Global Campaign for Education

Quotes from Kids

I have cried several times to go to school.  I have even fought with my brother because he goes to school while I don't.
  - Arti, 11 years old, India

What is the government going to do about access to schools and other public buildings for disabled people?
  - Kebba, who is disabled, questions the Gambia National Assembly

In some families, parents force children to do family matters such as babysitting, cow herding and working at a very young age . . . education is the tree of life so let's reap its sweet fruits.
  - Child, Lesotho

It makes me very sad to see children of my age selling water on the street corners when I'm being driven to school.  Does this mean that they are not important and does the government not care about them?
  - Tobi, six years old, Nigeria

I am luckier than some of my neighbors.  I can go to school but they cannot.
  - Student, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam

We are responsible for proposing alternatives that can change both education and our country's direction.
  - Ivon, 14 years old, Ecuador

Remember that we are poor children but we have a right to a good, or better, education as those who have parents with more resources than ours.
  - Claribel, Dominican Republic

Why do politicians always make promises, yet never keep them?
 - Child's question to Haitian Member of Parliament

Why is the U.S. not doing its duty? Why are we the wealthiest country, yet we are close to the bottom in helping poor countries?
  - Hanna and Maya, 13 years old, questions for United States Senators

Having participated in "Action Week," I realized that a child should attend school. Children shouldn't skip classes, as some of them do, because knowledge, which they gain at school, will help them in their lives.
  - Mitrofanova, 10 years old, Russia

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