Noah Oletey, aged 12, and his brother Vincent, aged 14, work six nights a week on fishing canoes on Lake Volta in Ghana. Noah and Vincent attend school, but only when their work schedule permits it and they have enough money to pay their school fees. As such, their educational opportunities are limited, and their performance at school suffers.
The story of Noah and Vincent shows that engaging in child labour can be negatively associated with school attendance and the acquisition of vital foundational learning skills.
UNICEF-supported Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) capture data both on children’s learning and child labour, providing valuable statistical insights on the relationship between two important SDG indicators, SDG 4.1.1(a) and SDG 8.7.1 (see box below).
The sixth round of MICS (MICS6) introduced a new foundational learning skills module that measures reading and numeracy among children aged 7 to 14 years who are both in and out of school. The MICS6 questionnaire also collects information on children’s involvement in economic activities and household chores, and their exposure to hazardous working conditions.
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