated people are much less vulnerable to health risks. Education helps fight the spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases, reduces mother and child mortality and helps improve health. When mothers in particular are educated, even at the most primary level, they are more likely to be well informed about various diseases and take steps to prevent them. UNESCO reports that each extra year of a mother’s schooling reduces the probability of infant mortality by as much as 10% and that a child whose mother can read is 50% more likely to live past age five. “In Africa’s poorest states, UNESCO projects that the lives of 1.8 million children could have been saved if their mothers had at least a secondary education,” Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education. A study in the journal Lancet also showed that four million child deaths have been prevented over the past four decades thanks to the global increase in women’s education.
4. Gender Equality – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Education enables girls and women to reach their full potential – in parity with men and boys – in their homes, communities, workplaces and institutions of influence. One additional school year can increase a woman’s earnings by up to 20%, according to World Bank studies, and Plan International has shown that some countries lose more than $1 billion a year by failing to educate girls at the same level as boys. We also know that as the gap between the number of girls and boys narrows, so, too, do gender disparities in wages and employment.
5. Clean Water and Sanitation – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
As communities become better educated about the links between their sanitation and health they see substantial improvements in sanitation. And, as societies become more economically prosperous, it stands to reason that they will be better able to create modern water and sanitation facilities and systems.
6. Good Jobs and Economic Growth – Education helps people work better and can create opportunities for sustainable and viable economic growth now and in the future.
7. Reduce Inequalities – Reduce inequality within and among countries.
As more children, from across the demographic, geographic and cultural spectrum become educated, we are likely to see an improvement in a country’s income inequality.
8. Sustainable Cities and Communities – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
With education, people are more likely than not to understand, support and craft creative solutions that ensure the basic ingredients of sustainable cities and communities are in place.
9. Peace and Justice – Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
According to UNESCO, 171 million people could be lifted out of poverty – a 12% drop in global poverty – if all students in low-income countries left school with basic reading skills. UNESCO also found that one extra year of schooling increases an individual’s earnings by up to 10%, and each additional year of schooling raises average annual gross domestic product by 0.37%.
2. End hunger – achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
There’s strong evidence that a mother’s education improves her children’s nutrition, especially as she seeks higher levels of schooling. Education gives mothers the skills and resources needed to be able to provide nutritious meals for their children. The most recent UNESCO research in 2013 shows that there are approximately 47 million children in low-income countries who are stunted as a result of malnutrition in early childhood. If all mothers in those countries had a primary education, 1.7 million children would be saved from stunting. If those mothers had a secondary education, 12.2 million children would be saved from stunting.
3. Good Health – Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages.
Better educated people are much less vulnerable to health risks. Education helps fight the spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases, reduces mother and child mortality and helps improve health. When mothers in particular are educated, even at the most primary level, they are more likely to be well informed about various diseases and take steps to prevent them. UNESCO reports that each extra year of a mother’s schooling reduces the probability of infant mortality by as much as 10% and that a child whose mother can read is 50% more likely to live past age five. “In Africa’s poorest states, UNESCO projects that the lives of 1.8 million children could have been saved if their mothers had at least a secondary education,” Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education. A study in the journal Lancet also showed that four million child deaths have been prevented over the past four decades thanks to the global increase in women’s education.
4. Gender Equality – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Education enables girls and women to reach their full potential – in parity with men and boys – in their homes, communities, workplaces and institutions of influence. One additional school year can increase a woman’s earnings by up to 20%, according to World Bank studies, and Plan International has shown that some countries lose more than $1 billion a year by failing to educate girls at the same level as boys. We also know that as the gap between the number of girls and boys narrows, so, too, do gender disparities in wages and employment.
5. Clean Water and Sanitation – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
As communities become better educated about the links between their sanitation and health they see substantial improvements in sanitation. And, as societies become more economically prosperous, it stands to reason that they will be better able to create modern water and sanitation facilities and systems.
6. Good Jobs and Economic Growth – Education helps people work better and can create opportunities for sustainable and viable economic growth now and in the future.
7. Reduce Inequalities – Reduce inequality within and among countries.
As more children, from across the demographic, geographic and cultural spectrum become educated, we are likely to see an improvement in a country’s income inequality.
8. Sustainable Cities and Communities – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
With education, people are more likely than not to understand, support and craft creative solutions that ensure the basic ingredients of sustainable cities and communities are in place.
9. Peace and Justice – Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
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