Activity results
Activity 1 / Activity 2 / Activity 3 / Activity 4 / Activity 5 / Activity 6Activity 2: Consequences of early school leaving
Individual
Unskilled and unemployed
Child labour
Poor decision making
More limited choices
drug abuse
increase in domestic workers
unpaid employed work
teenage pregnancy
early marriage
increased risk of domestic violence
attitudinal changes
limited ability to understand govt./political issues
Families/Villages
health issues
increase in dependency
cycle of poverty
increase in domestic workers/carers
increased subsistence agriculture
lower remittances
shame for the family
negative role models for children
contribute to family income
Society
unemployed labour force
informal economy
high crime rate
increase in domestic workers
impede economic and social development
increase out migration of factory workers
higher population rates
cost of services
providing opportunities for service providers (!)
reliance on external support
capacity to create jobs
lower GNPs
undermining of tax/revenue base