Education

There are a lot of issues facing education in developing countries with the following being the main issues: corruption, lack of funding and untrained teaching personnel. Corruption has been one of the major factors which has made it had for developing countries to improve their levels of education (Glewwe, (2014). Funds from developed countries sent to governments of developing countries are embezzled through corruption, thus making it hard for education systems to get proper funding. In addition, due to the embezzlement of funds by national leaders, schools cannot be able to hire trained teaching personnel, a move which results in the provision of poor education.

Education should be a priority in developing countries due to the following reasons: education improves the standards of living, and education helps in building the nation. Education improves the living standards through innovation which results in the creation of jobs in the country where the literate get jobs to sustain themselves. On the other hand, education helps in building the nation, through improving the levels of skills in the country. Improving the levels of literacy skills leads to innovation, growth in the economy and the development of new technology, hence leading the development of the country (Glewwe, (2014).

Making schools affordable for families, such as the introduction of free education for all, is one of the best strategies which the country can use to improve literacy levels. Most parents will send their children to school, due to the affordability of education. Secondly, lower levels of and higher levels should be made compulsory by the government (Glewwe, (2014). Parents will be able to send their children to school according to the dictates of the law. In addition, the provision of free education will motivate parents to send their children to school hence improving the levels of literacy in developing countries. 

Reference

In Glewwe, P. (2014). Education policy in developing countries.