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On the Way to School

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On the Way to School

The documentary On the Way to School gives viewers a taste of the difficulties children

in impoverished countries endure on their way to school. By following several children from

different countries on their dangerous treks to and from school, the film makes it clear that many

children worldwide do not have the fundamental human right to an education. It demonstrates

the challenges that must be met before all children benefit from a good education.

Phillips and Schweisfurth (2014), in the chapter "Education for Development: Towards

an Interdisciplinary Approach," argue education is a major factor in societal progress. They point

to studies showing how education may boost GDP, health, and happiness. The difficulties

nations have in providing their population with an excellent education are also addressed in this

chapter. Poverty, inequality, and war are all problems that need to be addressed.

Cashman texts analyze the function of education in progress in his book Education for

Development: Towards a Global Consensus. He talks about how education may help countries

progress and the difficulties many nations have in ensuring their inhabitants have access to high-

quality educational opportunities. They also stress the need for foreign partnerships in the

classroom. He contends that nations must cooperate to guarantee all children, regardless of

where they were born or their families' economic standing, a high-quality education.

Education is a basic human right, according to the authors. It is crucial to progress, and

nations should make moves to guarantee that all children may benefit from an excellent

education. Abraham (2014) claims that schooling is both a "basic human need" and "essential for

human development." He provides studies that show how education may boost productivity,

health, and happiness.

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As stated by Gruenewald (2003), education is "a human right that is essential for

individual and social development." He refers to research showing how access to education helps

reduce issues like poverty, inequality, and war. Good education, according to Cortina (2019), is

"a human right that is essential for the full realization of all other human rights." She makes an

evidence-based case for the importance of education in furthering democratic ideals,

international harmony, and ecological sustainability.

Cervantes and Carrillo (2016) argue that access to education is a fundamental human and

civil right. The positive effects of education on GDP, health, and subjective well-being have

been documented in countless research. The film "On the Way to School" provides a powerful

depiction of the hardships children in developing countries endure on their perilous treks to and

from school.
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References

Abraham, S. L. (2014). A Nepantla Pedagogy: Comparing Anzaldúa's and Bakhtin's Ideas for

Pedagogical and Social Change. Www.academia.edu, 5(5).

https://www.academia.edu/4205035/A_Nepantla_Pedagogy_Comparing_Anzald

Cervantes-Soon, C. G., & Carrillo, J. F. (2016). Toward a Pedagogy of Border Thinking:

Building on Latin@ Students' Subaltern Knowledge. High School Journal, 99(4), 282–

301. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1104146

Cortina, R. (2019). "The Passion for What Is Possible" in Comparative and International

Education. Comparative Education Review, 63(4), 463–479.

https://doi.org/10.1086/705411

Gruenewald, D. A. (2003). The Best of Both Worlds: A Critical Pedagogy of Place. Educational

Researcher, 32(4), 3–12. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3700002

Phillips, D., & Schweisfurth, M. (2014). Comparative and International Education. A&C Black.