Impact On An Individual's Lifestyle

Education for all

How does education create an impact on an individual’s life lifestyle?

There has been conclusive proof that education began in the earliest prehistory. Adults trained the young of their society the knowledge that was needed to be passed by the society. In pre-literate societies, imitations and oral speaking were used to achieve these goals. Schools first existed in Egypt at the time of the middle –kingdom.

In general sense, education is a procedure of learning in which the habits, skills and knowledge of a group of people are shifted and transmitted from one generation to the next by teaching, training, or even research. Education commonly occurs under the leadership and supervision of others, but may also be self-educated.

Figure 2.2. Relative earnings by level of education for women (2010 or latest available year)

This figure compares earnings between the different levels of educational attainment among 25-64 year-old women.

How does education affect employment rates? In general, people with higher levels of education have better job prospects; the difference is particularly marked between those who have attained upper secondary education and those who have not. In all OECD countries, tertiary graduates are more likely to be in work than non-graduates. Men generally have higher employment rates than women; for those with tertiary education the difference reaches more than 25 percentage points in favor of men in some countries.

Education has a substantial impact on employment prospects. On average across OECD countries, 83% of the population with tertiary education is employed. In Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, the average employment rate of tertiary-educated individuals is over 88%. The OECD average falls to about 74% for people with upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education and to just below 56% for those without an upper secondary

Therefore, the relationship between education and unemployment can be a further indication of the effect of education on the efficiency of workers. http://www.oecd.org/edu/highlights.pdf Millennium development goals of Ghana

According to the UNDP in Ghana, their targets are:

• Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

• Net enrolment ratio in primary education

• Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach last grade of primary

• Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds, women and men

What contributed to the progress?

The country’s commitment to meeting the MDG on general primary education is reflected in a number of policy measures including condition and treatment of school architecture; strengthening the capitation grant; expanding the coverage of school feeding program; provision of free school uniforms and exercise books among others. These measures contributed to trivial improvement in both NER and GER in 2010. Some relevant interventions that contributed to declining Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) and the improved literacy rate