I don't feel like going to school today.0:21
You don't know how lucky you are.0:23
Some kids want to go to school and can't.0:26
Many kids don't get much of an education at all.0:29
And some don't even have the chance to learn to read or write.0:32
A lot of countries don't have enough schools or teachers.0:38
In fact, over 15 million teachers are needed all over the world.0:42
Wow, that's terrible.0:46
In many underdeveloped countries, all the children in a village go to the same school and share one teacher.0:49
There can be anything from 30 to 60 students in one class and different age groups too.0:55
That means a six year old could be sharing the same classroom and teacher with a 12 year old.1:01
It sounds practically impossible to me.1:08
Well, some people have no choice.1:10
At least they learn something and make some friends and have access to a teacher who can teach them how to learn and help them as much as they can.1:13
In the circumstances, it's better than nothing.1:20
Only larger towns and cities have better schools and not many families can afford to send their children there.1:24
There are many children around the world that don't go to school at all.1:30
And how do they make friends?1:34
My friends are all from my school.1:36
They have their siblings and other family members, I suppose.1:38
And maybe they know children in their neighborhood.1:42
Isn't anyone going to try and change all this?1:44
Only the government can really make a difference.1:47
Each country's Ministry of Education needs to take responsibility and try and change the situation by creating more state schools with enough teachers and supplies to cater for all the children in every area.1:49
But we need to raise awareness too, because a lot of people don't know that many children are deprived of an education because of where they live.2:02
If the media got involved, then more people would take interest and maybe start to raise money to help or set up a charity or something.2:12
Why don't we start by writing a letter to our Minister of Education explaining our concerns?2:20
Hopefully they'll be able to do something to help children who are less fortunate than us.2:26
I'll get a pen and paper.2:32
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