Non-formal education to combat the worst forms of child labour including trafficking (In Vietnamese)

Child labour and the trafficking in children and women are inversely related to the availability and affordability of educational opportunities. With schools widely scattered, transport generally lacking, and the cost of education increasing (in terms of school supplies, uniforms, fees, and transportation costs), parents of poor families in the rural areas often see little choice but to send their children into work activities to supplement household income. Parents in rural areas often have little education themselves and value education accordingly. Children, bored with village life, often prefer to work and gain self-esteem from it.

To mitigate the lack of access and the low quality of formal basic education, non-formal education (NFE) programmes have been set up in many developing countries. Essentially, they are organized outside the formal schooling system, and seek to impart not only general education but also life skills and possibly some pre-vocational skills that prepare students for future skills training.