A child soldier far away from the classroom
The global economic recession and poverty, which have
affected Third World countries most, have resulted in the rampant abandonment of
babies in gutters, pit latrines, bushes, and remote places.
Many mothers are
giving up their babies for adoption. Some end up selling their babies or
deliberately killing them. This inhuman act shows that some children are born into
incapable hands.
If one does not really need a child, why should parents
bring them into the world to suffer? Training and caring for children, in terms
of feeding, clothing, education, and health, have never been a simple task. Parents should prevent an unwanted pregnancy rather than give
birth to a child to will become a menace to society.
Parents who did not get the opportunity to be educated may
feel education is a waste of time, and therefore, the child should be engaged in their parents' trade.
In India, hundreds of children are said to be under bondage,
working as slaves to defray the debts of their parents. Under some hardships,
children are even forced to sell part of their body parts, such as a kidney, to
raise money for their parents.
In Brazil, children are sprayed by bullets, for the
government to collect the bodies from the streets, as a measure to
prevent street children. Is this the best solution to prevent street
children?
When children are taught how to read from the initial stages,
they become interested in books. However poor a child’s reading ability is, his
interest in reading would improve his knowledge.
Things go wrong for children these days as people don’t
know their value in this world. Many organizations are all over Africa to
improve children’s education, but the harvest is plentiful, while the
labourers are few.
It’s an enormous task. Education for children is not a choice;
it’s their right, and the only way to give these children a better future is
through education.
