Category: Child Poverty

One of the issues debated on about human development is the nature versus nurture debate. Nature is when our behaviors are determined by our inherited genetic material structure while Nurture is when our behavior is determined by our surroundings, our life experiences, our upbringings, and other environmental factors. The environment of each individual plays a…

The relationship between poverty and education is widely acknowledged to be bidirectional. Poor individuals frequently lack access to adequate education, and those who do not have access to adequate education are often forced to live in poverty. However, before discussing the interconnections between poverty and education, it is necessary to define poverty. Poverty has numerous…

Background According to UNESCO, it is valued that 1.3 billion individuals live on less than US$ 1.25 per day. This number is upward progressively as civil wars, loss of employment, and improvement of societies are establishing newly poor groups (UNESCO, 2013). Regarding human rights, conference fundamental human needs, and further equitable delivery of wealth are…

Education being a basic right to many children in Kenya, it has been faced with quite a number of challenges. Since independence, there have been many reforms in the education sector to improve the quality of education. Despite the initiatives, the cost of education in Kenya has restricted both the state supply and local access…

Our country is in dire need of a wake-up call to the sheer number of children falling victim to poverty and how their futures are consequently affected by this epidemic. 9 out of 10 members of the National Education Union believe that poverty and low income are having disastrous results on childrens learning. In our…