All lower-income countries have one trait in common when it comes to schooling: There is too little of it. In the world’s poorest nations (including several in Central Africa), about one-fourth of all children never get to school (World Bank, 2022b). Worldwide, about 8 percent of children never go to school and about 25 percent never reach the secondary grades (what we call high school). As a result, between 10 and 15 percent of the world’s people cannot read or write. In the last few years, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted schooling around the world and, in mid-2022, schools remained closed, harming millions of children in low-income nations (Roser, 2021; World, Bank 2022b). Global Map 15–1 shows the extent of illiteracy around the world, and the national comparisons in the text illustrate the link between the extent of schooling and economic development.
The emphasis on lack of education amongst lower income countries/communities is concerning, why is it that only the wealithy get the priveledge of being educated? I feel as though a lot of students in america; that aren't necessarily apart of lower income families also take advantage of school systems, as I see a lack of motivation in learning overall.