As New Zealand children return to school for 2014, millions of children in poorer countries can’t read or do simple sums because there are around 57 million children who don’t have a school to go to.
It was the goal of World leaders to make sure every child had a school place before 2015 but it is now more likely to be 2086 before this is possible.
There has been some progress in offering children education though. There are now half as many children unable to go to school as there were in the year 2000. In the past 13 years, around 60 million more children were granted access to education.
The reasons for such a high number of children without a school to attend include lack of money, lack of teachers, and the ongoing conflicts in places such as Syria.
Article written by D Mulhern
9 Responses
Sad
so sad!Some people hate school but they won’t after reading this!!!!
This is so sad we need more people to help these children without a school how are they going to learn like us!
I wish these children could go to school. When they grow up, they won’t be able to make their ambition come true.
but if they can’t go to school they might grow up and have no job no idea how to use stuff
I wish these kids could go to school because the dont know what the need to know if they don’t they wont grow up
It’s so sad that millions of kids don’t have school. Wen they grow up they won’t have a good job like us so they won’t know how to do stuff
So sad we are so lucky to have the education unlike some kids. We should be more grateful
Young children and teenagers should focus deeply into their studies. So, they could have a better future in life and help other people across the world suffering from hunger and despair.