3 ways education can eradicate poverty
Number one of the list of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations and one of the biggest challenges is to eradicate poverty. Based on United Nations estimates, over 700 million people live below the international poverty line of $1.90 a day and that will not change unless we all take the right steps.
“We believe that everyone has equal value and should have access to high-quality education around the world. Our #Nisai2030 vision supports that education can achieve all the SDGs, including the goal to eradicate poverty” — Nisai Group, 2019
Most experts agree that education is the most effective way to take millions of people out of poverty — access to high-quality education results in decent economic growth (SDG 8), creating a knock-on effect for making Goal 1 (no poverty) much more achievable. On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2019, we list 3 ways education can help end poverty:
Education reduces poverty
According to official reports, 171 million people were lifted out of extreme poverty situations in the last 10 years having left school with basic reading skills. Statistics show that if all children were educated with basic reading and writing skills, the world’s poverty could be reduced by 15% a year. With the purpose of improving early language and literacy skills for children, we present you with our literacy intervention resource: Units of Sound. The programme helps students and schools to improve their communication, literacy and language skills. Through Units of Sound, we are able to make a direct impact on Goal 1 to break the cycle of poverty, also proving that literacy is the fundamental start to education.
Education reduces inequality
United Nations has found that one of the biggest inequalities that preserve the cycle of poverty is gender. In developing countries, education plays an important role in giving women more control over how many children they have. After an extra year of primary education, a girl’s individual wage increases to 10–20% and 25% with secondary education. Moreover, 80% of a mother’s wage goes to her family, which can result in lifting a household out of poverty. At Nisai, we provide equal and quality education to all as well as we promote girls’ empowerment and their right to education.
Education can tackle climate change
The overall climate change, as well as the rapidly increasing frequency of natural disasters, could drive as many as 122 million people into poverty by 2030, as mentioned by UNESCO. By offering primary and secondary education to citizens, it can provide future farmers with critical thinking skills to encourage a sustainable change in agriculture and help end poverty. It is essential for us to integrate climate and ecological change into the educational curriculum. These skills can impact students in understanding, analysing and using their resources to think creatively and change their behaviour towards a positive future.
Education for all
Education is essential to our world’s economic development and can help eradicate poverty. We believe that a balanced education system promotes economic development, productivity and can generate individual income. Investing in education can be an efficient means of eradicating poverty, but that depends on how well it is tailored to its context. Our British curriculum is accessible to all learners, with courses accredited by OCR, Cambridge and NOCN. Additionally, we are approved by the Department for Education as a Section 41 provider for Post 16 learners and all our schools are either ISI or OFSTED inspected.
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