The Effect of Education on the Development of Different Countries
The effect of education on the development of different countries
As the increasing demand for skilled workers, more attention has been paid to education. Education has been developing follow the step of humanity which affects knowledge, skills and attitude from one generation to the other (Compayre and Payne,1899) and interacts on the progress of civilization. The impact of the rapid growth of education is felt at institutional, national and international levels, and these are inter-related. This essay will examine how education influences economic growth, social advancement and environmental improvement.
Education plays an essential role in economic growth in less-developed countries. On one hand, Bloom, Canning and Chan claimes (2006) that it helps these countries make obvious progress towards national income. For example, Mauritius, a small island, has grown up from a poor nation in the 1960s to a middle-income country in the 1970s, which means the economy has dramatically been developed, and it is the consequence of universal education (Bloom et al. 2006). The per capita GDP in Mauritius has added up to $12,800 in Prospective Pravastatin Pooling (PPP terms) Project and it dues to economic growth since 1970s (Bloom et al. 2006). On the other hand, education can also make an indirect difference in the economic-growth activities through advancing broader aspects such as gender relations, and connections. Some institutions have taken affirmative actions to raise female enrolment with encouraging results, which allowed women to acquire equal educational rights with men (Bloom et al. 2006).According to (1999)an rapid increase in women’s access to education creates a better environment for economic growth, the study for the World Bank also suggested that, increasing the share of women with secondary education by one percentage point increases a country’s annual per capita income growth by an average 0.3 percentage points.
Education is not only vital to
As the increasing demand for skilled workers, more attention has been paid to education. Education has been developing follow the step of humanity which affects knowledge, skills and attitude from one generation to the other (Compayre and Payne,1899) and interacts on the progress of civilization. The impact of the rapid growth of education is felt at institutional, national and international levels, and these are inter-related. This essay will examine how education influences economic growth, social advancement and environmental improvement.
Education plays an essential role in economic growth in less-developed countries. On one hand, Bloom, Canning and Chan claimes (2006) that it helps these countries make obvious progress towards national income. For example, Mauritius, a small island, has grown up from a poor nation in the 1960s to a middle-income country in the 1970s, which means the economy has dramatically been developed, and it is the consequence of universal education (Bloom et al. 2006). The per capita GDP in Mauritius has added up to $12,800 in Prospective Pravastatin Pooling (PPP terms) Project and it dues to economic growth since 1970s (Bloom et al. 2006). On the other hand, education can also make an indirect difference in the economic-growth activities through advancing broader aspects such as gender relations, and connections. Some institutions have taken affirmative actions to raise female enrolment with encouraging results, which allowed women to acquire equal educational rights with men (Bloom et al. 2006).According to (1999)an rapid increase in women’s access to education creates a better environment for economic growth, the study for the World Bank also suggested that, increasing the share of women with secondary education by one percentage point increases a country’s annual per capita income growth by an average 0.3 percentage points.
Education is not only vital to
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