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Inadequate education facilities

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Insufficient training facilities

Inadequate educational infrastructure

Nature

In particular in less developed countries, schooling is often insufficient in content and quality, with overcrowded classrooms, teacher insufficiently trained and overworked, insufficient equipment and without the help of essential support services.

Incidence

At least one third of existing schools and universities have poor facilities, especially in developing countries. A 1996 survey of facilities in higher education in the USA showed a total backlog of $32.5 billion, or which $7.1 billion is considered urgent.

Broader

Obstacles to education

Ineffective delivery of basic human resource services

Narrower

Overcrowding in schools

Outdated school materials

Inflexible classroom space

Unimplemented school request

Unmaintained educational facilities

Inadequate child day-care facilities

Lack of play time for school children

Lack of secondary schools in the countryside

Lack of facilities for educating older people

Inadequate educational facilities for gifted children

Inadequate educational facilities for disabled persons

Aggravates

Vulnerable children

Cultural deprivation ^{[in 1 loop]}

Inequality in education

Lack of social mobility

Exploitation of child labour ^{[in 2 loops]}

Inadequate secondary education ^{[in 4 loops]}

Proliferation of private schools

Denial of education to minorities ^{[in 1 loop]}

Illiteracy among indigenous peoples

Inefficient use of educational resources

Discrimination against women in education

Inadequate education of indigenous peoples

Haphazard transmission of practical technology ^{[in 5 loops]}

Neglect of the role of women in rural development ^{[in 3 loops]}

Restriction of indigenous populations to reservations

Aggravated by

Unrecognized relevance of education

Ineffective educational policy decisions

Strategy(ies)

Improving educational facilities

Value(s)

Type

(D) Detailed problems

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