Denial of Education in Africa |
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There is a denial of education in Africa.
Most Africans do not have access to even the most basic education.
What has brought about this lamentable and tragic modern crucifixion of the vast mass of humanity occupying Sub-Sahara Africa?
What are some of the issues which have led to the development of large scale poverty and conflicts in the Third World and specifically in Africa?
The answers to these questions are too complex to analyse fully in short. Nevertheless, there is one outstanding practical solution in the struggle against poverty in Africa, and in the effort towards national development and reconciliation.
It is education.
In particular, it is the attempt to:
- assist young people to acquire professional skills, in order to obtain employment; and simultaneously to
- enrich these countries with necessary human resources.
The problem is that education – especially tertiary education - is beyond the economic means of most people in Sub-Sahara Africa.
One recent book describes this tragic phenomenon as a “Refusal of Education.”
It is only the rich, or those who are intellectually gifted and hence receive scholarships, who can afford professional studies.
The majority, however, are refused tertiary education purely on an economic basis.
This “denial of education”, of course, affects adversely the development of a poor nation.
In Kenya, projects have been launched by the Orthodox Church, to provide educational opportunities for the poor.
Our missionary principle is “Charity through education”.
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