Mobile Technology- The Future of education

Introduction

Once predicted now Mobile technology is quickly becoming the backbone of education and teaching worldwide during this long phase pandemic of covid 19.

Background

One of the foremost notable sources of development in both the developed and developing world is the number of educated citizens present within the workforce and participating involvement in improving and growing the economy.. 

Education is “the key to sustainable, self-reliant development. education that reaches bent all members of society through new modalities and new technologies so as to supply genuine lifelong learning opportunities for all”

UNESCO, 1997

As well, the European Council emphasized in their 2006 conference, which drafted the ECU Union’s (EU) plans for a rise in public education, that

Investments in education and training produce high returns which substantially outweigh the prices .

European Council 2006

Incidentally, members of the EU specifically Denmark and Sweden show the very best level of public investment in education globally with 7% of the GDP allocated for educational programs (European Commission, 2008).

At an equivalent time, both reflect two of the very best GDP per capita as shown by data from 2007 to 2011, trumping both the United States and therefore the United Kingdom (The World Bank, 2012).

Education as key to development

So if education is such a crucial element within the scope for a country’s economic welfare, why then so many countries still have very high illiteracy rates and really few programs which will sufficiently address this?

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