Educational needs in South Africa and other third world countries

The pavement baby

The baby in the photograph, (R), was born on the streets. His parents have no home and is living on the pavement in a Cape Town suburb.

If this baby survives to grow to school going age; what will his chances be of receiving the kind of education that will empower him to become the best he can be; or at least learn right from wrong?

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CHILDREN SHOULD BE FREE TO CARVE THEIR DESTINIES
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1 Education Week

2 1 GOAL Will Host Summit for Education in Cape Town on July 7, 2010

3 Thoughts on how to meet the educational need

No unity in division

When there is no unity in governance, how can it be expected from the people to unite into one rainbow nation?

When there is strife and verbal war in parliament, people live in fear and uncertainty.

When the Southern point of Africa is in strife, unity in the whole continent is threatened.

The world feels this failure of the emerging African nations to unite, and Africa looses its chance to compete with the power players of the world.

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Council of the Elders

Critical role for metrology

“Africa was the only remaining continent not fully represented in the international measurement community and the establishment of AFRIMETS will synergise the measurement activities of the different economic groupings in Africa”, said Dr. Wynand Louw, newly appointed chairman of AFRIMETS.

Read the NEPAD report

Africa’s farmers want to play their part in NEPAD’s CAADP

View NEPAD Newsletter 186

LET THE EDUCATED AND THE ELDERS RUN THE COUNTRY

Babies being born into some Indian tribes in the Amazon are buried alive. This is a practice that is being covered up by the Brazilian authorities out of respect for tribal culture according to newspaper reports. The tradition is based on beliefs that babies with any sort of physical defect have no souls, and that others such as twins and triplets are also "cursed".
In Africa it has been reported in the past that the belief that raping babies or virgins will cure or prevent aids.



If Africans with a similar naive tribal belief cannot yet understand the technology of modern medicine; how can they be expected to understand the running of a modern government with all its complexities? With one-person one-vote these people can be bulldozed into voting for any unscrupulous politician. To harvest political votes in Africa must be one of the main methods of pre-election political farming. Fear of course is another. Let the best political farmer or bully wins. During the first open election the people expected to receive houses immediately, as was promised. Many of them are still waiting and some of them literally died waiting for houses nearly seventeen years later...

The solution may be to give voting rights to people with a predetermined educational standard or of mature age. This will put the decision making process of he country (or continent) back into the hands of the educated and the elders. This can only be done if there is free and available schooling for all children. It will also encourage people to reach the predetermined educational standard in order to have a say in the running of the Country

Read the report in the Telegraph

WORLD GREED 28-6-2007

28-6-2007

WORLD GREED

One can say that greed is one of the most destructive forces in the world today.

There is enough money to ensure a comfortable living for every sentient being on the planet.

With so much money pouring into Africa all Africans should have the knowledge and tools to have a self-sustainable living.

The elements that paralyze the efforts of first world countries to have the desired "make poverty history' effect in Africa are among other:

• The Red tape of outdated rules and laws prevent proper distribution of funds and investment opportunities in Africa.
• Unskilled or immature or greedy decision makers.
• Corruption and violence.
• War and anarchy.
• There is unwillingness among people in power to take responsibility of their own actions.
• There is a tendency to blame and punish past injustices instead utilizing current resources to create solutions for the future.
• We have many poor role models among teachers, politicians and those in power.
• Too many Africans are in "victim mode".
• A tendency to widen the gap between the higher and lower classes because of the greed of those in control of financial distribution and the population at large.
• Another problem is the crime that is out of hand, criminal injustice and a poor social structure.
• Drugs and drug abuse destroys the lives of too many Africans
• A tendency of African leaders to be global beggars and expects from the first world standards that they are unable to implement in their own countries.
• Military rule.
• Etc. Etc.

Money alone will not permanently alleviate poverty.

Education and healing at all levels of the African society will be needed as well as positive role models from first world countries.

Africans need to learn to be accountable for their promises. The money donors should insist on that. Leaders should mirror their expectations. They are not only there to make fancy speeches while globe trotting

Shortcomings that are recognized openly in Africa are often active behind the scenes in the first world.

Where Africans may be master beggars and victims; First world leaders may be master manipulators and deceivers.