5 Types Of Challenges Faced In Schools and How You Can Conquer them

The great importance of education in any given society should not be under-estimated. With people going to school and getting educated, they see the need to embrace civilization and proper style of doing things. Education in no doubt has helped a lot of people become professionals in a particular field of study.

With the global changes today, it’s expected that people take cognizance of the value of education.
Despite this inalienable right called education, most students are still faced with a lot of problems, some of which can cause obstacles to their academic pursuit. Some of these problems could be internal in the sense that it could arise from the student while the problem could as well be external in the sense that it could arise from their immediate homes and environment in which they live.

Today, I will be showing to you the problems that most students face that deter them from their academic pursuit.

5 Categories Of Problems Students Should Prepare For And How To Solve Them

Family Problems

A child first point of contact is the home. I once taught in a primary school, class 4 precisely. During my six months of teaching in that class, I always noticed an unusual behavior in one of the students which she hasn’t been doing before. During class activities, she would go sad and lukewarm, not interacting with her fellow students.

I became worried as to the sudden change in her and I called her to confirm what’s wrong. And do you know what she said? “My daddy is threatening to divorce my mummy and I’m not happy about that”.

The truth is that any student that is emotionally not balanced is bound to have problems in their studies. Most students suffer academically because the relationship of their parents is suffering.

When there are problems in the homes, children find it hard to concentrate and learn in class, instead they become sad, aggressive and disturbed.

 Solutions to the family problem:

 To avoid poor performance in education due to family problems, parents should be effective as to nurturing and safeguarding their relationships. Husbands and wives should spend quality time together as well as with their children.

Also, parents should be very careful as to the way and manner in which they react to problems in front of the children.
Children are happy when they know that their parents are also happy.

Financial Problems

Despite the fact that education is an inalienable right for everyone, we still see that the issue of money has held many students back from progressing academically.

Most schools both the primary and secondary are too expensive for most people to attend in order to get the quality education. What more can I say about the exorbitant fees been placed in the tertiary institutions?

When there is no money to meet up with the high and excessive demands of these institutions of learning, most parents withdraw their children and in most cases, you will see them at home doing nothing, while some will go for apprentice work and in most times, these children are found on the street hawking.

Financial problems greatly affect any student’s education and performance in class. A student whose parents are too poor to afford the money for school fees, would not pay serious attention in class because they are thinking of where and how to get the money.

This is a big problem. The boys have become thieves and pick-pockets while most girls are going into prostitution due to this financial problem.

Solutions to financial problems:

Financial problems, if not looked into, have a great negative effect on student’s performance. What should be done to avoid this? Parents are to work very hard so as to meet up with school demands. Both couples are to make financial plans so that they won’t lack in the future. Parents are also advised to make real investments that will sustain their children even after they’ve gone to glory.

This issue of financial problems is not only left on the shoulders of the parents alone, the government, as well as the owners of these institutions of learning, should help to cut down the high price of school fees. In doing so, it will help students go to school and face their studies alone.

In addition this, students who are capable of doing menial works during the holidays and the weekends should learn how to save parts of their income to supplement their parents' effort

Personal Problems

A student’s own problems could as well be a big problem to their academic pursuit. Some children take long before their brain develops. In this case, we see that it will be very hard for such students to meet up academically. They will also find it hard to compete with other sharp and smart students in class because they are dull.

The level of a student IQS can as well determine how well they can do in school. If a student is very dull and not intelligent, they won’t do well and if they are not handled with great care and concern, they would give up on their studies.

Solutions to student's personal problem:

Students who are very dull should not be forced, in most cases, it’s not their fault, and they probably were born that way. Rather, it’s expected that concerned parents should continue to provide all the academic needs. Private tutors should also be attached to such students.

Teachers are as well not left out, they understand their students. They should learn to be patient with such students. Repeating the same topic for such students would help. And if possible, teachers should sit them down during recess for more tutoring.

Economic Problems

One issue virtually facing most countries is the issue of economic melt-down. The economy is not stable as to provide for the educational needs of students. Most country’s economy is too poor to cater or provide the money for students to go to school.

In view of this economic hardship, most students get discouraged along the line. And why do they get discouraged? They get discouraged seeing unemployment in the nation; they get discouraged seeing most educated people roaming the street with files in their hands; they get discouraged seeing people do the work they never studied in school.

All this is because the economy is poor. This could greatly make a student give up on their academic pursuit.

Solutions to economic problems:

The Government should encourage students by making sure that unemployed people are given work, not any kind of work, but the work that is based on what they studied in the school.

The government should also strive to introduce free education system in the country. In doing this, people would be encouraged to go to school and even those thinking of dropping out would be forced to change their thoughts, knowing full well that the economy is stable and good.

Are you a student facing any of the challenges mentioned above? Simply buckle up your belt to get it solved right now.

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