Primary school

educationally marginalized hail from rural or remote villages, conflict affected areas, or come from ethnic and linguistic minorities, and make up half of the children that fail to complete a full cycle of primary school. For example in Uganda 90 out of 100 children of the poorest households who entered school in 2006 only 49 out…

changed since they were in primary school. I was shocked by the fact that they refer to their parents as their main influence during primary school with no mention of their teachers. This response could be because the Interviewee does not respond well to the rigid environment that school entails. Interviewee Two seemed to respond on their time at primary school with more fondness than Interviewee One. While stating that their parents played a large factor during primary school, they were also…

2016). However, since their culture views circumcision as a gateway to womanhood, the children that continue to attend school afterwards get bullied and tormented by their peers; their society views that “school is for children” (The Life of Maasai Women”, 2016). Moreover, children who marry at a young age never return back to school in order to avoid torment from other children at school. Their culture also prefers to educate their sons first; it turns out that women are valued based on the…

World Bank’s user-fee policies, as well as other cost-recovery policies for primary education were “very harmful to equity, have not improved quality or efficiency significantly, if at all, and have been inimical to the attainment of EFA and the MDGs.” In doing so, these neoliberal policies were proven to be unproductive in providing significant attention to educational reform efforts by concentrating solely on access to primary schooling. However, in more recent years, given the abolition of…

experienced great progress in primary education access. From 2000 to 2011, the enrollment rate increased from 83% to 90%, and the number of children who had never gone to school decreased by half (from 102 million in 2000 to 57 million in 2011). However, even today 250 million children are unable to read, write or do basic maths. It is not enough to provide school access, improving the quality of learning is decisive. Moreover, children tend to leave school before finishing primary education.…

students in Australian school environments, is a process often requiring wider community support and actions (QPASTT, 2014, p. 33). More than the extra efforts of staff, and budgeting are required of the school itself, particularly if the immigrants are refugees. A great deal of personal time and effort from school staff, working with the family of the student often in conjunction with community services is necessary to make a culturally competent transition. The primary focus of this essay…

teaching in keeping with your school and adding positively to its mission, whilst the highlighted committed staff and collaborative community links, are advantages to the post. Your school mission, inspiring a love of learning, is key to my philosophy of teaching and essential to all aspect of my role as an educator, whilst my nurturing, caring nature instils the essential attitudes and values needed to support and add to the Christian ethos. It is clear everyone within the school is extremely…

Year 1 teacher in your school as, after looking through the school’s website, I believe that I would be an outstanding addition to your staff. I feel this as the values and practices of your school are a great reflection of my own. As well as being dedicated, hard-working and extremely passionate about teaching, I trust that I would work effectively in your school in particular due to the emphasis on everyone working as one team. One piece of feedback from my previous school, was how efficiently…

cost? Creative expression is a cornerstone in the development of young minds and with the budget being more important than curriculum many of these outlets are being cut from public schools. Dance education provides children with this much-needed creative outlet. Mandating dance classes in public elementary schools as part of the mainstream curriculum allows children to foster creativity and expression, but also will increase overall cognitive development and productivity of students. The…

connect with primary schools and hospital to expand the Cowherds community and reach more people to tackle health issues in Salford. To reach efficiency in the application of this solution we researched primary schools and their characteristics to explain how Cowherds can connect with them. First, Holy Family Salford constitutes a primary school based on British values, which includes a wide range of extracurricular activities ranging form sport to house choirs. Additionally, the schools…