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Dauch, Hillary A., & Garrett, R., (2003). Child Labour and Its Impact on Children’s Access to and Participation in Primary Education: A Case Study from Tanzania, London: DFID (pp.i-x; 1-90, ISBN 1 86192 5360). |
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The study was conceived during the spring
of 2000 as a follow-up to the successful work
that had been undertaken by one member of
the team and which had resulted in the
successful completion of an EdD thesis into
the private costs of public primary education
borne by households, in Tanzania, while
sending children to public primary schools
(Dachi 2000). Household costs were found
to be complex and while the broad areas of
fees, other mandatory and voluntary
contributions are burdensome expenses on
the household, they do not constitute the
principal costs on the parental budget.
Ancillary costs surrounding schooling, such
as uniform, meals and transport, are variable
according to district and environment, and
constitute the largest burden on household
finances. A major factor in the non-participation
of children in schooling was found to be the
need to prioritise educational investment in a
few children, with the subsequent earnings
of those not enrolled in school contributing
to the household finances. But even for those
children enrolled in school, their frequent
failure to complete primary education was due
to an inability of the children successfully to
combine income generation, partly to finance
their education, with that of school attendance.
The present study was, therefore, conceived
of as an attempt to provide a more detailed,
although preliminary, investigation into the
effects of working and its impact on children’s
participation in formal education. |
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