11. Education and the MDGs
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This task sets out to explore the world of education. Pupils will consider the history of education in Scotland, and how and why we arrived at the ‘right to an education for all’ that exists today. Part of this will be to look at what it is like to be uneducated in today’s Scottish society. Pupils will compare this with the situation in Developing Countries, and explore what an education means to the peoples of these countries. They will develop an understanding of why there is a need for education and why the concept of ‘a universal education for all’ is one of the Millennium Development Goals.
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