Millennium Goals: Universal Education in Southeast Asia Maggie Miles, Olivia Vargo, Aidan Crenshaw, Sophia Harrison
What Is It? Why is it Important? ✘ the idea that education can be offered across the planet to everyone ✘ It has rippling effects upon many other goals including infant mortality rate and maternal health care
Southeast Asia ✘ 97% of the region’s youth is enrolled in school 48% of Asia’s total school-aged population 27% of the world’s ✘ 2.2 million children not enrolled in school of any sort in the region
southeast asia’s progress has been hindered by: ✘ High poverty rates ✘ clarity of goals ✘ teacher effectiveness/adaptability ✘ funding ✘ gender equality challenges?
progression of goal over 120 communities in southeast asia now have compulsory public education due to: ✘ Public Pressure on governments ✘ Global Campaign for Education ✘ Fast Track Initiative ✘ Unicef ✘ Peace Corps
Malaysia: new education policy - teach in english Singapore: IT Master Plan in Education Thailand: Education Reform policy Philippines: ICT Plan for Education Cambodia: New Constitution
1.5 Billion $ provided by the Asian Development Bank atleast 15% of all government budgets are now spent on education 2,311,107 students are now in primary school in Cambodia
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