1 / 8

The benefits of ECEC and basic education

The benefits of ECEC and basic education. Prof. Ides Nicaise HIVA / Dept of Ed. Sc. K.U. Leuven. Benefits of education. Individual :

willem
Download Presentation

The benefits of ECEC and basic education

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The benefits of ECEC and basic education Prof. Ides NicaiseHIVA / Dept of Ed. Sc.K.U. Leuven

  2. Benefits of education • Individual: • Material / Financial: also for farmers in informal sector: better use of soil and seeds, higher productivity, less dependence on traders who buy their products etc., more rational consumption and saving behaviour… • Learningskills => snowballeffects • Non-material: essentially health: prevention (moderate use of alcohol, tobacco; less risky behaviour; hygiene; safe sex, family planning…); use of care (purchasing power and rational behaviour); living and working conditions (housing, better jobs…) • ‘externaleffects’: • Economic: more educated workers raise productivity of others • Education of next generation: living standard, health, family planning, transmission of knowledge & skills, attitudes towards education… • Social capital: communication, transaction, citizenship, trust, gender equality…

  3. SOCIAL RETURNS TO EDUCATION Source: Psacharopoulos (1994)

  4. Education and income / capita (-)

  5. Intergenerationaleffectsof education

  6. Education and lifeexpectancy(Grossman)

  7. Whyis basic educationso profitable? • Key skills (communication, basic maths, hygiene) are learnt in primary school • Primary = more useful for rural areas  secondary education = typically useful for industry and services => in urban settings • Tertiary = important but serious problems of • Mismatch (N-Africa) • Brain drain (medical sector, IT…): almost all physicians trained in Congo leave the country

  8. Challenges • Health problems (undernourishment, AIDS) • Populationgrowth and movements • Economicconditions • Governmentdebt • Poverty of population => education is lesserpriority / opportunitycost of childlabour • Wars • Poorgovernance • Quantity-qualitydilemma • Inequalities / exclusion • Languagepolicy • Resources • Relevance of curricula • Teacherprofessionalisation • ….

More Related