A Step Towards Global Education

During my investigation into worldwide equal access of quality education, I came upon a blog similar to my own analyzing a future in which universal education was available everywhere across the globe. Abigail Hamilton’s approach to “In Her Own Words: A Global Campaign for Education Youth Advocate Shares How YOU Can Make Change Happen” descriptively outlines her perspective on how to achieve universal access to quality education. In any global effort to acquire sustainability within a particular issue, international organizations act as a crucial tool in both reaching and maintaining the desirable goal. Because there’s no actual international government, international organizations are fundamental in administering and enforcing change. Hamilton’s participation in the Global Campaign for Education effectively demonstrates the pivotal role of this organization in identifying the necessary resources and steps towards global access to quality education. Despite being a young college student, her time spent as an advocate for the Global Campaign for Education gave her further access to an array of educational and interactive resources. Even though it may have appeared to be difficult to tackle such an immense issue from a small viewpoint, “… GCE-US and its partners, including the Global Partnership for Education, USAID, UNICEF, and Contextos, prepared [her] with numbers, facts, and stories about the importance of education”(Hamilton, 2015) . Using these international organizations and resources, Hamilton was able to illustrate why global basic education is detrimental for children to achieve success and to improve the overall standard of living in underdeveloped regions. In essence she declared that, “In order to fill the education gap, $39 billion dollars is needed to fully finance 12 years of quality education for all children” (Hamilton , 2015). Personally, I believe this plan fails to account for the potential threats to the global economy when facilitating a long term program that institutes universal quality education. By enhancing the number of educated peoples, more job competition would prevail, various international resources would be drained, and the subsequent decrease in poverty levels could disrupt the function of global socioeconomic stability. Although it’s difficult to disagree with Hamilton’s statement that global access to quality education should be a universal right, it’s important to acknowledge how implementing this goal will affect society regardless of the negative outcomes that could occur. Once we assess the potential benefits and consequences, people can work together to overcome these obstacles to ensure this sustainability goal doesn’t harm the intricate operations that permit lasting socioeconomic functioning.