Five African proverbs on the meaning of education.
Effective education
develops the internal compass that guides us through life. Education includes the formal and informal
experiences that train, discipline, and shape the mental and physical
potentials of the maturing person. Informal education occurs in a spontaneous,
unplanned way.
Experiences that educate informally occur naturally; someone to
stimulate specific thoughts or to impart specific skills does not design them. Formal education is a purposeful, planned effort
to impart specific skills or information. Formal education is a systematic
process in which someone designs the educating experiences.
Tests do not
measure intelligence or ability; they do not measure how the mind processes
information. The goal of education should be to inspire a lifetime of the love
of learning.
Africa has some of the world’s most glaring education inequalities. All too often, children who are born poor, female, or in rural or conflict-affected regions, face an extreme disadvantage in education.
Many of the children in school are receiving an education of such poor quality that they are learning very little. More than 600 million Africans still do not have access to electricity, and the number is set to grow in the coming years since by 2050 more than one in four people on our planet will be African. "Africa’s future is in the hands of women. Equal education for girls, at all three education levels, is the critical issue” - Olusegun Obasanjo
Africa has some of the world’s most glaring education inequalities. All too often, children who are born poor, female, or in rural or conflict-affected regions, face an extreme disadvantage in education.
Many of the children in school are receiving an education of such poor quality that they are learning very little. More than 600 million Africans still do not have access to electricity, and the number is set to grow in the coming years since by 2050 more than one in four people on our planet will be African. "Africa’s future is in the hands of women. Equal education for girls, at all three education levels, is the critical issue” - Olusegun Obasanjo
Five African proverbs on the meaning of education.
Five African proverbs on the meaning of
education.
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If you think education is expensive, try
ignorance. - African Proverb
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When an old man dies a library burns
to the ground. - African Proverb
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Education is the most powerful weapon
which you can use to change the world. -
Nelson Mandela
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To get lost is to learn the way. - African Proverb
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Ubuntu - I am because we are. -
West African Proverb
