School Social Worker Personal Statement

In my future social work profession, I would like the opportunity to become a school social worker. As a result, my rural homestay really confirmed my compassion of one day becoming a school social worker. During my rural homestay, I gained a better understand of the school system in a village in Uganda. My host family consisted of two tatas and their many grandchildren. The two tatas were both teachers but were both recently retired. One of the tatas worked at a government school and the other one worked at a private school. Therefore, I had the opportunity to learn, discuss, and ask questions about the education system in Uganda.
I had the opportunity to visit a government school as well as a private school during my rural homestay. When I visited the government school, I was very surprised at how many children attended the school because the school was small. I was shocked to find out that there were approximately two hundred children to one teacher in most of the classes. I also noticed that each classroom …show more content…
Mapp discussed about the Millennium Development Goals and how it was created to address the issues and provide a blueprint to solutions globally. Furthermore, the second goal was the idea to provide universal primary quality education to ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary education. Mapp stated that “poverty, lack of education, and discrimination are risk factors for many social problems and therefore reducing them can reduce other issues as well” (2014, 205). The author discussed about the importance of education because it reduces many risk factors. However, it unsettled me about how both schools did provide education lacked many of the resources and services to provide effective education. Therefore, I believe for children to received quality and effective education the education system needs ways to connect those barriers and gaps in school