Education is the key to success and every country makes sure that education is delivered to each and every child. Unfortunately, there are factors that create hurdles in the education system. In England and Wales, 30,000 children were reported missing from school for the past two consecutive years. The situation should be an alarm for parents. Kids missing out on school aren't just missing out on vital education that's needed for their development but they're also getting the license from their parents that they can do anything they want.
The even more disturbing part is that authorities can't seem to find anything about four thousand children's whereabouts according to a report published on BBC. The findings were obtained by BBC'S Victoria Derbyshire Programme.
The survey was conducted on the registered number of school appropriate aged children. There were cases where students were shifted to other places and their parents didn't inform the schools.
A missing girl Zainab told her story that she had to leave her house because her father asked her to marry her cousin, when she was only 15. She was assisted by a charity. Enver Solomon, the member of the charity said that there should be no child missing on their education.
He also indicated the risks associated with their missing, such as sexual exploitation, forced marriage and mental problems. Solomon also said that in some cases, parents tell a convincingly false story such as kids are abroad or they are home-schooled.
News from the past years show that there has been a raise in these missings. In the year 2011 telegraph published a missing children report. There were 12000 children missing from schools in different areas of UK and 1500 were untraceable.
Authorities showed great concerns over such findings. Apparently, whatever efforts were put, were insufficient as it is evident from the recent stats by BBC's Victoria Derbyshire program.
