Education Crisis Due To Poverty? Why Children In Poor Countries Choose To Ditch School

In third-world countries, many kids are required to miss school. The reasons behind this mishap are various but the main reasons are work and the safety of schools.

Based on the survey conducted by ChildFund Alliance, one-third of children in third-world nations do not attend school as they have to help their families with the workload. Many parents cannot provide life's necessities to their kids, so they adopt the habit of making small kids or even teenagers work beside them.

Thirty-two percent, however, claimed that their schools were not always safe. About fifty percent of the children, who were interviewed by the ChildFund Alliance, belonged to developing nations.

Despite the fact that these developing countries' children believe that education is very important, they do not get to attend school for other reasons. When compared, thirty-one percent of children in poor countries do not attend school due to workload whereas in developing countries only eight percent do not go to for the same reason.

According to The Nation's report, the highest number can be found in Afghanistan but Timor-Leste and Ghana cannot be ignored. Another hurdle is the safety of schools. Only thirty-two percent of students in developing nations say that their institute is safe.

The perception of "safe'" varies. Every student or parents have a different definition of a safe environment. One-third of the total number of children surveyed said that pupils must be safe from physical or emotional exploitation.Whereas seventeen percent said, safe schools mean spotless, harmless educational buildings that are in decent conditions.

For some, trustworthy and respectable teachers depict safe schools. Meg Gardinier, the secretary-general of the ChildFund Alliance, knows that this situation is very alarming and a big hurdle is on its way of providing good and latest education to developing countries, not only it is every child's right to have an access to high-quality education, it is also their dire need.

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