Children learn best when information is relevant and presented in a way that meets their learning style. This can be accomplished by encouraging them to pursue their interests outside of school.
Access to quality education is everyone’s right, regardless of age or circumstances. When children miss out on education, they suffer from poverty, health problems and social isolation.
Education is the key to a better future
Education offers a wide range of benefits to children. It improves their health, reduces poverty, and boosts economic growth. It also helps kids become more empathetic and helpful to others. It helps kids understand different cultures and respect differences in people, especially when they interact with peers at school. It also gives kids a chance to practice their communication skills, whether it’s through gestures or words. This is important to make them more comfortable and confident in social situations.
Education also provides a strong sense of self-esteem and pride. Educated kids are more likely to have healthy relationships and to engage in social activism. They also have better job prospects and earn higher wages than those with fewer qualifications. They’re also more likely to volunteer and help strangers. Education is the key to a brighter future for every child. Sadly, however, many kids around the world don’t have access to quality learning opportunities. This is due to a lack of trained teachers, poor education materials and insufficient infrastructure.
It is the right of every child
Children deserve the right to a full and robust education. They are the future of the world, and we have a responsibility to them. However, far too many are missing out on their education because they cannot afford it or face barriers to getting into school, like war, natural disasters, poverty, and gender-based discrimination.
Learning begins prenatally, but it is often impeded by the inequalities of the existing system. This inequality can lead to different developmental pathways that hinder a child’s growth. It can also limit their contribution to society over time.
In order to achieve equality, we need a robust definition of children’s rights. This definition should include a positive right to equitable, developmental equality, which translates into an affirmative duty to support children and families and recognizes the intersection between children’s dignity and family dignity. This right should trigger structural reforms that prioritize a child’s needs. It should be grounded in the principles of equality, equity, and dignity at the core of equal protection jurisprudence.
It is the weapon to fight poverty
Education is one of the most powerful weapons to fight poverty. It gives children the skills and knowledge to improve their lives and build a more secure future. It’s also a crucial driver of economic growth, as it helps people become more productive and resilient to change.
A lack of access to education can have devastating consequences for a child’s life. Without it, they may grow up to be malnourished, have poor health and be at greater risk of abuse or neglect. They are more likely to abandon school and end up in harmful activities like child labour, where their earnings are not enough to meet their basic needs.
At Concern, we believe that all children have a right to quality education. But there are many obstacles that prevent children from exercising this right: conflict, natural disasters, health crises, poverty, geographic isolation and social exclusion. You can help us break these barriers by donating to our Let Them Learn appeal today.
It is the foundation of a nation’s economical growth
Education is essential for a nation’s economic growth, but securing access to quality education is increasingly challenging. Competing global crises, including the pandemic, climate change, high inflation and debt, and a digital divide that hinders remote learning during long school closures, are occupying policymakers’ attention and fiscal space. This leaves little room for education.
As children develop cognitively as preschoolers, their new ways of thinking call for both similar and different behavior by adults. For example, children are naturally suited to experimental inquiry that involves hypotheses and testing, while the use of simple labels can unify disparate observations or discrete facts into coherent conceptual systems. They are also more capable of deliberately enlisting their implicit theories in new learning situations. Clapping to a rhythm can teach counting and mathematical operations; playing board games can introduce one-to-one correspondence.
Children who cannot go to school are at greater risk of exploitation, abuse and discrimination. Girls in particular face barriers to completing their education, leaving them vulnerable to recruitment into terrorist organizations and criminal gangs.