Like every year, the International Day of the African Child is observed by the African Union and its member states as a commemoration of June 16, 1976 Students’ Uprising in Soweto, South Africa where thousands of students woke up and marched to the streets against the apartheid regime to protest their disapproval of the Black Education Act, which segregated students based on their race.
It also raises awareness of the continuing need for the improvement of the education provided to African children. Because today, 30 years later, we are still fighting for the rights of children to have a free, friendly, safe and compulsory quality education. Every day, African children without access to quality education are on the increase because of bad leadership and unequal distribution of resources.
Comparing regionally, we find an even more dismal picture, 84% of poorest girls aged 7-16 years in the North-West have never been to school, compared to only 18% of children in the South-East.
As witnessed in the past one decade, this year’s Children’s Day was devoid of nearly all the usual activities that provided excitement to schoolchildren. Neither the rhythms from school-bands nor the annual ritual of march-past was heard or seen in most cities and towns across the country. What remains of Children’s Day , is that the Day is lesson-free.
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