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'''Quality Education In Belize is affected by economic development. - By Navarrette.A

Education is the foundation of every child’s future out of poverty. Quality education offers a better lifestyle to conquer struggles to offers equal opportunities for all children around the world. I choose to focus on 3 sustainable development goals which work hand in hand with each other catering to the cause and effect of struggling out of poverty. The main goal I decided to work on was number 4 which is Quality Education: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. This goal is made up of 10 targets all-encompassing the assurance to accomplish goal four by 2030. The target I chose out of the 10 is to ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable, and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and Goal-4 effective learning outcomes. Clearly, each goal comes with a problem, which may all have its dilemma to a downfall of quality education. One I believe is financial struggles and another is mental health due to those economic struggles. Poverty is a repetitive cycle among generations of families with few opportunities. Offering a way out of poverty comes with a lot of work and commitment from the government and the people. When those two parties are not able to step up non-profits strive beyond those struggles to cater to the needs of the downfall of not accomplishing the goals. Knowing that health and finance are a part of poverty I choose to incorporate sustainable development goals three and eight. Goal three focuses on good health and well-being and goal eight strives for decent work and economic growth. The Target for goal three is for better and healthy living for all and the target I choose was to Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential healthcare services, and access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. And the target for goal eight is, by 2030, to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal. The reason for working with these goals was to answer my research question “ How has a parent’s economic status affected a child’s education?” As a young teacher, I have seen families struggle to send three to four of their children to school with a minimum wage budget which can hardly get them through the week. I often wonder if economic struggles and mental health due to the financial struggles are a caused to youths dropping out and having little to no concertation and interest? I also wondered if quality education would be possible to break the cycle of poverty or reduce inequality struggles within today’s society. In terms of conducting this research/case study, I did various interviews. I was able to interview an adolescent student, the parent, and a teacher without forgetting to observe and compare rural and suburban schools. It was a heart-breaking process meeting families who were and still are affected by the pandemic financially and influenced by the world around them to visibly see, plan and prepare for the difficult times ahead. After conducting my research, I was able to answer my research question “ How has a parent’s economic status affected a child’s education?” it was indeed demonstrated that quality education, good well-being, and decent work for economic growth work hand in hand to compliment the struggle. Without the lack of communication between the parent and the child, there will be mental health struggles between the communication of the relationship between the family and the issues affecting the child. Not only is the child struggling with mental health issues but so will the parent trying to find better jobs to finance the child’s education. The child’s mental health is affected because of the insecurities and bullying stressed on that child for not having the finer things like most children from the middle class and upper-class families, and even they are struggling themselves as the prices rise in economic necessitates (good, transportation, rent, uniform, tuition, etc.) The minimum wage pay is little therefore quality education cannot be financed. Again, we see how all sustainable development goals work together to offer better education. If there isn’t a stable financial jo from the parent, the child cannot afford quality education and if they are both in a bad health there will be no concentration and commitment from the parent to get work done and the child to concentrate on school. Quality health is necessary for survival but also for sustainable living to work and go to school. They are all affected by each other, and they all need each other to sustain themselves. Belize does not have many non-profit organizations or foundations which cater specifically to families struggling economically or help children with tuition or scholarships. Usually, local businesses or banks would offer 3-5 scholarships yearly for higher education (high school). Other times its small grocery bags offered by the town council on clubs on holidays or during natural disasters (hurricanes) so families can better aid themselves. Most families are appreciative of whatever is given but being realistic one small bag of groceries cannot help a jobless, uneducated single mother with 3 children for too long. Non-profit organizations like CEF (Caribbean Education Foundation) or IHADF (I Have a dream foundation) can be great suppliers for families who cannot afford to offer higher education to all their children. Caribbean Education Foundation is an organization that caters exclusively to benefit and enable poor children with meaningless access to education. It is an organization established under the UN( United Nations) for the rights of children to have quality education. CEF is committed to providing a foundation for the supply of financial needs struggle for rural and suburban areas in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries. It is a scholarship program that is free of cost and officers’ free textbooks, school supplies, and monetary donations for meals and transportation. The organization’s approach is to achieve economic struggle and supply quality education. It gives opportunities to third-world countries that were once conquered by colonialism and who are still exploited but are left poor with little to no help from democratic parties. The Governmental parties with consistent systematic control are influenced by first-world countries with western beliefs and practices draining the resources, culture, sustainably and environmental beliefs out of rich small lands. The second organization is “I have a dream foundation” which provides income for youths financially with a support system for mental health, and emotional support for a long-term duration to help give youths a start. The foundation helps over 18,000 students since it opened in 1980 offering them the opportunity to get an education passed secondary education. Some have even gotten the privilege to go to Oxford, Harvard, and Stanford University. A non-profit organization like “I have a dream “can help families like the family I interviewed to give the children a head starts to further their education without the financial strain on the parents. In conclusion as anthropologists, we must first show interest in the study, educate ourselves, research, and conduct interviews. The interview conducted must be respectful to interviews with families who are struggling with issues regarding the case study. There must also be discussion, awareness, and change to better education and support for families and children struggling with economic development. References: http://www.educatechild.org/home2.php https://www.stairwaytosdg.eu/en/sdgs/4-quality-education#:~:text=Quality%20education%20allows%20people%20to,fost https://www.ihaveadreamfoundation.org/#:~:text=At%20the%20%22I%20Have%20A,along%20with%20guaranteed%20tuition%20support. https://parentsasteachers.org/ http://www.educatechild.org/home2.php