For example: With Children that have a rich home environment, plenty of interactions that stimulate them, keeping them at school longer may hamper development.
On the flip side you have an environment where this is not the case. Examples include socio-economic factors like parents/care givers working long hours.
I recently did research into this exact problem in South Africa. What are the factors that impact on education in communities that have socio-economic challenges?
The challenges are numerous and as this article says. The environment around the children just makes it extremely difficult for them to break out of the cycle of poverty.
These factors include:
being hungry,
crime,
lack of sanitation-this is a problem in South Africa they get sick more often then their counterparts in other areas.This results in them missing more school which puts them behind.,
Parents working long hours, travelling distances to get to work
Lack of resources in schools or support
There really is a multitude of problems each impacting the other creating a self perpetuating cycle of poverty.
Out of the research into the problems I developed a concept for a social enterprise that could solve some of these problems.
Trying to identify some funding sources as traditional vc will not be suitable. Maybe impact investors?
If the above sounds interesting, you are keen to explore leveraging education for social change or exploring alternative educational models mail me. Email is in profile