Inequality In Education

“Equality is not always about treating everyone the same – it is about treating people in such a way that the outcome for each person can be the same.” (Equality and Intercultural, no date). As shown to us by the NCCA, (2007) When an environment in which both a parent and the school come together to develop and to encourage a success for a child, has a long-lasting foundation that will help both the school grow to become better but also have an impact on the child’s learning. A parent’s involvement affects the want of achievement and identity from the child. This is how patterns and amounts of involvement vary across cultural, economic, and community backgrounds and range widely in planes of development. Inequality in a setting has a major

In every early year setting, there are many cultures formed. This comes from the involvement of parent’s staff members and children participating. Through policies, understanding and the help of everyone, practitioners can develop a knowledge of understanding to this subject. The word inclusion is defined as “inclusion and participation are essential to human dignity and to the enjoyment and exercise of human rights. Within the field of education this is reflected in the development of strategies that seek to bring about a genuine equalisation of oppor¬tunity.” (detail.)

Still, in Ireland, around 1 in 10 children, today are living in poverty. Besides this, we have about 1 in 5 children who are being put at the risk of poverty. 25 % of children are living in a household where unemployment is present and about half of our children’s families are dependent on social welfare or are coming from a low-income household. Every 1 in 3 children are deprived of basic requirements such as books, education, insulation and even so far as a bed to sleep in every night. Children need this to grow and nurture so that it can aid their development in the future and allow them to visualise a future without poverty and social judgements being placed upon them.

Diversity

Supporting diversity in early years settings is divided into two opinions. This is aiding children to feel good about themselves; building confidence and self-worth in themselves, their families, and their communities, this helps to expose children to different circumstances, new ideas, things that they are unaware of, and experiences beyond their immediate lives. (Corporation, 2008)