Homework

Class is in session at a primary school near a Suri village. While public education is technically free in Ethiopia, schools in rural areas are often underfunded and understaffed, and more often than not located far from the childrens' villages. To make matters worse, the mobile lifestyle of many pastoralist tribes like the Suri often means that even if they receive an education, it is often rudimentary and fragmented. What this means is that in practice most tribal children are not enrolled in school at all.

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