IMPORTANCE::EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE
The Sustainable Development Department (SDD) of FAO and UNESCO are inviting member countries, UN entities and civil society to join in the establishment of a new Partnership on Education for Rural People.
The initiative seeks to address rural-urban disparities, which are a serious concern to governments and the international community as a whole. About 70 per cent of the poor live in rural areas. Despite the fact that education is a basic right in itself and an essential prerequisite for reducing poverty, improving the living conditions of rural people and building a food-secure world, children's access to education in rural areas is still much lower than in urban areas, adult illiteracy is much higher and quality of education is poorer.
In this regard, FAO and UNESCO are joining efforts in the establishment of a new flagship within the Education for All (EFA) initiative with a focus on Education for rural people. The partnership will be open to members committed to working separately and together to promote and facilitate quality basic education for rural people.
The new FAO/UNESCO flagship was officially launched at a side event during the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 September 2002
The flagship objectives are:
•Building awareness on the importance of education for rural people as a crucial step to achieve the Millennium goals of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger and achieving education for all.
•Overcoming the urban/rural education gap
•Increasing access to basic education by rural people
•Improving quality of basic education in rural areas
•Fostering national capacity to plan and implement basic education plans to address learning needs of rural people.
By:UNESCO (South Africa) more
The initiative seeks to address rural-urban disparities, which are a serious concern to governments and the international community as a whole. About 70 per cent of the poor live in rural areas. Despite the fact that education is a basic right in itself and an essential prerequisite for reducing poverty, improving the living conditions of rural people and building a food-secure world, children's access to education in rural areas is still much lower than in urban areas, adult illiteracy is much higher and quality of education is poorer.
In this regard, FAO and UNESCO are joining efforts in the establishment of a new flagship within the Education for All (EFA) initiative with a focus on Education for rural people. The partnership will be open to members committed to working separately and together to promote and facilitate quality basic education for rural people.
The new FAO/UNESCO flagship was officially launched at a side event during the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 September 2002
The flagship objectives are:
•Building awareness on the importance of education for rural people as a crucial step to achieve the Millennium goals of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger and achieving education for all.
•Overcoming the urban/rural education gap
•Increasing access to basic education by rural people
•Improving quality of basic education in rural areas
•Fostering national capacity to plan and implement basic education plans to address learning needs of rural people.
By:UNESCO (South Africa) more
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Education for rural poor is already in vogue but it is being left loosely in implimentation and it is voluntary .But if it can be made compulsary it will make a huge differences.Adult education and ,scheme for drop out children are existing with out much effect. A formal educational certificate of primary standard should be given to all who undergo this course. Basic local language ,basic Hindi and basic English along with preliminary arithmetics, with a few lesson in civics,hygiene ,social sciences ,environment protection will be of use to a basic citizen in rural area. They must be a computerized data on such educated people with Aadharcard card .The left over people can be covered in the next abhiyan. Thus a rurally educated (basic )certificate holder can be a asset to the nation no and participates in all abhiyans. Angutha chaps as they are called is a derogatory term for such valuable citizenry whom we can groom by severe application of sincerity .Jai hind more
Sep 10
Sarmaj Ji Very Rightly Said Once People See other Countries they find their own country as a Very BIG DUST BIN and they just came out of that BIN to go to Other Country those looks More Relaxing,Beautiful,Peaceful,Rich & Beautiful.So they wish to keep themselves in other Country and misguides their whole Circles of People about Abroad to make their own community VILLAGES in other Countries.You fill Find MINI INDIA all over World. more
Sep 09
The divided Congress of 80s occupied interests and power in States with different names and ultimately , from 95 , the whole issue of Education along-with the Manufacturing Units set aside while the Globalisation and invite of foreign investments and , easing Visa and Pass Port System with foreign ties made Indian Rural people prefer to go out of the Country even as Unskilled , Semi Skilled etc., just for lively hood . Even the Banks Nationalized purpose of promoting Self Employment opportunities in the Rural where 70% population live and lead also diversified for the purpose of selfish businessmen keeping away the whole concept . Otherwise , the present illiterates will not count at 46 and more . It is all due to the liberalized powers & responsibilities left by the Center at the interest of their own survival at ease . In fact , this option of the Indian Union leaving off many public welfare oriented provisions to the States irrespective of the meaning set in article 36 of Directive Principles is the very reason for failure of many Bodies of the Governments . Secondly , if the general public are Educated even upto Intermediate , the ill-full rule of Political Parties in many States and , even at the Center would have been set off a decade back itself . Just for the BULK VOTES OF THE ILLITERATES THAT CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE WAY THE PARTIES ARE DECEIVING , the Center Opted such anti National practice . Since the whole issue is such , the NDA opted these localcles.com not only for inspiring the educated people but also make them interested on the whole concept of the Constitution that still far off from the Rural India . more
Sep 09
Sarma Ji a Illiterate Leader he do not know much the real value of EDUCATION in INDIA they can not see are BLIND by Minds & EYES also and can not think that why CITIES of India are developing Faster than Rural Population of INDIA.So they wish to keep their People BLIND & MINDLESS and Dependents on Developed Population in INDIA in Cities. Or they think the EDUCATED rural People will not take Interest in AGRICULTURE and In other Man Power works.But they Do not know the actual Meaning of EDUCATION but think of PROFESSION of White Collars sitting in GOVT.Office. Increasing Bloody Fools become Roots of Tensions in a Country. more
Sep 09
The Acts of Compulsory Education and Adult Education also either set off ; or , the people thought of quitting on attending a month . The Teaching places , the access Roads to Schools and , the knowledge of the Teachers in the Rural Areas are really such and the Governments must rectify these 3 issues in the first place for any further provision which either go for wrong-placement or , remain as a second failure please . The Realization by the Governments on these 3 TOP issues on Schools can definitely address the Education in Rural Areas with such Foreign tie-ups please . more
Sep 09
