Intimidation is commonplace; girls have been attacked and even doused with acid to be kept from attending school.
It keeps children from attending school and adults from working.
Does the law unfairly keep children from attending school?
As a boy, heart problems kept him from attending school regularly, though he became an avid reader with a particular passion for astronomy.
Apollo's facilities offer flexible-degree programs for people ("working learners," it calls them) who have jobs or other obligations that keep them from attending school full-time.
Launched earlier this year, the Kent County Truancy Court pilot program uses education, intervention and access to resources to help students and their families overcome barriers that keep children from attending school.
Phoenix advertises that if offers flexible-degree programs for "working learners" who have jobs or other obligations that keep them from attending school full-time but who want to garner credentials that will improve their income and employment possibilities.
Founded in 2003 by a former Peace Corps volunteer, Women's Global Education Project works to bring education to girls in 58 rural villages in Senegal and Kenya by partnering with local groups and by addressing the complex economic, cultural and social issues that often keep girls from attending school.
Even when girls are in school, perceived low returns from poor quality of education, low aspirations, or household chores and other responsibilities keep them from attending school or from achieving adequate learning outcomes.
UNICEF also procures, raises awareness of and helps distribute vaccines for some 40 per cent of children in the developing world, and provides education and intervention to fight diseases like malaria, guinea worm and anaemia, all of which can keep children from attending school and learning.
