RIGHT TO EDUCATION “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” –Nelson Mandela The importance of learning is to enable the individual to put his potentials to optimal use. Education makes man a right thinker and a correct decision-maker. It achieves this by bringing him knowledge from the external world‚ teaching him to reason and acquainting him with past history‚ so that he can be a better judge of the present. With education‚ he finds himself in a room with
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made large strides in educating its population of more than a billion people‚ yet a lot remains to be done. It is commonplace now that education is both intrinsically valuable and also instrumental for economic well-being‚ and this is true for individuals and entire nations. No country in the world has been able to develop without the spread of mass education. An educated population is a prerequisite for take-off into high economic growth. Table 1 in the appendix shows literacy rates for
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on the very purpose of education. A few days later‚ a scathing response was printed from a community member who questioned whether the University really wanted someone on their staff who didn’t even know the purpose of education. Clearly‚ this person assumed that his definition of education was shared by all. What is the meaning of education? Webster defines education as the process of educating or teaching (now that’s really useful‚ isn’t it?) Educate is further defined as "to develop the
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quality education‚ access to healthcare‚ prospects of a reasonable job on merit and sound economy are the ingredients to be provided by the state to its citizens to run the state and the society smoothly. Growth of successful nations is denoted particularly to the education. There was a time when people believed that higher education should be available to people of all social classes and‚ obviously‚ it was freely available to all who wanted it. The fact that it is not‚ that public education was once
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Inclusive Practice The word ‘curriculum’ originates from the chariot tracks in Greece. In Latin ‘curriculum’ was a racing chariot; and ‘currere’ was to run. Therefore it was a course. ‘Curriculum is a body of knowledge-content and/or subjects. Education in this sense is the process by which these are transmitted or ’delivered’ to students by the most effective methods that can be devised.’ (Blenkin et al 1992‚ pg 23). And so‚ curriculum is the activities that learners will undertake to achieve certain
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I. Meaning “Bilingual Education Policy (BEP) in the Philippines is defined operationally as the separate use of Filipino and English as the media of instruction in specific subject areas”. As embodied in the DECS Order‚ Filipino shall be used as a medium of instruction in social studies/ social sciences‚ music‚ arts‚ physical education‚ home economics‚ practical arts and character education. English‚ on the other hand is allocated to science‚ mathematics‚ and technology subjects. BEP clearly states
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Karen Sanchez Professor Copeland RWS 200 25 September 2012 Rhetorical Analysis Education is considered to be a central value in the American culture. Social scientist‚ and professor of civil society‚ Benjamin R. Barber‚ in his excerpt‚ “The Educated Student: Global Citizen or Global Consumer?” depicts the reality of education’s purpose and unconstructive effect on students’ competence. Barber appeals to logos and ethos to expose the growing relationship between commercialization and the
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Word Count: 1646 Appendices: 4 A Plan for a Health Education Session Theoretical and practical teaching and learning are the fundamental aspects of education. Since the early 20th century‚ education has been an essential part of nursing (Bastable 2008). Nurse educators encounter a diversity of learning styles and are challenged when needed to develop and adapt their teaching methods to accommodate students learning (Arthurs 2007). Mentors have a responsibility to assist the student within
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Discourses in Education Institutes of education (i.e. public schools) exhibit many political‚ social‚ cultural and historical discourses that impact and furthermore shape what is practiced in schools and the way in which it is delivered. These discourses will often be implemented in educational contexts through synchronisation with the socio-cultural theory‚ moreover influencing and impacting upon the teachers‚ students and the schools themselves. In order for an understanding of education to be achieved
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Inequalities in Education It has been shown that for some time now boys have always been thought to be the problem when it comes to education. Girls start school at a much calmer stage in their life‚ ready to sit‚ listen and learn. Boys are still at a stage in their development where they want to play. Sitting still is very difficult for them to do and expecting them to sit and concentrate is too much to ask. By the age of 5‚ 53% of boys reach the expected level in writing compared to 72% in girls
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