Is Education in America, and Other Developing/Major Countries in the World Expensive?

Is Education in America, and Other Developing/Major Countries in the World Expensive?

In the universal declaration of human rights Article 26 says everyone has the right to education, and that education should be free for elementary levels. One of people's major concerns is if the statement is reflecting on the whole world, U.S. or even Europe. Some parts of the world mostly rural areas do not take education seriously as other countries. They are usually mediocre and sometimes don't imply education whatsoever.

However, they can be a number of possible reasons why children don't really get a chance at education in some areas. One of the reasons is that governments lacking either the resources or the political will. Low income and poor parents can contribute to the crisis also. Or even the area some people live in can be the problem. Catastrophic weather and droughts can be the reason. Main problem is if the government can't pay for schooling, the parents has no choice but to take matter into their own hands. This means that education cannot possibly be free all throughout the world. Just because all the major countries like the United States are exceeding that right , doesn't mean the developing countries are also.

If parents need to intentionally pay for their child’s school funds, then in article 26 when it said "education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages" is not being accomplished. Some parents have to go in debt sending their child to school, some parents don't send their child to school period. Parents in low income countries tend to get low income. Unfortunately parents have organized and paid for their children's education themselves. Sometimes the school fees and others user payments are heavy burden for some parents to to bear. The parents may have went to the same process as their children and may lack basic skills and have a greater difficulty finding well paying jobs and escaping poverty. Another problem is in many developing countries the government’s lack either the financial resources or the...

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