Article Title

Should Children Work? Dilemmas of Children’s Educational Rights in the Global South

Authors

Conrad John Masabo, Dar es Salaam University College of Education

Abstract

The realisation of Children’s Rights and the right to education, in particular, have for quite long left the children of the Global South at a crossroads. The ideal of a childhood free from work has in itself become a barrier to access this social good. As such, due to their country’s minimal or non-existent educational funding and family abject poverty, some children in the Global South have realised that adopting a pragmatic strategy of combining school and work is the only feasible solution. This study, therefore, examines the interface between children’s work and schooling in the Global South.

Recommended Citation

Masabo, Conrad John (2016) "Should Children Work? Dilemmas of Children’s Educational Rights in the Global South," Southern African Journal of Policy and Development: Vol. 3: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/sajpd/vol3/iss1/5