This graph represents the percentage of children, girls

and boys, belonging to different categories of countries,

more or less developed, who are constantly going to
school, either we talk about the primary or the secondary
one. The data shown in the graph is strictly referring to
the period between 2000 and 2004.
Regarding the attendance for primary school, a similar
pattern is noticeable for both categories of girls and boys,
the difference being made by the type of country they are
coming from, thereby: from 96-95% in the industrialised
countries to 83-88% in the developing countries to 65-

71% in the least developed countries, where the first

percentage in each case stands for girls, and the second
one for boys.
On the other hand, this pattern is no more true
concerning secondary school, where a steep fall can be
seen in the amount of children who attend school and
belong to the two countries last mentioned. In this case,
the percentage halve when we look down to the next less
developed category of countries, thus: from 92-91% to
49-50% to 26-30%.
The overall aspect of this graph suggest that the
school rate of attendance is directly related to the level of
development of the country. This could be presented as
one of the reasons why the developing countries and
least developed countries are not able to catch up with
the first world countries. What is even worse is that the
gap between them gets bigger and bigger as time goes
by.

Since the effectiveness of prisons is such a

controversial subject, we ought to analyze from different
perspectives in order to succeed in creating a more
suitable version of them. A lot of people agree with the
current features of the prison, although, unfortunately,
the statistics show that there is room for improvement.
There should be more concerns about rehabilitation and
education of the lawbreakers, than the methods of
making them feel very guilty and constantly reminding
them of their tag: criminals.
The first advantage of creating a more academic
environment inside the prisons is getting rid of the tag
just mentioned. Most of the felons have been pushed by

their surroundings into breaking the law. Therefore, this

should be the very first step when punishing somebody
for his behavior: finding the reasons that led to this and
fixing them. A big percentage of them would be
characterized by very poor education and implicitly ones
incapability of providing a good life for him and his family
and taking part in a decent community. Thus, covering
prisoners lacks would help them in choosing a different
path in life after they have served their sentence, which
would also cause a drop in the rate of recurrence of
ending up locked again.
On the other hand, lawbreakers should not come to
the point where they take advantage of the conditions
they are offered. The prison should arouse eagerness to
improve themselves and be aware of their second
chance, not to offer them a secure place where the
primary needs are satisfied for free. For instance, a young
man coming from a poor environment would find prison
as being a better alternative to his previous life; whereas
if he were to be educated, he would see the endless
opportunities in order to get an even better life and
overcome his situation.
No one would argue that the current prisons cause
change in some of the lawbreakers behavior; however,
the attention should be more focused on making them a
better citizen, rather than making them feel like a
miserable one. On the premise that everyone deserves a
second chance, the main features of the prison should be:
educating and awakening. Only this way the government

would be able to solve the problem of overcrowded cells

and, furthermore, create new people ready to embrace
the work field.