How To Improve Education

Question:

What did governments do to help improve education in HK, Kenya and Ethiopia?

Introduction:

(Education for All (EFA)) Through out 21st century, Education For All movement has already made a great impact on the worlds education system, providing a basic quality of schooling for all of the children around the world. UNESCO’s mission is to improve the quality of learning, and help making education as a priority in countries and states. The Governments also helps EFA to be established all over the world by adopting the six EFA goals which expanded during early childhood care and education, providing free and compulsory primary education for all, promoting learning and life skills for young people and adults, increase adult literacy, achieve

Primary education begins around the age of 6 and continues for 8 years. There will be four years for secondary and four years at the university. (Chalkboard Kenya) The main subject that the system is focussed on are Mathematics, English and subjects that are vocational. Subjects that are related to an occupation or a job are aimed at students who are planning to drop out after they finish secondary. (Wikipedia)The old system, which is 7-4-2-3, is modeled after the British education system. 7-4-2-3 stands for seven years in primary, four years of lower secondary (Junior), two years in higher secondary (Senior) and three years of university. However, since the old education system did not respond to the sufficiency for the country, the government has changed the system to the new system (8-4-4) in 1985 in order to help improve the education in Kenya. The new system has launched in January 1985 and it puts more importance into subjects that are related to occupations and careers. The government also introduced free primary education in the start of 2003 causing the enrolment rate to increase about 70%. In 2008, the tuition fee for secondary has also been supported by the government and because of that the secondary has also become a non-paying education. For secondary education there are three categories of school; the government funded, Harambee and private. The government funded is divided in to three levels; national, provincial and district, they accept high and average grades. Harambee don’t receive full funding’s from the government; they accept children with lower scores on their primary test scores. Private schools are run by organizations and they accept all students, only if they pay. They receive more luxurious facilities in school and an alternative education system. Private schools offer the Cambridge education (KCSE), most schools offer the Kenya