18 shocking shots from the life of schoolchildren in Senegal

We are so used to many things from our daily lives that we have completely ceased to appreciate them. But people on the other side of the Earth are deprived of all this, and they dare not even dream of our living conditions. For example, the children of Senegal were not so lucky. They study and live in terrible conditions, and their schools can hardly be called an educational institution - they are so far from the usual understanding of the word.

Statistics show that about 15 million people live in this country, of which over 50 thousand are children, who are called the Taliban, students of Koranic schools. Between the ages of 7-12, they go to study at Muslim educational institutions.

Let’s take a look at some of the Quranic schools of Senegal with our own eyes.

This is what an ordinary class looks like. At the moment, children are watching TV.

Learning materials for students.

Outside the school looks no less sad than inside.

In addition to everything else, with many Senegalese children, whom their parents sent to study in Koranic schools, teachers are extremely cruel and humiliating. And often, students are kicked out into city streets altogether, forcing them to beg.

Teachers in Quranic schools are called marabots. As a rule, they are not at all sorry for their students, whom they force them to beggar and ask for alms for several hours every day.

Two schoolchildren are talking through the window.

Pupils of the Koranic school in Sali put on very bright, beautiful dresses for the ceremony.

Children have a rest in the school recreation room, designed for 10-15 people.

Pupils at lunch. This is what the school cafeteria in Senegal looks like.

Wooden tablets in a school class for studying the Quran.

A lesson in the Koranic school. The student is standing at the blackboard, and in his hands is a stick that acts as a pointer.

On the roof of the school, children wash their clothes, carrying water in buckets and teapots.

Young student of the Senegalese school.

Children lined up in the classroom next to their teacher.

Photo taken at a school in Dakar. Learning the Qur'an is a very difficult task.

That is what most schools in Senegal look like.

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