The Colour of education is RED. Its Skin Deep

The Colour of education is RED. Its Skin Deep

Does education have a colour? Can it be brown or yellow or black? Or can it be red? There is a deep symbolism that runs with the colour red. Apart from signifying power, energy and passion, red is also the colour of sacrifice. It reflects a certain universality that touches people everywhere, binding them together by a vital commonality — the red blood that flows through the veins of every human being everywhere.

Whereas education should act as the catalyst that helps in reducing gaps and disparities between people and communities around the world, what it has accomplished in facilitating over the years is quite the opposite.

“Alienating a large section of the society and many communities altogether, the modern mechanism of education is breaking more bridges that it is building.”

The modern-day education system should be designed in a way that gives every student a fair chance at accomplishing their aspirations. However, with a system plagued with policy paralysis and marred by inherent biases, accomplishing an education for everyone is a far-fetched reality. The budget cuts proposed by some of the recent administrations are one of the biggest reasons for the lack of credibility of the education system and the failure of many educational policies. Before we decide to delve into the multifaceted problems faced by the education system today, we have to understand how the system works.

It is important to begin with the understanding that schools are funded with the taxes paid by the local people residing in an area. A majority of public school funding comes from local, and state sources as well as fees, income tax etc. Another comparatively smaller part of the funding comes from federal sources. This explains why economically-advanced neighbourhoods have better schools. This is also the reason why the schools in economically backward or developing neighbourhoods are struggling to match up to the education standards put forth by the schools in other areas.

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The Colour of Bias 

This is one of the first forms of educational prejudice that students have to face inevitably when they study in American schools. The students encounter other big prejudices when they graduate from high school. A college education is extremely expensive in America. Most students have to secure educational loans to fund their education. Without a college education, the students cannot think of building a fruitful career in any field. To be able to secure even entry-level management or executive jobs in any field, students need to have a college degree. However, the dream of going to college is something that most American kids cannot fulfil. With the ongoing pandemic further fracturing the economy, there will be a subsequent difficulty for students in finding jobs. This will make it even more difficult for them to fund their education and pay their student loans.

The bottom line

The education system today has been coloured with many biases. Whereas the problems in education are being faced uniformly by all communities across the country, certain sections are at greater susceptibility to face the problems arising out of the rickety education system in the country. 

It is no hidden fact that people of colour, immigrants and cultural minorities have a higher drop-out rate. Some of the most pressing factors responsible for this are lack of welfare schemes, lack of access to an equitable system of education and traditional biases against these communities that have led to educational backwardness among these communities. With the change in the administration, hopefully, the authorities will realize the deep-seated problems and issues with the American education system and fix what needs to be fixed. 

More and more students are now relying on skill development through internship opportunities and free and fair programs of learning and apprenticeships to develop their skills and build a more rewarding career. Also, during these times of COVID-19, students often resort to taking academic writing help due to a diminished access to resources, which was earlier available at the university libraries and computer labs. 

Author Bio – Henry Clay, an education consultant, currently associated with many clients in the tutoring industry like TutorOpedia, My Assignment Services. He loves to play football and reading books in his free time.

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