Illiteracy is one of the main problems of Zambia. In the middle of zero half of the inhabitants of this country, I could not read and write. With this in mind, I was very interested to visit the local school and find out what the African children teach. Unfortunately, the excursion took place in the afternoon, when most schoolchildren have already returned from the lessons home. But we still managed to learn a lot of interesting facts about the formation of Zambia, with whom I would love to share with you.

01. On education in Zambia seriously began to worry at the beginning of zero. At that time, statistics in the country was a nightmare: almost a million school children did not study, approximately 45 percent of adults were illiterate. Trying to change the situation, the government of President Mwanavasa amended the laws. As a result, the kids were entitled to free training from 1 to grade 7. School Zambia is a whole complex of buildings. Most of them are modern: stone walls, roofs from professional flooring. But authentic huts with a straw roof come across.

02. Despite the fact that primary education is free, not all children go to schools. There are several reasons. Some educational institutions are located 20 kilometers from the villages and to them elementary far away. In addition, poor families believe that the child should work, and not waste time, gaining knowledge. However, in recent years, the mentality of people changes. Parents understand that the only chance to change the fate of children is to send them to school.

03. School education in Zambia is divided into several stages. The first one is primary education, it lasts 1 to grade 7. The second school begins on. It comes less than half of adolescents. Lifetime - 5 years. It shares it to the younger (8-9 class) and the eldest (from 10, 11, 12th grade) levels. Act in Zambia and all sorts of preferential programs. For example, for orphans education is free. Regardless of their success in school.

04. Near the school a lot of seedlings, followed by children. Apparently, the teachers are trying to teach schoolchildren to be responsible for someone's life.

05. Each building adorns an interesting art. Moreover, the patterns of drawings are different: from predators living in savannah to the flag of Scotland. By the way, all tourists are offered to make a cash contribution to the development of African schools. There are various charitable programs. For example, symbolic assistance in the purchase of textbooks is 300 dollars, the acquisition of school uniforms - 1000, paying for pupils - 10,000. Agree, impressive price tags!

06. 07. Toilet in the fresh air. The building looks a bit shabby, but graffiti on the walls hides the need for cosmetic repair.

08. Spacious classes with born windows, fans suspended to the ceiling, and pretty educational boards with gaming design. By the way, one of the faces of African schools is crowded classes. Sometimes one teacher has to work at once with 80 students.

09. Teacher. Spacious bright room. Furniture, of course, old, but it looks pretty good.

10. An experienced reporter and blogger Sergey Share quickly made friends with African teenagers and persuaded the boy to write his name on the board.

11. 12. Creative alphabet. The Chinese got to Zambia :-)

13. The school library, according to teachers, has 4 thousand artistic books and textbooks. For convenience, all racks are divided by classes.

14. 15. 16. Creative corner with students' names: 17. Map of the African continent. With its help, children will find out that they are neighboring the Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and other countries. At the same time, and I was subdivided into my geographic location :-)

18. An interesting fact. Since the time of the scoop between Russia and Zambia, a close educational connection was adjusted. Their best students are trained in our leading universities, and then, returning to their homeland, occupy high posts in the government or in ministries. Who knows, maybe someone from these kids is waiting for a trip to the snowy Russia.

19. Millions of people are dying in Africa annually. The disease is one of the main disasters of a black continent, along with hunger, a lack of drinking water and endless wars. What is dangerous by the syndrome of the acquired immune deficit, children are told from school bench. In the photo - information certificate with a speaker sign "AIDS kills". It says that the disease was opened in Zambia in 1981 and there is still no medicine from it. Children warn that if not to be protected during sex and use drugs, then the risk to face it is very large. Someone may seem that 8 years of schoolchildren are early to know about adult problems, but for Zambia such measures are absolutely justified. According to statistics for 2007, each seventh resident of the country was infected with the immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

20. Next time I will tell you about the famous Dining Road, located south-west of Cape Town. To new meetings!

More than other continents, Africa needs to revise their educational systems. Especially often, the education systems inherited from colonialism are stored in an almost unchanged form under the pretext of the need to support the "definite quality" of training. And here is the result: the few ELITE of students enjoys today the same educational system that it would have in Europe, while the overwhelming majority are actually deprived of modern types of learning.

The striking contrast is striking between the inability of this enlightened elite change the feudal social structures and traditional agriculture in their countries and the success of the elite of East Asia countries, which could make their economy even more efficient than Western models from which they took an example. Why did the African elite failed where the Eastern Elite began to win? What role did the education played here?

Japanese model

East Asia has undergone great influence of the Japanese model. Back in the XIX century, the Japanese understood that for their survival as a nation should assimilate Western mathematics, science and technology, rejecting at the same time cultural and social values \u200b\u200bof the West. In primary education in Japan has become mandatory in 1870. Then the secondary education was introduced for everyone, and after World War II, the highest school was available for many Japanese. However, taking an example from Western Science and Technology, Japanese education desperately defended the priorities of his tongue, literature, culture and their own religion.

Africa did not make such a conscious choice. The introduction of Western Education in Africa turned out that the educated elite turned out to be familiar with the theology of Christianity, history, literature and culture than with science and technology. An obvious manifestation of such a pro-Western orientation is possible, the displacement of African languages \u200b\u200bwith educational systems. Even now, in most Franco or portuguese-speaking countries, local languages \u200b\u200bare not studied, and in some English-speaking countries, the use of African languages \u200b\u200bis condemned as a manifestation of "separatism" and "trabalism". Africa addressed to Christianity saw in his own culture only superstition and backwardness, which caused her rejection as a whole.

Determine the goal

Although most African countries gained independence about 50 years ago, a mandatory primary education was introduced only in a few of them. It is even worse with secondary education: in most African countries, only 4 or 5 percent of young people of the relevant age group becomes secondary education. In most African countries, less than 1 percent of young people of the relevant age group visits higher education institutions, while in industrial countries this figure is 25-75 percent. Moreover, young Africans who have become students, very rarely specialize in the field of science or technology.

It is on the basis of the awareness of these facts that we must revise the links between, on the one hand, education and economic development and, on the other, education and universal cultural values. It will be necessary to clearly define the concept of "development". Now the African development strategy is almost extremely based on structural alignment, although it is obviously a particularly narrow and economically limited definition of development, which does not take into account such extremely important factors as the level of human resources for the country or the degree of diversity and industrialization of its economy.

It is also important to re-identify the concept of education and not support its running systems and structures. Education should serve some purpose, and identify this goal worth the Africans. If education is the key to economic development, then it plays an equally important role in determining the values, which will turn into Africa tomorrow on the combined, dynamic and future contingent. Africa will not be able to determine which type of education better meets the needs of development, since it cannot clearly define the goals.

To determine these goals, we must remember the concept of the world market and the planetary village. Africa cannot afford the perpetuations of the colonial and feudal heritage, as well as the conclusion from the technical and information development of the global economy. In addition, being a continent, which suffered less from the detrimental impact of modernization on the environment, Africa must maintain this decisive advantage, as well as the integrity of today's human and social connections, contrary to the terrible harm caused by this process.

P. S. But, despite all the problems with African education, there would probably have talented children with a mathematical warehouse of the mind that in the future could become, for example, excellent financiers, because the same forex charts understand need to have good mathematical thinking. And how to know how many geniuses that did not take place and remains the mouth of cows in African savannas.

The Republic of South Africa is an amazing region, in which the culture of many peoples cramped closely. But the most important thing is that they all acquired anything like an African flavor. It is this mysterious identity of an ancient land that attracts thousands of tourists and students who come to learning or summer language courses in South AfricaDespite the difficult atmosphere in the country.

History

The person appeared in Africa so long ago that scientists can not even call the exact date. However, it is believed that it was in Africa who appeared as a view. Of less ancient history, it is known that the Southern Territories occupied several tribes, among them a bow and Gottentot.

Europeans for the first time look at South Africa along the way to India, a frantic desire to achieve which contributed to the discovery of many new lands. In 1487, the Portuguese Bartolomeus Diash gets to the extreme point of the continent and calls his cape storms, or storms, who later received a keen name - Cape of Good Hope ... Hope still find the desired Indian shores.

In the XVII and XVIII on the continent of the Guest Dutch. They base the food database here for ships of the East Indian company, bring slaves from Madagascar and Indonesia. In the future, Cape Town will grow here, while other Europeans stay and a new nation is formed - Afrikaner, they are the same borants.

When Napoleon captures Netherlands on another mainland, England begins to worry about the African lands come to the enemy, and sends troops there. The case is solved peaceful way and the colony remains at the Dutch. However, in 1806, she still goes into the property of the British crown. Bras, dissatisfied with such a situation, go deep into the continent.

There, they base 2 states: Orange Free State and South Africa (Transvaal). Soon, the gold and diamond deposits are opening in these places, which, naturally, could not be ignored to the UK. It offers booms to unite in the South African Confederation, but receives a refusal and simply annexes the transval, however, without any resistance.

However, already in 1880, discontent beings with oppression is poured into the first English-burden war. Transval again receives independence and problems caused by the influx of immigrants to precious fields, which England seeks to make their allies.

19 years after the first, the second English-Board War flared up, as a result of which the borants were subjected to cruel and destructive repression, up to the creation of concentration camps for children and women. In 1902, the war ends with a peace treaty.

In 1910, a South African Union was created with three capitals to not offend anyone: in Capeown, Pretoria and Bloemfontein (Cape Province, Transvaal and Orange State, respectively). In 1931, the Union receives the status of an independent state.

The further history of South Africa for whites and blacks develops in different ways - the country of apartheid is accepted in the country. The population is divided by racial attribute and receives appropriate rights (or do not receive practically no, as in the situation with black).

The latter are evicted in the Bantustans - small settlements with low honey. Service, education and lack of jobs, and receive a ban on staying in places "for whites". In fact, the authorities seek to clean the South Africa from the black population.

Apartheid is condemned by the majority of countries, and in 1994 the government is forced to refuse him, equalizing the state of all the population of the state.

Culture and tradition

The culture of South Africa and Pösta, like beads of African. Each flame made something unique in it, as well as Europeans, with time, who became a full part of the African people.

Painting

The roots of the visual art of the country are rooted literally in the caves and the grotto of the Dragon Mountains. It is here for another 10 thousand years ago ancient artists left their first drawings.

Primitive figures of people moved from the cave arches to the canvas of modern African artists, where they found realistic features of the difficult life of the Black Sea population. In the 20th century, the course of the "Art of Townships" is developing here.

Townships are closed black quarters, in which the first dark-skinned artists begin to write their work, among them Mkhlab Dumile-Feni and Efraim Ngatan.

Literature

African lands rich in folklore: the myths and legends of local tribes, certainly associated with nature, and transmitted from the mouth to mouth not one hundred years.

Today, the authors write social and historical essays, novels, stories and fairy tales for children; Get prestigious world awards. Nadine Gorder and John Michael Kutcie won Nobel Prizes in the field of literature.

Music

Music accompanied African hunters thousands of years ago and today it is an indispensable attribute of South Africa. First of all, Africa is associated with the drums. But if in Europe on the drums play, then in Africa they speak with them.

Talk in a special language, which understands everything that was born and grew up on the continent, absorbing thousand-year musical traditions. There is a theory that drum parties are a sound interpretation of the language and are able to transmit messages at a distance. It is not surprising that the drummer had a special status in the tribe.

Strong attention deserve unlike on each other and the songs of different nations are equally filled with Africa. So, Matabel and Sean, for example, use polyphonic techniques when singers sing not into the voice. In the 20th century, Qlabla styles, Mbuba, Jive arose here.

Today, Africans are playing at the saxophone, guitar, harp and, of course, the drums; Solo and choir singing are performed by opera parties and receive prestigious awards, for example, Grammy. Often, the musicians are invited to European or American groups, and then the hot wind of the savanna suddenly begins in the usual music.

National crafts

As with all over the world, the process of urbanization destroys the national culture originated in Bush Africa. However, students coming to study in South Africa, you can still see and buy unique sovereign, which can only do here.

For example, masks cut from wood and polished, various objects made of wood and bones with suitable threads, isolated skins. Each people have their own traditions and unique applied art techniques.

For example, the southern ndbel walls of the housing are decorated with an intricate painting. She not only adorns a "family nest", but also talks about his inhabitants. Many interesting things can tell and embroidery by the beads of the people, if you learn to "read".

Local craftsmen also create different products from ceramics, weave from all kinds of materials, Tkut and process metals.

Official language

Today in South Africa 11 official languages: Zulu, Spit, Afrikaans, English, Venda, South Naddeel, Tsvan, Wati (Swami), Northern Soto (Seping), South Soto (Sedo), Tsong.

Students going on training or Language Courses in South Africashould not be afraid of such a language diversity. An inter-ethnic language in the country is considered English and in prevalence is in 5_M.

Interested in the language of Afrikaans. It was formed together with the nation of the bers and is a Dutch dialect, mixed in other adverbs.

Population

According to 2013, about 53 million people live in the Republic of South Africa. Approximately 9% of the population are white, 80% black, 8% of methuses, or "color" (representatives of the mixed race, in the veins of which the blood of Europeans, Malaysers, black Africans, and probably some other), 3% of Asians, mainly Indians.

White population concentrates in large cities: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria.

Local friendly belongs to tourists and students who come to study at Universities and Language Schools of South Africa. However, it is extremely undesirable to visit areas where blacks live predominantly, and walk alone at night.

In conversations, no need to affect political topics and apartheid. In the evening establishments, young people are undesirable not to meet local black girls.

Kitchen and traditional dishes

Representatives of different nationalities brought not only tongue to Africa, but also culinary traditions, and some even whole dishes.

If you arrive on and want to taste the national cuisine, choose these dishes:

  • pop - Corn flour porridge, which is served for breakfast with milk and sugar, for lunch and dinner with sausages and tomato paste;
  • bitlong - dried antelope meat, buffalo, cow or ostrich - can be served at any time, you will find it in your pizza, sandwich, salad and as a snack;
  • braiai - That's all that you can fry on coals: meat, sausages, fish, lobsters, vegetables, bread and the rest - Braiai not only serve and prepare everywhere, but also conduct competitions on this method of cooking;
  • babuti - meat minced meat, which is baked with stems of water lilies, rice, raisins, sweet potatoes, crumpled curry and milk;
  • marinated Fish or fish with FRI potatoes (yes, just like Fish` N` chips, only with a local flavor);
  • kuxisters. - dough pigtails, roasted in oil and soaked with sugar syrup - a sweet dish, which is served on tea drinking;
  • melletter - Dessert made from cream and acidic milk with the addition of eggs, flour and cinnamon.

Nationally favorite drinks are beer and wine. Local wines not inferior to the best French. Here even grown the unique grape variety "pinage", from which the red wine is made.

Beer in Africa, too unusual. The most popular species are beer, which is boiled with the addition of corn flour, and ginger.

Arriving on study in South Africa, you can try unusual roibush tea : Red or green. A shrub from which it is preparing will grow only in one place on the planet and has rich healing properties. Feed tea in pure form, with milk, sugar or honey.

Education system

School education in South Africa is represented by public and private schools. The second is only about 10% of the total number.

Almost 20% is spent on education from the country's budget, therefore, in many schools, education is free, in some parents still have to carry additional costs.

In public schools, students are obliged to adhere to standards: wearing the shape and strict hairstyles, do not use cosmetics. In private schools, it all depends on the management policy, but usually the rules are softer.

It is noteworthy that teaching aids for South African schoolchildren are published in all 11 countries in the country. The academic year lasts from January to December.

  • Primary School

In South Africa, children begin schooling at the age of 6. The initial course lasts 7 years and divided into several steps. At the end of the next stage, the disciples pass exams, but their results do not affect the transition to the next one.

  • high school

Pupils are moving to high school at the age of 13 and finish it in 17-18 years. This course involves an in-depth study of languages \u200b\u200band natural-scientific disciplines. Medium schools are divided into several types. Pupils can continue academic or receive vocational education.

At the end of the course, on the basis of exams, a national certificate is issued on obtaining secondary education. With this document, graduates can count on admission to the university.

  • Higher education in South Africa

There are several types of institutions in the country for post-school education: universities and technicians (institutions with a technical bias).

Training includes 3 steps:

  1. Undergraduate lasts from 3 to 6 years, after graduation, the student is assigned a bachelor's degree.
  2. Postgraduate lasts 2-3 years, the student receives the degree of the master.
  3. To get the title of Doctor, you need to go through biennial training.

Requirements for entering universities will differ. Basic conditions: certificate or diploma of school learning. Additionally, you may need to pass the entrance exams, present a portfolio, pass the interview.

Russian applicants need to pass exams to own English, since training in universities is carried out on it: TOEFL or IELTS-test. If the rate of applicant is insufficient, you can undergo courses at universities or sign up to one of the language schools in South Africa.

Difficulties may arise from students who want to work out. Workplaces that do not require qualifications are mainly occupied by the local black population. However, there is always a chance to get a job for younger position on the training profile.

Famous universities South Africa:

  • Pretorian University (University of Pretoria) in Johannesburg - the largest university of the country with more than a century of history, trains 38 thousand students (in the first year there were only 32 people);
  • Cape Town University (University of Cape Town) is one of the leading universities of South Africa, existing for more than 140 years and training more than 20 thousand students.

Higher education in South Africa is well quoted throughout the world, and the main universities are not inferior to large universities in Europe and America.

Transport network

In South Africa, the transport network is well developed and represented by all types of transport.

Air travel They are carried out between all major cities of the country. National company South African Airways. If you want to save, look for company offers from Mango and Kulula.

Travel by railway It is worth choosing those who do not rush anywhere. The cost is comparable to moving on buses, and the road takes longer. Suburban electricians are not recommended in principle.

The most popular bus the carrier is Intercape. It offers comfortable buses and reasonable prices for tickets, although they are higher than that of smaller carriers. To save, look at the company's website and look for special offers.

Climate and weather

Due to the extensive territory, the climate in different regions of South Africa may differ in temperature and in terms of humidity.

Spring a period of flowering begins in South Africa. The temperature rises from August. In the afternoon, it can reach +20 degrees, but evenings are still cool: + 9 ... + 12 degrees. In the depths of the continent, windy becomes.

Summer starts in October. The temperature in the afternoon is kept in the range of + 25 ... + 35 degrees, and at night it drops to +15, it rains. If you arrive at study or Language Courses in South Africa, Decide to go to the mountains, take more warm clothes - at night here even in summer it can be lower than zero.

Fall it lasts for a long time, from about April to May. In the afternoon, the temperature rests within + 20 ... + 23 degrees, at night about +12. In the morning thick fogs.

Winter lasts from June to August. Daytime temperature ranges from +10 to +20 degrees. Snow falls in the mountains.

National currency

South African Rand official currency - South African Rand, or Rand. 1 Rand is 100 cents. Banknotes are issued with a denomination of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 Randov. Coins: 5, 10, 20, 50 cents, 1, 2 and 5 renders. If you want to buy goods, the price of which is not a multiple of 5 cents, the cost is rounded in a smaller side.

Most establishments in cities can be calculated using cards. Tips are customary to leave in the amount of 10% of the account in restaurants, in a taxi to round the amount of the account, and give the porter to give 5 Rands for each of your suitcase.

In South Africa, you can easily exchange dollars and euros on the national currency. Banks work mainly in the first half of the day all week, except Sunday. When exchanging, be sure to ask and save the receipt, they can come in handy for the return exchange when your training in South Africa will end.

The Ministry of Education of the Republic of South Africa (South Africa) to determine the appearance of a modern African school, gathered data on 24,793 public schools and received the following statistics:

  • in 3,544 schools there are no electricity, also in 804 schools regularly observed interruptions in the supply of electricity;
  • 2,402 schools do not have water supply, while 2,611 schools are non-permanent;
  • in 913 schools there are no sanitary premises, and at 11,450 schools instead of toilets - cesspools;
  • there are no fences in 2,703 schools;
  • 79% of schools do not have libraries, and only 7% of schools library are fully equipped with textbooks;
  • 85% of schools do not have laboratories, and only 5% of the laboratory schools are fully equipped with equipment;
  • 77% of schools do not have computer classes, and only 10% of schools computer class is fully equipped with technician.

Look at the photos that we collected in the posts of various Internet bloggers who traveled in Africa.

System 8-4-4

Education in African countries has a level system that can be submitted in the format of "eight or four-four".

For example, in Kenya, this system looks like this:

  • elementary school from 1 to grade 8 (standard), 8 years old - education for free and necessarily for all from five-seven age;
  • secondary school from 9 to 12 class (form), 4 years - training for free, but not necessarily;
  • higher School (undergraduate), 4 years - only paid form.

Despite the fact that training in elementary school is required, less than 70% of school-age children are visited, and 75% ending the initial school in high school. Approximately 30% of high school graduates come to universities.

In many countries, secondary education remains paid, for example, in Zambia:

  • elementary school from 1 to grade 7, 7 years - free of charge;
  • the average youngest school from 8 to grade 9, 2 years - paid;
  • middle senior school from 10 to 12, 3 years - paid;
  • higher School (undergraduate), 4 years - paid.

What are studying in African schools?

Primary School

In African countries, primary education is considered basic: here the foundations of writing and mathematical literacy are laid, a positive attitude to work, communication, life in the community, cooperation and the desire to receive knowledge is developing.

Classes in elementary school last 35 minutes. 7 items are studying: English (5 lessons / week), mathematics (5 lessons / week), social sciences (religions, physical education, medicine - 4 lessons / week), Basics of Applied Sciences (2 lessons / week), Culture (etiquette, Drawing, Music - 1 lesson / week), Agriculture (2 lessons / week), Crafts (2 lessons / week), are also studying the National Language (Different Load).

Middle Junior School

At this stage, they are already trying to give professional and academic training. The duration of lessons rises up to 40 minutes. Learn the following items: English, Mathematics, Local Language, Integrative Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), Social Sciences, Art (Music, Drawing), Religion, Physical Education, as well as 2-3 subjects to professional training.
Objects to choose from: Introductory technology (carpentry, blacksmithing, electronics, mechanics), local handsellates, housekeeping, business sciences (set, stenography, in some schools - French, Arab studio).

Middle senior school

Training is conducted according to a diversified program aimed at expanding knowledge and outlook: students must master 6 basic disciplines and 2-3 additional.
Main objects: English, local language, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics or one to choose from (English literature, history, geography, social sciences).
Additional items to choose from:

  • professional: Agriculture, Applied Electronics, Accounting and Basics of Economics, Architecture, Commerce, Computer Science;
  • general Education: Highest Mathematics, Medicine, Physical Culture, Design, Library Science, Islam, Computer Graphics, Computer Set, Stenography, Arabic, French, Music.

The school year in primary and secondary school lasts 10 months - from January to November with vacation in April, August and December.

In some African countries, in addition to secondary schools, the direction of religious (Islamic) private schools has been developed. Mallams are Mallams - religious teachers. Training in Nigerian religious schools is carried out in three stages:

  • primary schools. Items: Arabic letter and one or two suras per day (Sura - Chapter in the Quran);
  • secondary schools - training is carried out only in Arabic. Items: religious texts, grammar, syntax, arithmetic, algebra, logic, rhetoric, jurisprudence and theology;
  • after school, graduates can go to the theological University (Islamic center at the University of Bayero in the city of Kano, Nigeria).

Cost of education

The idea of \u200b\u200bthe cost of education in high school can be done on an example of education in South Africa, where, along with private schools, public is also charged with a small amount from parents:

  • elite private schools - 6,700 Rand (500 US dollars) per month;
  • ordinary private schools - 700 Rand (52 US dollars) per month;
  • public (state) schools - 100 Rand (7.5 US dollars) per month.

Due to the fact that private schools are usually a little better equipped in a technical plan, and the level of preparation based on the results of national testing is not worse than public schools, many parents try to send their child to receive secondary education in such institutions. The choice of private school is also due to the fact that 15-20 people study in such classes, whereas in the state number of students in the classroom is usually from 40 to 80 people.

Also in rich African cities there are private European and American schools, where the board is quite high - for example, in the American International School in the Nigerian city of Lagos, the training fee per year is from 12 to 15 thousand US dollars, and in British - 8 thousand US dollars. At the same time, graduates receive relatively high knowledge, a European sample diploma and the ability to enter any European or American university.

Salary of African teachers

In South Africa, many visitors from Europe or North America, which, as part of a program for improving the quality of education in Africa, offer the best salary conditions than local educators; Thus, the European primary school teacher can receive about 37,000 Rand per month ($ 2,750), the income of local primary school teachers for the UN (UNICEF) Children's Fund (UNICEF), ranking ten countries of the world with the greatest share of children who do not attend primary school , occupy mainly African countries:

  1. Liberia - 62%
  2. South Sudan - 59%
  3. Eritrea - 59%
  4. Afghanistan - 46%
  5. Sudan - 45%
  6. Djibouti - 43%
  7. Equatorial Guinea - 42%
  8. Niger - 38%
  9. Mali - 36%
  10. Nigeria - 34%

Unfortunately, the African training system still remains at a very low level, government funding for education is catastrophically weak, which does not allow children to provide children affordable and high-quality knowledge. Therefore, so far, African schools do not look like an example for imitation.

Access to education is one of the fundamental human rights. Meanwhile, in some areas of Africa, citizens do not even have a basic level of knowledge. The absence of formation contributes to the deepening of poverty, the spread of infectious diseases, as well as growing illiteracy.

Africa is not only the second largest continent of the globe, but also the most internally diverse. Africa has the highest birth rate in the world, and at the same time the lowest level of GDP per capita. We add to this that Africa is the poorest continent that struggles with many disasters, such as AIDS, hunger and infinitely ongoing wars. Therefore, it is not surprising that local education systems leave much to be desired. According to 2011, more than a billion people live in Africa: more than fifty nationalities, thousands of peoples and tribes that speak more than a thousand languages \u200b\u200bof the world. Because of this, an integrated approach to the problem of education is a challenge.

According to statistics, half of the population of Africa can not read. Illiteracy is more common in women than men. If a girl becomes pregnant, then the question can be able to read and write, becomes secondary for her. The main thing is that it is ready for homework. Other data speak of 26% of children who do not at all start training, and from more than 70% of those who have access to education, only half complete training in elementary school. The fact is that in many African countries, children are forced to work. They have no time nor the conditions in order to learn. The big problem for African schools is crowded classes, where the number of students per teacher reaches 80 people. They are devoid of elementary school supplies and textbooks. Most families have no money even on stationery, not to mention the teacher to hire a teacher for additional occupations - the English tutor or in mathematics is available, in essence, only Europeans.

Schools in Zambia.

Not all children living in Zambia have access to primary education. There are several reasons for such a tragedy. First, schools are still too small, and they are located far from home. To get to school, sometimes you need to go huge distances, sometimes reaching 20 km. Secondly, not all parents can afford to arrange a child in school. And although learning in 1-7 grade for free, in the poorest families prefer the child to work, and did not lose time, receiving knowledge. In recent years, however, the level of awareness of parents, who begin to understand that the only chance to improve the existence of their children is to send them to school. Young people who wish to acquire knowledge for a particular profession are also faced with difficulties in Zambia, since there are no vocational schools in this country.

Publication Date: 04/12/12

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