How to Achieve Universal Primary Education

Achieving universal primary education, especially aimed at the world's most poverty-stricken and impoverished countries, is a worthwhile goal. Providing an education to a person can provide them with the most basic of skills and ideas which they can use to better their lives and that of their families. This is the first step towards creating a world of thoughtful, self-sufficient, open-minded and peaceful citizens.

• Raise awareness and knowledge about the UN universal primary education program. Do this in the local district or city in which you want universal primary education to be established. By educating adults and parents on the benefits that a proper basic education can lend to a child, you will garner support for the program, especially in the long term.


• Work to reduce child labor in the area. Child labor is especially rampant in poor, impoverished areas because people are more likely to subject young children to harsh physical labor out of desperation. Reducing or eradicating child labor will allow children more time and energy to devote to schooling. The hours and physical demands required in child labor all but guarantee that universal education will not succeed.


• Help raise funds and resources for a town in need. This can mean everything from payment for trained teachers as well as school materials like papers, pencils, books and chalkboards. Nourishing and healthy food for the students is also important in fostering bright, energetic students.


• Help plan for and establish a clean water supply for the students. This is especially important in areas that have suffered a natural disaster or do not otherwise have access to clean, drinkable water. This will also help provide sufficient sanitation facilities. The ultimate goal is sufficient supplies for teaching and learning with which to foster healthy, bright and engaged students.