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According to USA Today, Despite the world wide campaign for literacy, Africa still remains as one of the countries holding large population of individuals that are not able to read and/or write.  The political and economic states of the different countries in the continent might be seen as the main factor why the gears for literacy is still not at pace even with a lot of developing countries.  Here are some reasons how educating Africa will change the continent.

Education is seen by a lot of great leaders as an effective tool for change, it has been since the beginning of the intellectual endeavor of human beings.  It can spark the imagination of an individual and inspire them to lead others to progress.  So it should, with a lot of Africans left in the rubble of drought, starvation, social unrest and unjust political system.  Education will give them a gleam of hope when bleak poverty has already taken it away. Education will raise the entirety of society so that one day, Africa too may have its own Wall Street Journal and Investors Business Daily.

This hope will be the starting point of yearning for a better life, a life, as seen by the entire world, that is worth living.  Ultimately giving the people the confidence that they need to voice out those yearnings to those seated in positions with the capability to bring about the answers to the needs of their constituents.

The person’s lack of knowledge of what is going on around them will make them vulnerable to opportunistic elements both in society and in the government.  Education will give them the courage to question “why?” and will give them the desire to further ask, “what can we do about it?”  Then the cogs of action and reaction will take place.

Amidst the aura of fear that the Africans have to live through every single day, education will make them understand that they don’t need to reciprocate the ill shoved at them but rather find a peaceful and progressive means to counter the effects of tyranny with the aims of helping other people as their first priority.

Educating Africa will change the continent, no doubt about that. There are already a number of organizations like Books A Million that are trying to help bring books and tools to Africa to help the effort.  But until there is an overall conglomeration of the different sectors of society and government in Africa, education might not work to its full extent in bringing about the change that the people need. What is needed is a publicly funded school system similar to that of Penn Foster, where by all children in Africa can go to school. This will induce the biggest change for the betterment of the continent.