{"id":8690,"date":"2017-02-22T09:58:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T07:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enkoeducation.com\/?p=8690"},"modified":"2017-02-22T09:58:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T07:58:01","slug":"what-sort-of-education-system-is-needed-for-the-africa-of-tomorrow-we-need-your-contributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enkoeducation.com\/en_za\/what-sort-of-education-system-is-needed-for-the-africa-of-tomorrow-we-need-your-contributions\/","title":{"rendered":"What sort of education system is needed for the Africa of tomorrow? We need your contributions!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cEducating all our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances of building better lives\u201d. Nelson Mandela<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Education is a key priority for the future of Africa – nobody would disagree with that. The Africans who responded to the Afrobarometer survey placed education among the top priorities for investment by their government. Enrolment rates in primary and secondary schools<\/a>\u00a0have increased between 2000 and 2012 in sub-Saharan Africa, from 60% to 78% for primary and 26% to 41% for secondary. These rates are likely to increase even further.\u00a0As enrolment rates increase, and as a middle class emerges, who see education as one of the main factors in ensuring a successful future for their children and making them future leaders who play a role in developing their society, so a demand for a more qualitative education is increasing. The objective is not only to teach children \u201creading, writing and arithmetic\u201d, but also to give them the tools to build their future.<\/p>\n