Why is education in the middle east failing

1. Idiocracy
And the Middle East

2. If you are from Oman, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, the UAE and even Lebanon…
… before you get mad at this
presentation and its author,
see this movie…
This movie is about your
future if things continue as
they are at present.

3. Why is your birthplace going to look
like this in a few years?

4. Because Your Education is Bad
According to the OECD (and if you are an average
Middle Easterner you will NOT know what the OECD
is…), oil and rich natural resources do not mix very
well…
Despite your wealth, you are dumb. You cannot
solve elementary practical problems and your
literacy rate is below average.
See this chart:
http://www.oecd.org/education/school/programm
eforinternationalstudentassessmentpisa/49881940.
pdf

5. The Situation at Present…
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunda
y/friedman-pass-the-books-hold-the-oil.html?_r=0
To sum up in a very simplistic way what Friedman
wants to (but does not) say in the article above, kids
are lazy and bored because of dumb parents. Kids
lack parental attention and their families leave it to
the school system and (frequently illiterate) maids to
care for them.
What is more, their brains are on low power from
fast foods and quick, easy pleasure (movies,
computer games, pads, tabs, consoles…)

6. Meanwhile, in Kuwait…
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetail
s/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/204122/reftab/
36/t/16000-citizens-on-waitinglist/Default.aspx
16,000 people are on waiting lists for
work. Despite their wealth, Kuwaitis are
jobless… because they do not have the
necessary skills and diplomas needed on
the job market.
Who is responsible for this?
YOUR FAILING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
which is after your money and promises
you greatness but gives you a worthless
diploma instead?

7. What can you do?
• Nothing…
• Unless…
– You take your education into your own hands
– You take your child’s education into your own
hands
– You throw your laziness out with the trash and
– Stop taking pride in being a junkie of the fast food
industry and in being lazy