UNICEF reports on child-friendly schools in Ghana that are
breaking the cycle of child labor. Child-Friendly Schools Re-
Invent Education in Rural Ghana Narrator: Elizabeth is the
eldest of the four Naparis children still at home, a daughter in
a culture that traditionally priced as sons. Peter Naparis:
Elizabeth is good in school. So I am determined to help her
succeed in education. Narrator: Peter makes sure his daughter
and her siblings go to school each and every day. But at this
child-friendly school, the emphasis is as much on girls as it is
on boys. Traditionally in this village, girls get married not
educated. Biikook Gideon Konlan: The parents would say that,
“When your daughter becomes a woman in your home, then the next
month, she should be married.” Narrator: Outside the open air
classes, village life to its past. Keeping children in school is
a major battle for educators in Ghana. Less than half of the men
from this area are educated. Biikook Gideon Konlan: Without
education, you have to just till