The focus of education has long been a subject of heated debate around the world. While some people hold the view that special attention should be directed towards illiterate adults, others place emphasis on youth education. Although well aware of the significant importance of improving adult literacy, I am of the opinion that the majority of educational resources should be allocated to young learners.
On the one hand, it is of necessity that the governments put an end to the perennial problem of adult illiteracy. Poor literacy and numeracy skills prove the major obstacles to occupational mobility. More specifically, it is an irrefutable fact that in Vietnam, a considerable number of agricultural workers are unable to move from traditional manual jobs to skilled manual jobs or non-manual jobs due to a lack of education. Accordingly, the ever-persisting problem poses a grave threat to the well-being of individuals and development of the economy.
On the other hand, mobilizing financial resources to increase the quality of youth education is much more important than to resolve adult illiteracy. First, since children are the future pillars of the nation, the neglect of education for youngsters leads to far-reaching consequences by creating a new generation of low-quality human resources, which in turn impedes economic growth. Moreover, as the young’s ability to learn is normally better than that of adults, youth education proves more beneficial and effective than adult education in the long term.
To recapitulate, although I concur that actions should be taken to eradicate adult illiteracy and innumeracy, I would reaffirm that more attention ought to be paid towards youth education.
The focus of
education
has long been a subject of heated debate around the world. While
some
people
hold the view that special attention should
be directed
towards illiterate
adults
, others place emphasis on
youth
education
. Although well aware of the significant importance of improving adult literacy, I am of the opinion that the majority of educational resources should
be allocated
to young learners.
On the one hand, it is of necessity that the
governments
put an
end
to the perennial problem of adult illiteracy. Poor literacy and numeracy
skills
prove the major obstacles to occupational mobility. More
specifically
, it is an irrefutable fact that in Vietnam, a considerable number of agricultural workers are unable to
move
from traditional manual jobs to skilled manual jobs or non-manual jobs due to a lack of
education
.
Accordingly
, the ever-persisting problem poses a grave threat to the well-being of individuals and development of the economy.
On the other hand
, mobilizing financial resources to increase the quality of
youth
education
is much more
important
than to resolve adult illiteracy.
First
, since children are the future pillars of the nation, the neglect of
education
for youngsters leads to far-reaching
consequences by
creating a new generation of low-quality human resources, which in turn impedes economic growth.
Moreover
, as the young’s ability to learn is
normally
better than that of
adults
,
youth
education
proves more beneficial and effective than adult
education
in the long term.
To recapitulate, although I concur that actions should
be taken
to eradicate adult illiteracy and innumeracy, I would reaffirm that more attention ought to
be paid
towards
youth
education
.