Modern Sleeze

Although education is considered a basic human right, about two thirds of the world’s illiterate adults population, which is approximately 520 million, consists of women. These 250 million uneducated women do not even know how to read and write and thus, gone is the chance of them ever going to institutions like devry university to study for a collegiate course.

The United Nations has been particularly concerned with women’s education as educated women and mothers are more inclined to produce improved nutrition, health and education in the family. The effect that educated mothers have in the family would also have a ripple effect on the economy. Johnnetta Cole of Spellman College once said that when you educate a man, you educate an individual, when you educate a woman, you educate a nation. This statement is true, as a woman’s education or her lack of education has a profound impact not only on her own life but also on her family, especially her children, and ultimately, on the world.

Mothers are usually the first teachers of their children. It is through mothers that children first learn how to be affectionate, responsible, and conscientious. It is also usually through mothers that children learn the alphabet, how to count and how to recognize things. Thus, an educated and knowledgeable mother would also mean educated and knowledgeable future citizens of an economy.

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