"A Boost for the World's Poorest Schools" by Tina Rosenberg

     

   "A world without education is a world without freedom."  Such is the dilemma of children in third world countries, where education has being toss aside because of economic restrictions and irresponsible leadership. According to the article, “A boots for the World’s Schools,” many organizations around the world, such as save the children and the United Nations are helping poor countries educate their populations because these governments are mediocre at best when it comes to educating their populations. These two organizations have made great progress in third world countries. For example, Save the Children has created a program called, “Literacy Boots,” which main goal is to promote better “teaching methods” in order for better teaching of the schools and communities in these poor countries. This ideas of promoting education around the world in third world countries, to me at least, is another way for corrupt governments to tell their people that their doing everything they can to better the country, when in fact, they are doing very little to nothing.  Where does all the money they receive from countries such as, The United States go? I am not saying that education is not important because it is. However, the problem with education in this countries, are the governments themselves. I wish and I would love to see children in third world countries go to schools without any sort of restrictions, but sadly, and this is the truth, at least in my country, every little help my country gets from other nations or organizations, does not help the ones in need, but the ones with power and money.

     

   Poor ccountries such as my own, Honduras, has very good educational schools. Schools that go from kinder garden to colleges or universities that have great teachers and facilities, but only certain people have access to these schools. Even though these schools still take money from the government, they have high entry fees that poor people cannot afford, thus making this the real problem. I believe that corruption begins when people lose faith in their government, and when corruption has taken over such government, the good intentions do not take effect.