Education means a lot to an individual because it increases the expansion of opportunities in an individual’s life; even though, they might not realize that. Moreover, providing educational opportunities for citizens means everything for a nation. It is one of the greatest opportunities that provides social and economic development.Many young people in the developing countries, more specifically girls, who are very talented don’t get the opportunity to have education. For my future goals, I want to have a great positive impact on helping children, especially girls in developing countries, to have the opportunity of getting higher education, so they can help themselves and others to have better future. I find myself interesting in studying human resource development of education in developing countries, and despite the fact that there is a great expansion of educational opportunities universally, women in most developing countries still receive less educational opportunities than men, and there is a long way to go. This is one of the biggest reasons that inspired me to have passion for this career, and the fact that I believe providing the opportunity of getting higher education for girls and women supports both individual and nations’ development.
On the other hand, providing educational opportunities in Africa is something that has a long way to go because there are cultural barriers those still hold back the development of education. However, there is a great disparity between the girls’ and boys’ educational opportunity available in Africa. In many societies in the developing countries such as India, girls face cultural restrictions those avoid them from the opportunity to have higher education. For instance, the dominance of child labor in India is another obstacle which prevents children from going to school. This is another appalling practice that discourages girls from receiving education since they are the ones who always do the house work (Admin 2011). One of the other main reasons for giving secondary education to girls in developing countries is to break the backbiting cycle of illiteracy, child marriage, and pregnancy. According to Ananilea Nkya, "The Law of Marriage Act [1971] allows a girl as young as 14 to be married"(2007). Do to the early child marriage, pregnancy becomes another cutting machine that prevents girls to have higher education. For instance, Rukwa in the southwest of Tanzania, it was stated that 200 girls discontinued their high school education because of pregnancy (Wunrn 2007). Furthermore, providing the opportunity to have higher education for girls provides better chances of having educated woman who has the skills and self-confidence that she needs to be a better parent, worker, and citizen who will have a great contribution to the betterment of her country.
However, over latest decades there has been significant progress in girls' education in developing countries (Roudi-Fahimi, Valentine M. Moghadam 2002). Nevertheless, it is very essential to think about what it would take to improve girls' access to higher educational opportunities in the developing countries is not an easy task to do. In addition to the passion that I have for my career path and supporting the development of girl’s education in developing countries will not destroy those old parries over a night. One of the other important things that I like about my career choice is working with different people in different places and cultures. Working with Parents and communities and encouraging them to support girls’ education is one of the most influential ways that families and communities can support girls’ education in developing countries. Moreover, it is one of the best ways that one can have a positive impacts on the betterment of girls’ education in developing countries. Parents’ support is very important for the development of girls’ education in developing countries; because, they are the only backbone that children have when they are young. And if the only backbone that the children have when they are young don’t support them they are more likely to grow in a crooked way. The luck of girls’ educations’ support in developing countries can have excessive effect on countries’ development; because, girls are the future mothers and if there is no anyone who is educating them they are more likely to not educate their children as well.
Helping needed people and supporting girls’ education is one of my dreams, and I believe that I can reach my dream by studying human resource development of education in developing countries. I believe that if I reach my dream I can be the change that I want to make and help others who want to change for the better.
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