Education and its impact on poverty: equity or exclusion?

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cepal.bibLevelDocumento Completo
cepal.callNumberLC/CAR/G.609
cepal.cityOfEventSanto Domingo
cepal.dateOfEvent10-12 February 2000
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de reuniones y conferencias
cepal.eventForum on Education for All in the Caribbean: Assessment 2000
cepal.idSade9953
cepal.physicalDescriptiondiagramas, tablas
cepal.regionalOfficePuerto España
cepal.topicEngFAMILIES
cepal.topicEngEMPLOYMENT
cepal.topicEngPOVERTY
cepal.topicEngSOCIAL RIGHTS
cepal.topicEngINEQUALITY
cepal.topicEngEDUCATION
cepal.topicSpaFAMILIAS
cepal.topicSpaEMPLEO
cepal.topicSpaPOBREZA
cepal.topicSpaDERECHOS SOCIALES
cepal.topicSpaDESIGUALDAD
cepal.topicSpaEDUCACIÓN
cepal.workareaEngECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
cepal.workareaEngSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO ECONÓMICO
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOCIAL
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
dc.coverage.spatialEngCARIBBEAN REGION
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCARIBE
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T22:17:17Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T22:17:17Z
dc.date.issued2000-02-29
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography
dc.description.abstractAbstract Education and its impact on poverty: Equity or exclusion', examines the poor and their relationship with the education system in the Caribbean. It does so through an analysis of data from recently conducted poverty assessments in selected Caribbean countries. It agrees that education is one of the single most vital elements in combating poverty and that it is a right. The paper suggests that there is genuine belief in schooling and that it will lead to better opportunities and an improved standard of living. Parents, rich or poor, expect that the education system will provide their children with the basic skills to either continue with their education or to pursue a livelihood, which will enable them to enjoy a decent standard of living. The paper reports that some 38 per cent of the population in the Caribbean are classified as poor, and their poverty acts as a constraining factor to access and to the quality of education that is received. Exacerbating the state of poverty, is the generally low performance level of the education system. The paper concludes therefore, that the education system is failing one group of children more than others - those that are poor - and thus denying them the opportunity to become contributing members of the society and achieving the goal of sustainable human development. It suggests that what is needed is a rescue plan for the education system which will transform it into a catalyst for genuine social equity. If not, the stratification between rich and poor, that currently exists may reinforce rather than correct income inequalities and perpetuate the cycle of poverty.
dc.formatTexto
dc.format.extent15 páginas.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/CAR/G.609
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/24791
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription15 p. : diagrs., tabls.
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisher.placePort-of-Spain
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngEDUCATION
dc.subject.unbisEngEQUALITY
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL ISOLATION
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
dc.subject.unbisSpaAISLAMIENTO SOCIAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaEDUCACION
dc.subject.unbisSpaIGUALDAD
dc.subject.unbisSpaDERECHOS ECONOMICOS, SOCIALES Y CULTURALES
dc.titleEducation and its impact on poverty: equity or exclusion?
dc.type.coarcontribución a congreso
dspace.entity.typePublication
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