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MORE EDUCATED PEOPLE IS BETTER FOR AFRICA July 13, 2009

Once upon a time, Africa depended on the system of farming and hunting to survive; but a time came when it left such issues as tertiary. Now, however, it is considered as one of the world’s strongest supportive economy…

I woke up this morning and realized that it was all a dream. How I pray for that time to come in our generation!

The Author of Cash Flow Quadrant, Robert Kiyosaki, stated in his book that ‘we have presently moved from the era of industrialization to an era of information’. This can be demonstrated in the current trend of communication devices springing up all over the world. In some countries, it has been passed in their policy that every home should possess a computer for every child to use as soon as that child reaches the school going age.

An employer in the modern industry would prefer to hire an employee who at least has the skills to read and write than one who has no book knowledge. This should tell us how much we need to reform our educational system.

When a law is enforced among a group of people at a time they do not see the need for it, they may oppose it; but when they understand its necessity, and even request for such a legislation, it becomes worthier. How can uneducated people grasp the usefulness of a law if they are not educated, not well informed, about it? I concur with Robert Kiyosaki that the informational era is dominating to the extent that information is sold – or at least overwhelmingly available – over the Internet.

In Ghana, we have moved from different government types over the decades, and presently the democratic era lies before us. People need to understand what a country requires, how it can move forward, and who can provide those conditions to that goal, before they can use their vote effectively. The education of people can resolve some difficulties as far as these issues.

Robert Kla stated in his book that our school syllabus must be made more practical and should be written in such a way that the individuals who are trained according to it can handle issues that would emerge 10 to 20 years from today. Currently, I believe our school syllabus is off-track more than 50 percent and it should be modified not by people who are outdated, but by people who know the world trend adequately. Africa without great visionaries is bound to remain the same!

For Africa to move forward we need well-trained teachers, state of the art classroom facilities, and the needed amenities to support the education of the people to the point that they can individually face and solve challenges without the need for foreign aid and dependency. This, I believe, is what our educational system should be able to impact in the people of Africa .

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— On Mon, 7/6/09, Repairers Africa wrote: