GGH3702 PORTFOLIO
ASSIGNMENT
QUESTION 1
“Low educational attainment contributes to poverty”. Debate the validity of this
statement and provide reasons why you agree with it or not agree. Support your
response with literature. In your opinion, suggest how your municipality can help
individ...
“Low educational attainment contributes to poverty”. Debate the validity of this
statement and provide reasons why you agree with it or not agree. Support your
response with literature. In your opinion, suggest how your municipality can help
individuals in your community with regards to improving education, training and
innovation.
INTRODUCTION
In recent times, educational attainment has been viewed as one of the primary weapon
against poverty. However, a number of scholars have highlighted that there are two
types of educational attainment which are low and high. It is argued that low educational
attainment contributes to poverty whereas high educational attainment eradicates
poverty, it is against this background, this essay is based upon so that it can really
justify that low educational attainment can indeed contribute to poverty. Another section
of the essay will address how my local authority can improve education, training and
innovation as way of dealing away with the effects of low educational attainment.
Defining key terms
Poverty has different connotations for various people, making it a contentious subject.
Lack of income, hunger, and malnutrition, poor health, increased disease and mortality
from illness, homelessness and other basic services are all indicators of poverty. In an
attempt to conceptualize poverty, there is a universally accepted principle called the
poverty datum line (Deaton, 2005) The poverty line is the minimum level of income that
is considered to be adequate in any given country.
Understanding Low educational attainment
For one to understand the term, it has to be broken down, United States Census Bureau
define educational attainment as a term used by statisticians to refer to the highest
degree of education an individual has completed. This therefore implies that low
educational attainment is below average education completion of an individual.
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