It’s often been said that investing in education is one of the most effective ways for a country to develop economically, but exactly how does that happen in practice?
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besides the foreign aid being big you are focusing on the wrong thing
Does having a building with internet access help? Yes absolutely.
But more importantly the ‘build an education system’ is less about the infrastructure and more the national view of sacrifice today to improve tomorrow. That 10 year old not working in the field is hurting today but his schooling will help long term. Even if he is 1 of 500 students sitting in a field while one teacher speaks into a microphone it is still a massive step up from ‘illiterate peasant’ because next year he is able to read. Sure this adds a little more expense than one teacher to have some books but it allows for even more growth
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