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How to Ensure Learning for All

Posted on 04/13/11 by Kristine

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It's one thing to invest in sending children to school but how do we make sure that they actually learn there? The World Bank's animated video suggests several points:

  • Support early childhood education
  • Equip children with life skills
  • Measure student success
  • Get parents involved
  • Hire the best teachers
  • Hold the government and educators accountable
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  • on 04/13/11, by Erin:

    While all good points, I think "hire the best teachers" is key. There's been a lot of backlash against educators in the United States; students aren't performing as well as expected in international tests and everyone wants someone to blame. That said, given the lack of prestige, lousy pay and increasingly hostile work environment, is it any wonder that it's tough to recruit great teachers? Raising the profile of educators, and making it the sort of job that the best gravitate towards would certainly help (http://nyti.ms/hJcvGV)

  • on 04/14/11, by Nikhila Chandrashekhar:

    I think one of the main issues in today's schools in developing countries is the quality of education. Kids go to school but learn very little as the video says.In countries like India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal etc children learn from textbooks, reproduce the same and pass their exams. They are taught to do just this. They are not taught to 'learn' their subjects. At the end of the day, they could pass with excellent grades, without having gained any knowledge or knowing how to apply it. The system of education needs to change. Teachers need to be properly trained and textbooks need to be well written, so as to not shut away the child's mind but to open it up. Children must learn to ask questions, innovate and think. Mere learning of arithmetic, concepts of biology or memorising the periodic table will not help.

  • on 04/14/11, by Kristine:

    Boosting child nutrition is also important I think. A lot of children from poor families go to school on an empty stomach; no wonder they don't have the energy and concentration to learn.

  • on 04/15/11, by Nikhila Chandrashekhar:

    In most parts of India, government schools provide free mid-day meals to children. If effectively implemented, it is a great way to attract kids to school. But we must improve the quality of food given.

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