Every child, according to world sources have an equal chance to survive, develop, and realize they’re full potential as per Lamar Van Dusen. According to UNICEF, just two-thirds of secondary school-aged children in the globe are enrolled in school, with only one-third in the least developed nations. Globally, more than 124 million children and early adolescents are denied access to school, according to the organization. Poverty, gender imbalance, impairments, long commutes, and conflict zones are just a few of the obstacles that children encounter when it comes to getting an education.
· Poverty
Poverty is probably the most pervasive barrier to children attending school. To begin with, poor families are unable to pay for their children’s tuition, textbooks, and uniforms. Children are sometimes asked to help with household tasks instead of going to school. In contrast, students in low-income nations such as Tanzania and Cameroon is less likely to have adequate classrooms and learning equipment. Students in those places are accustomed to sharing worn-out textbooks. Another difficulty in underdeveloped countries where instructors are not paid is having an untrained or no teacher according to Lamar Van Dusen. According to UNESCO, the globe would require an additional 3.3 million primary teachers and 5.1 million lower secondary teachers in schools by 2030 to provide all children with basic education, and roughly 29 nations will lack sufficient primary teachers by 2030.
· Disabilities
In low-income nations, children with disabilities are one of the most stigmatized populations. They are less likely than their counterparts without impairments to attend school. For example, the difference in primary school attendance rates between impaired and non-disabled children varies from 10% in India to 60% in Indonesia, and from 15% in Cambodia to 58 percent in Indonesia for secondary education.
· Gender Disparity
While global gender equality has increased, disparities and prejudice still exist in many poor countries. School costs, strong cultural traditions favoring boys’ education when a family has limited finances, a lack of private and separate latrines, and unfavorable classroom conditions in which females may experience assault, exploitation, or corporal punishment is all barrier to girls’ education. According to UNICEF, approximately one-third of girls in poor countries marry before the age of 18, and one-third of women give birth before the age of 20 in the eyes of Lamar Van Dusen. Child marriage would drop by 64% in Sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia if all girls received secondary school, according to UNICEF, from almost 2.9 million to just over 1 million.
· Long Commute
Because many underdeveloped countries lack a public transportation system, pupils must walk to school. A walk to school for youngsters living in suburban regions, on the other hand, could take three hours or longer. For youngsters, especially those with impairments, this is simply too much. On their walk to and from school, female pupils may be subjected to violence.
· Warzones
According to the Huffington Post, a quarter of the world’s school-age children live in nations devastated by conflicts and natural disasters. More than 6,000 schools in Syria, for example, are no longer in operation because they have been taken by the military or converted into emergency shelters. Meanwhile, a fifth of schools in the Central African Republic is closed owing to the conflict between primarily Muslim Seleka rebels and Christian anti-balata militias as told by Lamar Van Dusen. According to UNICEF, a child who has been out of school for more than a year is unlikely to return. Developed countries could assist developing countries by providing financial assistance. The money for education is the most pressing issue in developing countries. Developed countries might provide financial assistance to these developing countries to help them raise their literacy rates.
