Challenges Facing School Children in Rural Zimbabwe: A Case of Tyunga and Luunga Wards of Binga District

Abstract

The article provides insight over the challenges facing school children in rural Zimbabwe. A case is drawn from schools in Tyunga and Luunga wards of Binga district. A global overview is given to create a deep understanding of the phenomenon under review. There is rising concern over the hiking challenges bedeviling children in rural areas amidst interventions to improve conditions. Challenges range from economic, environmental, social and sanitation/ health based. The research further provides a revelation of the causes of the challenges which impinge success of school children. The causes are from various angles with others occurring in vicious cycle. Measures put in place by the community to curb the challenges are not spared in this article. A brief highlight is given on the legislation supporting the protection of children. At the end the article gives the recommendations to redress the challenges, together with the need for future study. Hence forth, this paper aims to deeply explore and share the sorrowful circumstances children in Binga are exposed to. Education in itself is a key development driver that, when children get disturbed the development of the country is much demobilized. Such current issues therefore need to be shared on a global scale for the duty bearers to turn their attention to the children in rural remote areas per se. Hence from there on researchers and authorities are tasked to turn their eyes to such apartments so as to gain enough mileage in bringing sustainable development in Africa.

Keywords: Children, challenges, rural, child protection, sustainable development