Education

Since the UNICEF workshop, many of the teachers having been talking about the concept of children’s rights, and in particular the children’s right to education. This is the idea that children should be allowed to attend school, whether or not the parents can pay the school fee. We are thinking of holding a meeting or two and introducing the idea to the community, teachers are really getting on side with the concept of it, but whether people agree with it or not, the problem still stands that the town’s schools do not have space for all of the town’s children. We did have two ‘Head teachers’ of primary schools agree to stop expelling children for this reason, once they are in, whether or not fees are paid, they should be let through school, as long as they pass. Getting people onside is still important though, it might eventually contribute to public pressure on the government to get more schools built, and eventually, free education for children.