Publication: Rethinking School Health : A Key Component of Education for All
Date
2011-02-24
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Published
2011-02-24
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Abstract
Education is one of the most important
drivers of the development of individuals and societies. It
not only has powerful implications for the creation of human
capacity, but also helps people realize their full potential
and expand their connections with the world. Economic
analyses repeatedly demonstrate that education gives a high
economic return within the life - span of an individual and
is a key factor underlying the economic growth of nations.
Viewed from these perspectives, the decision at the turn of
the millennium of governments and development partners to
pursue the goal of Education for All (EFA) was not only an
important contribution to one sector, but the launch of an
endeavor with major implications for the future of humanity.
The early perception of the goal of EFA was that all
children should have access to education-every child should
be able to exercise the right to go to school. This limited
goal soon broadened to address the quality of the education
that a child received at school and the factors that ensured
the child was able to stay in school long enough to learn
enough. These additional objectives have expanded the goal
of EFA, so that it now aims to ensure that every child has
the opportunity to complete an education of good quality,
although definitions of quality and completeness remain
under discussion. The question now is not whether school
health and school feeding programs are necessary to EFA, but
how they can be implemented at meaningful scale in the
poorest countries, which need them the most.
Citation
“Bundy, Donald. 2011. Rethinking School Health : A Key
Component of Education for All. Directions in Development--Human Development. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2267 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”