ECODEPT

POINTERS TO REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND (UNIT 3 ECODEPT)

EDUCATION ISSUES IN LDC’s

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO)- seeks to
encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage through FORMAL
and INFORMAL EDUCATION around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.

UNESCO CITES THE PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION TO INDIA

-LACK OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS (meaning government not generating enough money to invest in the
educational sector.)
-EXPENSIVE TERTIARY EDUCATION (meaning privatization of most educational institutions lead to disparity.)
-BRAIN DRAIN (meaning a lot of professional graduates go to developed nations to work for greener pastures.)
-WASTAGE OF RESOURCES (misallocation of funds by the government led to deterioration of education sector)
-IMPROPER PLANNING AND DISHONESTY (bad influence and overall corruption.)

UNESCO CITES THE PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION TO THE PHILIPPINES

-DETERIORATION OF QUALITY EDUCATION (lack discrepancy checks in between public and private educational
institutions.)
-COLONIAL ORIENTATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (lacking sense of national identity for the nation.)
-NATIONAL LANGUAGE ISSUES (Communicational issues in conveying information.)
-OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID TEACHERS (Teachers facing multi-functional tasks leads to inefficiency)

HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL ISSUES TO LDC’s

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION- acting as a directing and coordinating authority on international health
work, to ensure valid and productive technical cooperation, and to promote research.
WHO CITES THE PROBLEMS IN HEALTH AND NUTRITION TO THE PHILIPPINES AND INDIA
-DEBATE ON CLIMATE (no cooperation between rich and poorer nations to have unified agreement in CC.)
-HEALTH AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT (health institutions in public and private must have unifying policies in
health and safety management.)
-FAIRER HEALTH CARE (equitable and free access for all citizens.)

LAND and AGRICULTURE ISSUES TO LDC’S

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF UN- strategic objectives include: Help eliminate hunger, food
insecurity, and malnutrition Make agriculture, forestry, and fisheries more productive and sustainable in the long
run.
FAO CITES THE PROBLEMS IN HEALTH AND NUTRITION TO THE PHILIPPINES AND INDIA:
- INEQUAL LAND DISTRIBUTION (rich people lobbies government to give minimal land shares to
workers.)
- INSTABLILITY AND FLUCTUATION (weather and calamity)
- POOR FARMING TECHNIQUES (slow techniques leads to slow production.)
- AGRI MARKETING PROBLEMS (communication facilities in promoting agricultural products.)