Research Problems & Existing Solutions
Importance of Elementary School/Basic Education
Elementary education is very important whether you are living in a developing country or a developed country. The role of basic education is to ensure a wide and solid development of youths. This means making sure that all youths are able to develop their emotional, social, cultural and intellectual skills. According to UNESCO, proficiency in language and arithmetic is an essential condition for continued development. Educational institutions and Organizations, are putting particular attention for these subjects.
However, It is important that the attention of other subjects is not dismissed at all; for example: world orientation, cultural education, etc) or forget how important social skills are in today's world. As a result, according to Pennsylvania State University , schools are now incorporating cooperative learning more and more. This method helps to produce: higher achievement, greater retention, more positive relationships, higher self esteem (Penn State University, 2017).
In addition, as an article from “The Guardian” states; Early schooling matters for most children. The article talks about how important is elementary school, as well, as having a nice home environment and enrollment from parents.
According to researchers, attending a good primary has more impact on children's education progress that their family background. The Institute of Education study found that, the quality of education a youth receives, is crucial in their development, giving them huge boost to continue their studies and their social skills. At primary school, the quality of teaching affects youth´s social behaviour and intellectual progress.
The article also mentions, that children who attended a more academically effective elementary school shows better accomplishment and progress from ages 7 to 11, than children with similar skills who attended a less effective elementary school. Receiving and retaining quality education taught at elementary school, gives a particular boost to very disadvantaged children.
How many people does not have access to Elementary School
According to UNESCO´S article Global Education Monitoring Report, today 264 million children and youth are not going to school. In 2017, there were 61 million children of primary school not receiving education. In addition, the absence of clearly designated education plans by Governments, resulting in inefficient education policies affecting the youths. UNESCO points out that governments are the primary duty carrier for the right to education, yet this action is not justiciable in half of countries.
Currently, UNESCO mentions that there is no globally agreed standard for measuring reading and mathematics proficiency yet, but substantial efforts have been made since 2016 by the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning. Also, it is estimated that 387 million children of elementary school or 56% did not reach the minimum proficiency level in reading. This statistic is even worse considering Africa region, were results showed that 87% of children did not even finish elementary school. (pg.118, chapter 9, target 4.1 primary education)
Even though, there has been progress, there is o global proficiency yet, although steps have been taken in that direction during the past years by UNESCO. There is no global estimate of the percentage of children who accomplished a particular proficiency level in early elementary school. Roughly, only half of the countries were able to create a national evaluation on literacy and mathematics on first years of elementary school, able to diagnose on which areas the students lack on intelligence, giving them the necessary tools to get back on track. However, the other half remaining, leave the youths without any feedback or even being capable of diagnosed them to check their overall progress.
(pg.120, chapter 9, target 4.1 primary education)
Why is Elementary School Difficult (Attention deficit) /Why is Elementary School Boring
these estimates measure achievement among
those who took the assessment. However, many students
do not reach the end of primary or lower secondary
school. Assuming, at the extreme, that no dropouts would
meet the minimum level, estimates for overall school-age
population would have to be adjusted downwards, giving
a more accurate picture of countries’ education systems.
For example, in Burkina Faso, 57% of grade 6 students
reached the minimum reading level, but the figure would
be 17% for the total cohort who should have graduated
from primary school. In Egypt, 47% of grade 8 students
reached the minimum mathematics level, but only 38%
did among the total cohort who should have graduated
from lower secondary school.
The world is still a long way from ensuring that all
children, adolescents and youth are enrolled in school in
the first place. In 2015, there were 264 million primary
and secondary age children and youth out of school(Table 9.2). Some 61 million children of primary school
age (about 6 to 11 years; 9% of the age group), 62 million adolescents of lower secondary school age (about 12 to14 years; 16% of theage group), and 141million youth of upper secondary school age(about 15 to 17 years;37% of the age group)are out of school. After a decline in the
early 2000s, out-of-school rates have stagnated – since
2008 for primary education, 2012 for lower secondary and
2013 for upper secondary.
