Illiteracy
An education sector of poor quality and high tuition prices Haiti suffers from historical problems in the public education sector. The 50% of children do not attend school and 80% of those who do attend private schools. The quality of education is usually weak and short texts of study suitable and qualified teachers. This translates into low scores in tests and high rates of dropout and repetition. In addition, there are very few schools. Parents in general expect to the child or girl is old enough to make the long journey to school before registering it. On the other hand, the fees are too high, at around US$70 to US$80 annually in a country whose gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is about US$480. In many cases, parents simply did not have the financial capacity to send their children to school to information gathered by a study of household vulnerability carried out by the Bank in 2004 determined that the families were withdrawing children from school when faced economic problems. "This generates cycles of entry and exit of the school that lead to today, three quarters of primary school children have an average of two more years of the age corresponding to the school level that are majoring in," said Holland.
Dilmary Cecilia Fernandez.
The earthquake of 2010 in Haiti left thousands of people dead and the country suffered devastating damage. But it was not the principal reason for the poverty of this country.
Haiti is one of the most poverty countries in the world with a rate of 77% and their principal resources come from of the international organizations. “Haiti’s post-quake economy is identical to its pre-disaster model.” (The New York Times, 2015).
This is one of the main reasons why the illiteracy rate in this country is one of the highest in the world because the country does not have the resources to bring the basic education to the citizens. On the other hand the economy of Haiti is affected by the corruption of the government. No government has taken advantage of the few resources that the country has to be divided appropriately.
This explains why the developing countries have the highest illiteracy in the world. It is principally for the few resources that are in the country that do not allow providing basic education to end this problem.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/opinion/haitis-economic-aftershocks.html?_r=0
Alejandra Uscategui Montaña
Haiti is a failed state, does not have a democratically elected head of state, nor respects the division of the branches of government (executive, legislative and judicial). For this reason, the management of public resources is poor, firstly because they are very scarce and, second, because the public administration of the small island is full of corruption.
This issue directly affects education in Haiti. There are not enough resources to invest in infrastructure, much less, to invest in high-quality teachers. Because of this, illiteracy has become an uncontrollable problem among its inhabitants, over 80% of children between 6 and 18 can not read or write, that is, almost 40% of the total population is illiterate.
Finally, it is clear the limited effectiveness and efficiency of government in Haiti on the issue of public education. It needs international help to solve this terrible problem that affects the Caribbean country.
Juan Sebastián Murcia R.
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Haiti has one of the highest illiteracy rate with more than 85%.
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From 3 millin of haitian children, only 1 millon have access to school, as the others dont have enoght money for materials or they are too far of a school to get there each day.
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It is estimated that from 60,000 teachers, 10% percent are qualified to teach.
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80 % of the schools in the country are private.
Any idea why illiteracy is a big problem on Haiti?
Maria fernanda covaleda