Literacy in Africa is one of the major issues that African Leaders are combating with. About 40% of African children are out of school, 20% are still dreaming of going to school, 20% are still in school, and 20% are now in university, graduated, and employed. Poverty is the major issue deviating literacy in Africa. Many families cannot afford for their children to go to school, especially when they are close to the last brink of their resources, therefore, management and frugality must be applied. However, it is not that these poor people are not aware of education or its vitality as a gateway to end poverty in their family, but they have no other choice but to take another path not towards educating their family, rather, their priority is to bring the family to a level of survival.
Some countries are rich but corruption is nailing the country down towards success, while other countries are so poor due to warring crises among ethnic groups. The crises had destroyed millions of property, including school, hospital, banks, burning of farms etc. With the rapidity of the vandalism and humanitarian crime involving the crises going on, there is a little hope of economic and social revival for these nations. Therefore, when a country or nation is undergoing uprisings, education on the one hand will seem indubitable, and economy on the other hand, is hopeless. Four of ten Africans cannot read or write and there is no sign that the situation will change.
Literacy in Africa is a very paradoxical issue. Even though it serves as a gateway to eradicating poverty, the future seems ambiguous. Therefore, for literacy to attain a strong hold in Africa, it will need to be bolstered. A saying goes that actions is better than words. The issue Literacy in Africa is like a talk-show without active inputs, it will only depicts a smoke in the wind, which vanishes within seconds. In order to alleviate this situation, justice must be built. Some countries are now subsidizing crude oil over agriculture, overlooking the penitence that will arise from these decisions. Upon all, crude oil is only benefiting the wealthy not the poor people. Millions of people have lost their home, family, and their life-agriculture, because of the unexpected discovery of crude oil. The happiness of these people is their survival, irregardless of literacy.
The consequences of illiteracy, contrary to literacy, in Africa are very intriguing. Many poor farmers who based their life, hope, family, and survival on agriculture are now facing self-erasion. Because of their illiteracy, many of these poor farmers agric-products are undervalued by intransigent and unscrupulous co-operative managers, while others have died from overdose or self-medication due to their inability to read the prescription printed on the tablet box. According to the director of AAN, "illiteracy is the greatest threat to the development of Africa because it undermines the fragile democracies."
According to the latest UNESCO report, literacy remains a major barrier to the development of African countries. Literacy policies in Africa are diverse, but they commonly suffer from a lack of financial, material and human resources. Electricity and financial condition in Africa is making the issue of literacy unsolvable. For example, the term 'computer literacy' only applies to rich and wealthy international business owners in Africa. Electricity or power shortage also impacts computer literacy. We all know that a computer as any gadgets needs electricity to operate. Some families that are considered less fortunate can afford a small electrical generator. However, these 'techs' have their own negative sides: because of the voltage generated by an electrical generator, it has been warned that computer should not be boot during this process of electrical generation.
Harsh discipline in Africa is enervating literacy, even though it serves as the best option towards building good and respectable futures. But the authorities are taking a theoretical overdose of the issue. We all agree that discipline is vital for the African kids, but the excess of discipline is maltreatment. Many African kids had developed cold fear due to every day punishments. Many teachers had neglected their teaching duties of tutoring and advising for the so-called punishments fame. Even there is no significant difference between public school in Africa and the refuse dumping places. Some African governments are making lots of money from Agricultural businesses to crude oil businesses. Yet the population is suffering. Where are all these profits mapping to? When these kids have lost their educational privileges due to school authorities’ dictatorships, then, the only option is to become a school-drop out, even worse, premature pregnancy, or gangs. The heaven for these African kids is any continent or nation that is outside the Africa, such as the U.S, European countries, South America, and Australia, where freedom lies and great opportunity waits. Truly, “God bless America, the land of dreams.”
The question regarding this issue is: If literacy is attained in Africa, will it last long when the invidious government is still indisposed? If literacy is attained, will it last long when economic stability remains unreachable, and poverty rate is increasing with high rapidity? The answer is apparently, no. For literacy to be attained, economic conditions needs to be improved, and corruption must be displaced from the government, then, literacy will survive. Literacy in Africa cannot stands on its own without other things to back it up.
Source: http://www.helium.com/items/1007854-literacy-africa-major-issue
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