Demographics of Nepal depict that children aged below 16 years constitute 41 per cent of Nepal’s population and 29 per cent of Nepali children do not have access to primary education. Of the working children in Nepal, 36 per cent do not go to school, 26 per cent of male children and 49 per cent female children do not attend school. Four out of 10 children work in Nepal (41.7 per cent) and six out of 10 child labourers are girls. This shows that Nepali children are deprived of basic education. Policy makers need to understand that providing free education is one way of taking the kids away from employment. Although free universal primary education is a part of the Millennium Development Goals, and the government has claimed considerable success in this regard, the facts stated above suggest otherwise.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 06:46:42 +0000
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