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The Main Urban Education Issues Facing Society

By Michelle Robinson


There is a growing number of educational institutions in the cities and towns. The rise in their number is partly as a counter to the growing population in the areas. The growing number of children in the high population areas has increased the need for more institutions. However, it is this growth that has led to an increase in challenges that are being experienced in the areas and within the institutions in such highly populated places. Here are some of the main urban education issues experienced in educational institutions.

The institutions are usually overcrowded. Since cities and towns are far more populated than the rural or country regions, it has a greater number of children too. This has directly led to an uncontrollable increase in students in schools. Since the number of schools can never grow in the same ratio as the students, the resulting situation is growing cases of overpopulated institutions.

The teachers are never enough. The growing number of students has not been catered for well by the increase of teachers. With the spiraling number of students in the institutions, the number of teachers has not been increased at the same ratio to counter the increase in student population. This puts so much strain on the few teachers that are there.

The institutions are not well funded. It would be logical for the institutions to receive enough funding from the government to cater for the growing number of students. On the contrary, the institutions are run within a squeezed budget and are often faced with a lack of enough money to run them. This leads to a situation where they are run with little financial resources.

The teachers have to work excessively to serve the students better. Since the educational institutions lack enough teachers for the growing number of students, they usually have to work extra hard. This has been a big challenge for educators since they are not paid more for the extra hours.

Since the cities and towns are inhabited by people from different parts of the world, the schools are typically multilingual. In city and town schools, you are more likely to find students that come from different countries or areas. They speak different languages, which sometimes become a hindrance to effective communication. This might lead to confusion in class if teachers forget to consider foreign students and their languages.

Towns and cities are associated with noise and air pollution. Since most of the schools in these places are located closer to the distraction, they may be disrupted. The industries and vehicles emit dangerous gases that may cause health problems to the students and staff at the institutions especially if they are located too close to each other.

Academic institutions have students from diverse cultures. Even those foreign students who have a good understanding of the English language may not be well acquainted with English or American cultures. This makes it difficult for them to interact with other people from cultures that are different from theirs.




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