Education is the key reason why developed countries are developed and developing countries are developing.

1. A lack of funding for education

Developing countries tend to spend less money on financing education than the wealthier countries. Foreign aid, while helpful in some ways, is not sufficient and may sometimes even be counterproductive to true educational reform. What's needed is more investment from the people who desperately need these reforms — the citizens of these countries — and less foreign aid or patchwork solutions.

2. Having no teacher, or having an untrained teacher

Everyone needs a mentor, whether the role is for a student learning a new skill or a product manager learning about managing a team. Your mentor should be someone who is willing to teach you about the things that they might not know as much as the product will. They should also be someone who doesn't fear giving feedback and can help you grow as an individual by teaching you valuable life lessons.



3. No classroom

If you want your child to succeed in life, then don't skimp out on their education. Unfortunately, many schools around the world don't have the facilities needed for children to learn. Imagine if there were 130 students crammed into a small classroom! How can anything get done? And what about all the other things kids need like books and teachers?

4. A lack of learning materials

Textbooks are often overused. For example, some textbooks are used by as many as six students in the same class at the same time! It's not uncommon for textbooks to be shared across several parts of the world. To illustrate this point further, in certain parts of Africa, typically 3.5% of all sixth grade pupils have sole use of a reading textbook that will help them learn how to read and interpret what they're looking at without distractions or distractions from other people. Basically, kids don't get the personal attention they deserve when it comes down to learning how to read or comprehending math problems - let alone working on critical thinking skills or developing higher order questions about content they've read about. Teachers also need materials so they can prep ahead for lessons with their students and stay organized during class periods.



6. Being the ‘wrong’ gender

Gender discrimination is one of the main reasons why children are denied access to an education. It is important to remember that recent advances have been made within the past decade for women’s education, with many countries now achieving literacy rates greater than 90% among both genders. However, there are many young girls worldwide who do not have equal opportunity to receive an education. There are 130 million girls under the age of 18 who are not currently enrolled in school, which is an alarming number overall. According to current statistics, there are also more than 65 million teens worldwide who are married before the age of 18 due largely to gender inequalities linked with poverty and gender-biased policies toward young women.

7. Living in a country in conflict or at risk of conflict

Some of the most devastating consequences of any war are the lives it claims. Educational systems are often destroyed in conflict zones when buildings are reduced to rubble or unsafe when occupied by displaced persons. Tragically, children exposed to violence are more at risk of under-achieving and dropping out of school. The impact of conflict cannot be overstated because nearly 250 million children around the world are living in countries affected by conflicts. By aiding them through these periods with emergency support in terms of educational needs, global leaders have shown that they truly do care about making the world a better place for all people everywhere!



8. Distance from home to school

For many children around the world, a walk to school of up to three hours in each direction is not uncommon. This can be very difficult for these kids who often have to travel at the earliest hours of the morning and don't make it back home until evenings or even later. For many other children, this means they suffer from a lack of education. They won’t be given a chance to further their knowledge as those studying at schools. Some children are also vulnerable to violence on their long and arduous journeys to and from school every day which makes the situation worse for them as well as many others because walking such distances can put their lives at risk as well as where they live because some children may come across dangerous situations if their paths were to cross with violent people who could harm them by robbing them or even attacking them.

9. Hunger and poor nutrition

The impact of hunger on education systems is underreported. Being severely malnourished, to the point it impacts on brain development, can be the same as losing four grades of schooling. It is estimated that around 155 million children under the age of five are impacted by stunting. Stunting –– impaired growth and development that children experience from poor infection, and inadequate stimulation –– can not only affect a child’s cognitive abilities as well as their focus and concentration in school but also widen the achievement gap. As a result, stunted children are overrepresented amongst outlier cases within struggling U.S urban schools further burdening these institutions that are already allotted very little financial resources. On the contrary, good nutrition can be critical preparation for good learning.

10. The expense of education 

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document enacted in 1948 by all member nations of the U.N., states that every child has a right to a free education regardless if they come from an affluent family or a poor one, so that poverty and money should not be a barrier to going to school. In many developing countries over the last several decades, when governments announce their plans to remove fees from schooling , there have been huge increases in the number of children who go to school . It is clear then that no matter how much money one may have they should never be denied an education simply because they can't afford it.