Education: Quality over Quantity

Education is vital to a child’s success and has since progressively become more accessible in the modern, but an largely unaddressed issue within education is the quality of the education given to children, and means by which knowledge is transferred. This is such a paramount feature that remains a significant challenge to underprivileged areas.

The quality of education focuses on the child as a whole, and includes the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of each and every student within a school. To achieve this level, qualified and patient teachers are needed, who are invested in each student’s learning process. Regular benchmark assessments are another facet that must be considered in education, to tailor the needs of a population in their education, resulting in possible reformation in the education institution of a population. Assessments of a teacher’s performance are also imperative to ensure that standards are met. This connects to accountability, and ensuring that educational institutions meet specific standards and include the core curriculum at minimum. An educational institution must also encompass relevant skills required for future success into their curriculum, such as technical and vocational and practical skills that reflect the needs of the society and industry, preparing children for success in their future career.

Increasing access to quality education diminishes the disparity among communities and further unites a polarized world. It is vital in disrupting the cycle of poverty among generations of families, and overall leads to more tolerant and peaceful societies. However, quality of education becomes increasingly challenging to implement within areas of poverty and underrepresentation, as these areas tend to lack qualified teachers, proper resources and funding, and infrastructure. Books with Borders is a non-profit designed to address this gap, aiming to increase the literacy rate of impoverished regions within the world by providing individualized tutoring online, we aim to expand education and the potential of children.