Sub-Saharan African Schools

Summary: The schools in Sub-Saharan Africa require fee's from all family's in order to pay for uniforms, text books, and other supplies needed to learn. 1/4 of a poor family's income is used to pay for schools a year. "Countries such as Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda have abolished school fees, which has led to a surge in enrollment" That means that since the school fees were abolished, more people wanted to go learn because they didn't have to pay anymore.

Reflection: It is sad that kids have to pay so much just to go to school. Its not even for all grades. In some countries, you are not aloud to go to school past elementry school unless you have potential, and money.

Evidence:

"Public school enrollment in the most deprived districts and nationwide soared from 4.2 million to 5.4 million between 2004 and 2005"

"In Haiti, an effective collaboration between the government, UN agencies and NGOs changed the lives of 4,300 of the country's poorest children, thanks to an education project that provided school materials and supplies to 33 schools."
U.N. Millenium goal of 2015