Kushtiwala, Nermeen Khalid;
Iqbal, Humera;
(2023)
Agency, aspirations and citizenship: Non‐formal education from the perspective of children in street situations in Pakistan.
Children & Society
10.1111/chso.12796.
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Abstract
This paper explores an NGO‐based non‐formal education (NFE) intervention in Pakistan from the perspective of its recipients, children in street situations. Recognizing children as agential beings, we draw on participant observation and in‐depth semi‐structured interviews with 20 children, aged 10–19 years. Young people discussed the impact of the intervention on their self‐worth and future aspirations. They also reflected on their growing awareness of civic issues and citizenship rights. The study emphasizes the importance of NFE in providing opportunities to the most marginalized and those without adequate documentation, particularly in a context when state support can be lacking.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Agency, aspirations and citizenship: Non‐formal education from the perspective of children in street situations in Pakistan |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/chso.12796 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12796 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Authors. Children & Society published by National Children's Bureau and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | agency, child rights, children in street situations, non-formal education |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10177784 |
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