Girls' Education and its Economic Contribution to Less Developed Countries

Author(s):  
Mahamadou Yahaya

This chapter examines girls' education in Niger, one of the Least Developed Counties (LDCs) located in West Africa with one of the lowest literacy rates in the world. Hence, primary education is compulsory. The education system is open equally to boys and girls; however, the facts are that, the girls have fewer opportunities for primary school to six grades. Gender traditional roles and economic factors are a great set back to the girls' education in the country. This chapter tries to investigate the complex relationships around the objectives and visions of parents and Government toward girls' education.

Author(s):  
Maryambibi Djumaniyazovna Abdullaeva ◽  

In this article, the issue of introducing social norms that should be followed in the process of greeting students in the primary education system of Uzbekistan is examined. The international study of the custom of greeting for all peoples and its importance in the world community, in particular, the peculiarities of this custom in the Uzbek nation, the state of scientific and social research will be analyzed. The topic will discuss verbal units of greeting, gestures, as well as prohibited situations in the process. In the process of harmonious teaching and upbringing, special attention is paid to the habit of greeting in primary school, so the importance of correct and timely formation of this habit is emphasized.


2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rachna Tewari ◽  
Joey Mehlhorn ◽  
Scott D. Parrott

<p>The prominence of early education as a significant source of economic growth has long been an intriguing topic among economists. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between primary education and GDP as a measure of economic growth in China, India, and the U.S, the top three populous nations in the world, and to investigate for plausible reasons leading to the differences observed among the mentioned countries of study. Data derived from the Education Statistics of the World Bank from 1970-2012 were subject to the ordinary least square (OLS) estimation procedure, to obtain regression coefficients as a measure of influence of the study variables on economic growth. Results revealed that for all the three study countries characterized by high populations, an increase in the number of students enrolled in primary education positively impacted economic growth. Mortality rate, primary school graduation age population (female), population aged 0 to 14 as percentage of total population, and primary school enrollment ratio showed significant negative impacts on GDP. Marked differences were revealed for individual country regressions regarding the influence of the study variables on economic growth. Gender related differences in primary education graduating population can be attributed to varied differences in the cultural and social systems among the study countries. Both male and female primary education graduation age population showed no statistical significance on economic growth in the U.S, while for China and India the effects on economic growth were significant with clearly outlined gender related differences in primary education graduation age population. This study builds ground for further research on how the accumulation of human capital through education in these countries will impact the geographical concentration of global economic power in the future.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
S. M. CHIMISHENKO

The article deals with the problematic issues of the outflow of human capital, ie people with acquired education, work experience, ideas, etc., in the context of reforming the higher education system in Ukraine. The concept of human development, which has emerged in the world over the last 20-25 years, considers human development as the main goal and criterion for social progress. Considering one of the human rights - free movement and choice of place of residence - this concept is crucial in shaping international migration flows in the modern world. The level of economic and social development of the individual country and the world as a whole depends on the distribution of the population by countries and on the quality of human capital. Therefore, the migration policy of many countries is aimed at selecting the highest quality human capital through labor migration: employment quotas are formed for the purpose of attracting either the intellectual potential or representatives of the most rare professions. The educational aspect of human capital discussed in the article is the quality and accessibility of higher education, its ability to meet the demands of modern business and to become a factor in maintaining quality human capital in Ukraine. Ukraine is now in the process of an active outflow of human capital, including young people, who are choosing places of education to other countries. Among the reasons for this situation is the desire of Ukrainian youth to secure employment abroad, since the level of wages abroad far exceeds the level of wages in Ukraine. The issue of human capital outflows is multidimensional, so the solution to the problem must be complex. Together with the reform of the education system in Ukraine, all spheres of public life should be reformed, taking into account the experience of the European countries and the most developed countries of the world.


Author(s):  
Katarina Diklić ◽  
Života Radosavljević ◽  
Jelena Palić

Covid 19 is a disease that has spread all over the world. It caused upheavals in all societies and segments of society. This also relates to the Serbian society and its educational system. Education, as an important part of society, experienced a concussion. Serbia's cumbersome education system, many ongoing reforms, dissatisfaction of educators, many unresolved issues were now additionally burdened by the crown and everything it brings with it. How much of the education system, to which the primary school belongs, has successfully responded to these changes? The inflexibility and inelasticity of the education system was a major obstacle in response to such a large demand made by the Coronavirus. The transition from school to online teaching was stressful for all participants: pupils, parents and teachers. In addition to changes in the way of working, primary schools in Serbia have faced problems with the lack of information technology needed for distance learning, teaching staff who are not educated for this type of teaching, but also the quality of such teaching. All this raised the question of the quality of knowledge that pupils acquired during distance learning. The paper will discuss the management of the primary school at the time of the Covid 19, the problems encountered and how they were solved.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 855-865
Author(s):  
Elena Mikhajlovna Kryukova ◽  
Valeriya Shotaevna Khetagurova ◽  
Vera Viktorovna Chizhikova ◽  
Alexey Vladimirovich Kosoplechev ◽  
Natalia Anatolievna Chernykh

Due to the modern economic situation shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, entrepreneurial activity significantly depleted in all spheres of the economy not only in Russia but across the world. However, there are some industrial spheres the development of which did not stop completely despite being restrained by the COVID-19 pandemic. The industry of children’s tourism having suffered certain understandable changes continues to function since the industry of children’s recreation is directly connected to a child’s development and adaptation in society, their socialization which generates the need for the development of this industry, as well as the need of society and parents for the organization of children’s recreation, leisure, and tourism. The article presents a study of organizational and economic factors of the development of tourism for primary school children in Russia both before the COVID-19 pandemic and in the post-pandemic conditions. The need and demand of society for the development of these services – the children’s recreation industry – is revealed.


Author(s):  
Jordi Cicres ◽  
Sheila Queralt

This article focuses on the analysis of schoolchildren’s writing (throughout the whole primary school period) using sets of morphological labels (n-grams). We analyzed the sets of bigrams and trigrams from a group of literary texts written by Catalan schoolchildren in order to identify which bigrams and trigrams can help discriminate between texts from the three cycles into which the Spanish primary education system is divided: lower cycle (6- and 7-year-olds), middle cycle (8- and 9-year- olds) and upper cycle (10- and 11-year-olds). The results obtained are close to 70% of correct classifications (77.5% bigrams and 68.6% trigrams), making this technique useful for automatic document classification by age.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-198
Author(s):  
L. N. Aksenova ◽  
L. V. Sokolskaya ◽  
A. S. Valentonis ◽  
I. V. Shcherbinina

Introduction. In the era of the formation of the world educational space, historical and pedagogical studies of regional education systems acquire special relevance. Many states, while modernising their national education systems, turn to the experience of past generations in order to understand how socio-economic changes taking place around the world and in Russia can affect the education system of a particular region. The twenties of the last century in Russia is a time of searching for new types of schools, opportunities for educating and teaching the younger generation in the spirit of the new (Soviet) ideology. The peoples of South Siberia (Altai, Shors, Kumandins, Chelkans, Teleuts, Tubalars, Telengits), united in the administrative-territorial framework of the Oirot Autonomous Region and the Gorno-Shor National Region, despite the difficulties, made a significant progress in the development of school education, including the number of the national school.The aim of the present article was to study the peculiarities of the process of formation and development of the Soviet education system among the indigenous peoples of Southern Siberia in the 1920s.Methodology and research methods. The research is based on the analysed and generalised content of archival documents, scientific sources on the history of the formation of the peoples of Southern Siberia in the context of the system-historical approach. The authors of the article studied 35 documents from the funds of the Committee for Archives of the Altai Republic and the Center for the Storage of Archives of the Altai Territory. The archival documents introduced into scientific circulation made it possible to consider the process of increasing the number of national schools, providing students with textbooks in their native language, the process of training teachers from the indigenous population, taking into account the national and cultural characteristics of the region.Results and scientific novelty. Based on the study of archival materials, the authors of the article rethink the activities of the Soviet authorities to restore and create the school network of education, its development and preparation for the introduction of universal primary education among the peoples of Southern Siberia. The issue of creating a national education system in the 1920s is closely connected with the process of indigenisation, as part of the national policy of the Soviet state and with the process of transferring the local population to settled life. By the beginning of the 1930s, a network of school institutions was created in the region, which increased the percentage of literate adolescents and subsequently enrolled in primary education all children of school age. Addressing national inequalities through the development of the education system and the eradication of illiteracy in the multinational region is of undeniable interest to educational historians and teachers.Practical significance. Today, the interest of researchers in regional history has increased all over the world; therefore, the current article will be useful to readers, as the analysis of new archival documents helps to fill the gaps in the scientific literature on the establishment of the Soviet school among the indigenous peoples of southern Siberia in the 1920s. The materials of the article can be used by teachers to design the courses on the history of education in Russia and the historical study of local lore. Moreover, the presented materials can be applied in the course of the development of a modern regional educational policy.


Author(s):  
Xiaobin Li

Chinese education has a long history, and the Chinese higher education system is the largest in the world, but open universities in China are not at the same level as they are in developed countries. This article provides an overview of the recent development in the open universities system in China. Specifically, the article discusses the positive impact open universities have and the difficulties they need to deal with. The potential for further developing Chinese open universities is considered. In addition, challenges are discussed, and recommendations are made for improving these open universities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-40
Author(s):  
Iryna Gavrysh ◽  
Svitlana Dotsenko

The purpose of the research is to determine the effective tools for the critical thinking development for primary school pupils. Methodology. The retrospective analysis of the primary education systems development in Ukraine and in highly developed countries was used, the primary school is determined to be the initial stage of the pupils’ critical thinking development. The material of the study is primary school educational programmes, branches of education, and existing academic subjects, it indicates the necessity to develop and implement the particular subject, and its aim is to develop critical thinking and the abilities to express one’s own opinion, assess risks and solve problems. According to the State Standard of Primary Education the key competencies require the following skills: creativity; initiative; the abilities to justify one’s position logically, to manage emotions constructively, to assess risks, to make decisions, to solve problems, to cooperate with others. Results. The article clarifies that critical thinking is a type of thinking aimed at solving problems, namely studying the argument line (hypotheses, criteria, definitions, arguments, facts, etc.), analyzing alternative solutions; forecasting and assessing consequences. It is proved in practice that inventive problems serve as an effective way to develop critical thinking. The basis of such problems is the theory of inventive problem solving (TIPS). It is determined that an inventive problem contains a cognitive contradiction, its solving promotes the pupils’ critical thinking development. The authors’ subject ‘Eureka’ for pupils of 2-4 classes is offered. Its aim is to develop pupils’ critical thinking, creative and inventive abilities, and also primary skills to carry out natural science researches. The results of the subject approbation are given. Conclusions. Primary school pupils’ critical thinking development can be achieved through the introduction of a range of new subjects at the initial stages of education. The aim of such subjects is to teach pupils to solve inventive problems.


2020 ◽  
pp. 183-189
Author(s):  
Маргарита Викторовна Курышева ◽  
Мерри Йовита Тариган

Описана организация системы образования в Республике Индонезия. Особое внимание обращается на учебный процесс в индонезийской начальной школе. Актуальность темы обусловлена неоднозначным отношением общества к реформам российской системы образования, к роли учителя, предметному содержанию учебного процесса, в том числе в начальной школе. В соответствии со стандартами компетенции выпускников и стандартами содержания обучения Республики Индонезия, рассмотрены основные принципы обучения, на основе которых происходит развитие трех областей компетенций: отношения, знания и навыки. Проанализировано влияние базовых возрастных характеристик детей начальной школы на образовательные модели, разрабатываемые и используемые в практической деятельности учителями в Индонезии. Описаны задачи развития детей младшего школьного возраста согласно Дж. Хейвигхерсту и основанные на этих задачах направления деятельности учителей начальной школы в Республике Индонезия. The article is devoted to the description of the organization of the education system in the Republic of Indonesia. The authors pay special attention to the educational process in the Indonesian primary school. The relevance of this topic is due to the ambiguous attitude of society to the reforms of the Russian education system, to the role of teachers, to the subject content of the educational process, including in primary schools. We believe that the experience of foreign teachers will be useful in developing primary education programs. The law on education and the decree of the government of the Republic of Indonesia introduce standards of competence of graduates and standards of educational content for primary, secondary and senior secondary schools. In accordance with the standards of competence of graduates and the standards of educational content of the Republic of Indonesia, the article describes the basic principles of training, on the basis of which the development of three areas of competence takes place: relationships, knowledge and skills. Relevant competencies are formed through various activities related to the psychological, moral and social spheres of a child’s life. The authors consider the influence of basic age characteristics of primary school children on educational models developed and used in practice by teachers in Indonesia. The article describes the development tasks of children of primary school age in accordance with the concept of J. Haywighurst and the directions of activities of primary school teachers in the Republic of Indonesia, based on these tasks.


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