Monday 8 July 2019

The Main Urban Education Issues Facing Society

By Michelle Robinson


Educational institutions in towns and cities undergo various problems on a day to day basis. Most of these problems come as a result of the high population in the areas. The problems experienced by such institutions are often unique and are not necessarily experienced by their counterparts in the less populated areas. Though they also have their strengths that their counterparts in rural or less populated areas may not have too, this guide focuses on the challenges. Below are some of the common urban education issues.

The institutions are usually overcrowded. Since cities and towns are far more populated than the rural or country regions, it has a greater number of children too. This has directly led to an uncontrollable increase in students in schools. Since the number of schools can never grow in the same ratio as the students, the resulting situation is growing cases of overpopulated institutions.

The teachers are never enough. The growing number of students has not been catered for well by the increase of teachers. With the spiraling number of students in the institutions, the number of teachers has not been increased at the same ratio to counter the increase in student population. This puts so much strain on the few teachers that are there.

The funding of the institutions is inadequate. The government never provides enough money for the institutions and this leads to growing cases of under-education. Since the institutions lack enough money to run things more effectively, they find themselves offering less than they are supposed to.

There is too much work for the teachers since they are few against a large population of students. Teachers and other educators in the schools are therefore overworked. It is like the government is trying to get the most out of the teachers with so little being invested. This leads to overburdening of the tutors and other staff members at the academic institutions.

The teachers have to teach in multilingual classes. Teaching in a class that is occupied by students who may not speak English as their main language can be tough for an English speaking teacher. They are often worried about which cues to use and which ones to avoid for fear of being misinterpreted by the foreign students.

Noise and air pollution are rampant in cities and towns. Unlike is rural where there is no or little factories and congestion, in the cities things are different. This makes the academic institutions in those places vulnerable to the effects of such pollution. In some cases, the lessons may be interrupted by the noise that is coming from factories, people and cars.

Academic institutions have students from diverse cultures. Even those foreign students who have a good understanding of the English language may not be well acquainted with English or American cultures. This makes it difficult for them to interact with other people from cultures that are different from theirs.




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