School attrition in Goma town

The education system in the Democratic Republic of Congo faces multiple deficiencies such as poor conditions of studies, lack of adequate infrastructures, lack of capacity-building of teachers, poor salaries for instructors, lack of documentations or libraries and weak commitment of national authorities to enhance education. All these problems have a negative impact on the education system in the country, impeding both its development and that of its populations, particularly the children who are the future of the nation. The Democratic Republic of Congös the law recognises the right to education ensuring equal access to education and vocational training . We assume that the Government has the primary responsibility to promote the education of all Congolese children nationwide since education is the basis of development. Unfortunately, we are witnessing the increase of the number of children who do not go school anymore due to multiple reasons; some of them are wandering in the streets, begging or doing some hard labours in order to survive. All these facts inspired us to conduct a study on school attrition or school dropout in Goma town.