Children Forced to Work After Dropping Out
Dropping out of school at a young age further exacerbates children’s problems. When children stop going to school, many are forced to work and marry early. A holistic effort is urgently needed to deal with the problem.
Students of Alam Prasasti School, Piket Indah Village, Sukatenang Village, Sukawangi, Bekasi Regency, West Java, while studying together in their schoolhouse on Tuesday (24/11/2020) afternoon. These children are children who had dropped out of school, orphans, or children from poor families..
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Economic pressures have forced children to drop out of school and work in the informal sector or take to the streets to earn meager amounts of money. During the Covid-19 pandemic, dropping out of school has become an increasingly common phenomenon, partly due to the ineffectiveness of the administered distance learning.
Based on observations compiled by Kompas on Tuesday (1/3/2022), the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit the household economy hard, with cases of child marriage increasing.