Universal Education
This goal and Ecuador:
In Ecuador children begin their primary education at age six, free of charge. Primary education is mandatory. Secondary education is split into two three-year cycles. After grade nine, parents have to pay fees in order for their child to further their education.The primary university is Universidad San Francisco de Quito. This university is part of a non-profit organization to close a gap in the country. The illiteracy rate is 7.6% for the population above the age of 15. The pupil to teacher ratio is 23.13. On average, adults have had 6.4 years of schooling total. 1% of GDP is spent on education.
Target Goals:Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.
Probability of Success: 25
News Source:
Ecuador was used as “testing ground” for using higher education to reverse social and racial inequality. Fees for higher education were being suspended to offer more children with the change to further education. Those who were taking advantage of this provision are those who would have pursued higher education with the fees. The biggest expense was not the fees required to pursue higher education rather it was the time, years, that families had to sacrifice.Those most likely to forego employment and finish secondary education are children who come from the most advantaged population. This article brings out that the government of Ecuador would need to improve the quality of primary and secondary education so more children from poor families with “persist to graduate”.
In Ecuador children begin their primary education at age six, free of charge. Primary education is mandatory. Secondary education is split into two three-year cycles. After grade nine, parents have to pay fees in order for their child to further their education.The primary university is Universidad San Francisco de Quito. This university is part of a non-profit organization to close a gap in the country. The illiteracy rate is 7.6% for the population above the age of 15. The pupil to teacher ratio is 23.13. On average, adults have had 6.4 years of schooling total. 1% of GDP is spent on education.
Target Goals:Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.
Probability of Success: 25
News Source:
Ecuador was used as “testing ground” for using higher education to reverse social and racial inequality. Fees for higher education were being suspended to offer more children with the change to further education. Those who were taking advantage of this provision are those who would have pursued higher education with the fees. The biggest expense was not the fees required to pursue higher education rather it was the time, years, that families had to sacrifice.Those most likely to forego employment and finish secondary education are children who come from the most advantaged population. This article brings out that the government of Ecuador would need to improve the quality of primary and secondary education so more children from poor families with “persist to graduate”.
Combat HIV/AIDS
This goal and Ecuador:As of 2009 there were 37,000 people, about .4% of the population who suffered with HIV/AIDS. In 2009, approximately 2,200 people died of HIV/AIDS. The percent of adult population with HIV has decreased since 2003. Something noteworthy is that HIV is a problem among the children of Ecuador. On estimate, 57 children under the age of 5 died because AIDS in 2009. The president implemented a new policy where the caregivers of children with HIV/AIDS under the age of 14 are given approximately $240 monthly. This money is given in hope that the caregivers will use it to improve the living condition of these children.
Target Goals:Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it.
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.
Probability of Success: 25
News Source: Public policy by the Ecuadorean government to protect children with HIV.
Target Goals:Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it.
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.
Probability of Success: 25
News Source: Public policy by the Ecuadorean government to protect children with HIV.