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7. What do you think are the main problems concerning children’s education in your community? (You may checkmore than one.)Inadequate school infrastructureNobody helps parents buy uniforms, utensils and educational materialsChildren have to work or devote themselves to other things instead of studyingTeachers don’t relate well to children (bad treatment)Not enough teachersPoor quality in educationOther (specify):76 The Girl-Child and Government Service Provision
Annex 3Types of tasks carried out by childrenTable A3-1. Children’s tasksWork activitiesDescriptionsHousehold chores:LaundryWashing dishes, glasses, utensilsSweepingCookingMaking the bedsTaking care of brothers and sistersGathering garbage and burning itFetching firewoodEconomic support activities:Gathering eggsTasks on the plantationsFishing for tilapiaSalespersons at storesSelling food (empanadas, cookies,sandwiches)These activities are considered homemaking chores and are carried outmainly by girls. The reasons for this lie in the socio-cultural aspect ofmachismo. As described by the boys: "These are activites that women do.""They do this because they're girls." "I don't do that because I'm a boy, nota little woman."Families in the various communities are large. Children make up most ofthe household group. In some cases parents are away from home for a fewhours, and both boys and girls care for the younger ones. Both boys andgirls say that this activity does not cause any displeasure.No municipal garbage collection exists in the communities visited. Garbageis burned in holes near the homes. It is mostly boys who perform this task.Firewood is used for cooking in many homes. Both boys and girls gatherfirewood.Gathering eggs is the major and almost only source of income for thefamilies in the Ostional area. An association exists; its "rule" is that bothsons and daughters of its members will work in this activity. If the collectionis good, the children earn about five thousand colones, which they turnover to those in charge of caring for them.In Upala and Los Chiles, children help in agricultural tasks. Some receivesignificant payment accompanying their parents as helpers.Women household heads in Raizal fish, especially because widespreadunemployment forces their husbands to move to other areas to seek work.The women are helped by their children, mostly daughters. The work isphysically exhausting.In Colorado and Los Chiles girls (usually) sell food to help with householdexpenses.The Girl-Child and Government Service Provision 77
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ContentsIntroduction ..............
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identified in the case studies that
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Approximately 53 per cent of the po
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Literacy and educationAdult literac
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Policewoman, for example, had 100 p
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EducationA deputy principal of a pr
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ObservationsThis study has focused
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Regulation and taxation neededCorru
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