Many people believe that education standards have declined in recent times, particularly in the areas of literacy and numeracy. Discuss the causes of this problem and offer some possible solutions to it.

It would be quite right to profess that the 1decline in educational qualitydeclination of educational quality, particularly in 2literacy and numeracyliterature and mathematics, has globally grabbed attention among the populace over the last decades. 3This essay will 4examineconnote the excessive use of state-of-the-art technological devices by 5young peoplejuveniles and lack of good teachers as main causes and 6propose stricter rulessubmit legislating stricter rules for 7using modern facilities appropriatelyexploiting accurately modern facilities at schools and encouraging talented people to come in the teaching profession as solutions to draw a reasonable conclusion.

According to a common perception among many, one of the fundamental reasons behind 9declining educational standardsdecreasing the level of standards concerning education lies in the fact that the young are used to utilise new electronic devices to carry out their assignments. As a case in point, one nephew of mine is accustomed to using his smart mobile phone not only for straightening out all the mathematical tests but for 10solving simple maths problemsaccounting simplest math questions like multiplying two one-digit numbers. 11That being so, it is more likely that in 12the not-so-distant futureno so long distant future, he would not be able to achieve 13problem-solving abilitiesabilities of problem-solving in the real world being needed in the job market. Besides, students are 14too busy playing video games or surfing the internettoo busy to play video games or surfing internet that they do not feel interested to read books outside their academic syllabus. Thus their reading habit is a daunting issue these days. Again, the lack of quality teachers who can inspire students is another reason for this decreasing educational standard. Most teachers these days are after money and fame rather than 15enlighteningenlighting new generations.

It is obvious that it would not be possible to deal with such cataclysm by a single solution. 17Some, however, claim that by setting regulation concerning limited usage of technologic devices, particularly at educational centres could pave the road for improving training frameworks. To illustrate, in some European nations, some tough laws have been adopted by the higher ranking authorities in terms of forbidding the use of any kind of electronic facilities in classrooms, especially during the exams among pupils in elementary schools. They have correspondingly realised that the rate of students’ abilities for solving complicated issues gradually increased after a few months. Moreover, more literary works should be added in the syllabus to let students learn their own culture and custom through the reading of that literature. Finally, more facilities should be added for the teacher so that people do not come to teaching profession only because they did not find anything better. In many countries, very few talented people come to the teaching profession in junior level only because the government has not allocated enough facilities for those teachers.

19By way of conclusion, being one of the practical and effective methods of overcoming the dilemma of a low quality of education standards ranging from literature to mathematics, legislating stricter rules for youngsters not exploiting modern facilities at school and attracting more quality teachers could be considered as two effective solutions to cope with somewhat this negative trend.