The need for improved school infrastructures

There is a need by governments of developing countries to invest more in education,  especially on educational infrastructure like school buildings where students study even in the face of a growing population of people. It is heartbreaking that some students in developing countries study in an atmosphere of dilapidation. Visit most schools, the story is the same, the provision and maintenance of strife schools is always neglected.  Examples abound of schools operating under trees, students sitting on the floor to study and pupils reading in classrooms which are not better that a refuse dump.

This is why it is commendable, the efforts of some governments who go out of their way to allocate a size able chunk of their budgets to build new school buildings. These governments build institutions of learning that is both habitable and accommodating as a place to acquire knowledge. If we are trying to improve human dignity, we should train young people to appreciate the beauty of environments, but how will the human mind develop in an atmosphere of squalor, a squalor imposed on the system because the government continues to pay lip service to the responsibility of building and maintaining good school infrastructure like good classrooms, science laboratories,  technology workshops and libraries all stocked with modern equipment.