Universal Education

Universal education is available education for all children, at an affordable or no charge. Mostly, this involves education up to elementary and sometimes secondary school. Normally this is inforced by law. Universal education is important for all because with education, people get a chance at better jobs. Many poor country in the world now do not have many educated or literate men. Most children in these poor places rarely, or do not, go to school, and instead, has to work in order to bring another source of income to the family. A lot of the times, it is because the family can not afford to send the kid to school. However, what a lot of them do not understand is that, with education, there is fairly bigger chance of getting a better job, thus, better income. Universal education has not been entirely achieved yet. In many of the poorer countries, children do not get the most basic education, sometimes because there is no schooling provided there. The 8 Millenium Development Goals have stated, in its Goal 2, to 'achieve universal primary education' by 2015. The progress of this goal has been staggered depending on country. Some countries have achieved this, while some others haven't. Reaching this goal is hard, because it will require a lot of funding and man-power. There needs to be training programs for teachers, construction of school buildings, and a number of laws that should be enforced to protect education. Some of these laws should force children into school, because many parents have traditional thinking that as long as they have a person to help on the farm, they will be fine. So more than just the basic facilities and staff should be provided; the thinking of the older generation should also be changed. Moreover, many of these fundings should also be used to provide financial aid and scholarships to more disadvantaged and underprivilaged families. If this goal is achieved, it would improve a lot of many country's economic standings, and improve the next generation.