为什么教会学校在非洲仍很重要?

Education and mobility
教育和流动

The geography of education in Africa
非洲教育地理学

Why mission schools still matter
为什么教会学校仍很重要?

Feb 21st 2019
2019年2月21日

EDUCATION IN sub-Saharan Africa has come a long way. About 70% of children can expect to finish primary school, up from 45% in 1971. Progress though, has not been evenly spread. A new paper sheds light on why. The strongest predictor of whether children will finish primary school is their parents’ level of education. But geography also plays a role. Children who grow up near big cities are more likely to climb the educational ladder. Living near certain colonial-era institutions, such as railways or mission stations, also improves children’s chances of becoming better educated than their parents. Living near diamond mines or oil wells does not.
撒哈拉以南非洲的教育取得了长足进步。约70%的儿童预期会完成小学学业，1971年这一比例为45%。但教育发展却不均衡。一篇新论文阐明了原因。孩子能否读完小学的最强有力的预测指标是取决于其父母的教育水平。但地理因素也发挥了一定作用。在大城市附近成长的孩子更有可能攀爬上教育阶梯。居住在一些殖民时期的教育机构的附近，如火车站或传教站，也能提高儿童接受比父母更高教育水平的机会。但生活在钻石矿或油井附近的则无法奏效。