Kenya: Primary Education Under the Gun

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/03/31/5050

In this article it talks about how Kenya is having troubles with some of its schools in certain areas. These areas are near fighting and it is unsafe for some of the kids to get to and from school. The school day can only last for four hours to ensure that the kids will be able to get home safe. The school is down enrollment because of its location and the general area. And for the risk of sending your child to school could result in their death if they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. This is horrible to hear and read. I think that every child should have the opportunity to go to school and not have to worry about if they are going to make it home safe. It will take away what they are even learning in school if all they can think about is if they will be able to make it home safe or not. And four hours a day is nothing for kids in an elementary setting, most kids are in school for at least 6 hours or so, they are losing that every day so losing about 10 hours a week that really sets these kids behind others in their age range. All because they live in an unsafe area. I just hope for every ones sake in that area, that the fighting stops and these kids get the adequate help they desperately need.