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Trust BBC to try and turn Zambia's attempt at doing universal basic education into an advert for private schools while peddling the same old "but-whose-gonna-pay-for it?!" claptrap.
I have this recurring "memory" of the future and one if its "facts" is that African countries are some of the global leaders in technology and space exploration. I type "memory" because it doesn't feel like a dream or idea. It comes to me as just a fact I am remembering. It has been recurring since the 1980's and I have never been able to explain why or where it's come from.
Anyway, I hope that it is indeed a memory of the future and these steps to expand access to education are the beginnings of that future.
A "memory" of the future is called a prediction.
Nobody can predict the future.
But I do hope you're right.
Premonition rather than prediction really
I know. I'm assuming it is something like deja-vu where an experience is associated with a feeling of familiarity. This idea is associated with the same feeling along with a type of certainty. They are just chemical triggers, but it is a strange feeling.
Have you read Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds?
I don't know of it. What is it about?
EDIT: Looked it up. I have seen the "Africa as a tech powerhouse" concept show up in sci-fi lately. The first time I read it, and was shocked by it due to my recurring "memory", was in an Andy Wier novel IIRC. I have seen it sprinkled around since.
That is really cool! It makes me anxious that the quality of the education declined, but alone the fact that so many people got the chance go receive education is huge. I'm very glad that the government wants to pursue this goal and is confident to be able to stem the costs. I'm hopeful that this will work - and as the interviewed government person said, education is the best foundation for a good economy. Seems very logical to me.
Absolutely, long-term it's a fantastic investment. Hopefully the government stays committed and keeps funding its education in order to raise the quality. Getting so many more kids going to school is a great step in that process.
Fantastic news!