Dilemma of Education: Dilemma of Education

During sunrise Phillips Oluoch, 12, left, who had to stop attending school because his family could not afford school fees, waits with his mother for several village women, as they make their way to work in the field. The hidden cost of schooling is overwhelming in the post-conflict Acholi sub-region. Children constitute an invaluable source of stopgap labour for households re-establishing livelihood strategies.
Dilemma of Education, Agago District, Uganda

During sunrise Phillips Oluoch, 12, left, who had to stop attending school because his family could not afford school fees, waits with his mother for several village women, as they make their way to work in the field. The hidden cost of schooling is overwhelming in the post-conflict Acholi sub-region. Children constitute an invaluable source of stopgap labour for households re-establishing livelihood strategies.