At 5:00am under the dark sky, a young learner struggles out of bed. He fetches water for his family, milks cows, and leads casttle to grazing fields, then embarks on a long and treacherous journey to reach his school. He crosses rivers, jumping from rock to rock in absence of bridge, walks over mountains and through forests that are home to dangerous snakes and rough terrain, and in a lightining storm desperately seeks shelter at the strangers houses. After a trip of more hours, he before make a return journey home.
The struggle for education is no anomaly. This is the reality for many children in Lesotho, where more than 200,000 learners walk more than 2hours to travel to and from school everyday. I personally visited the rural school of Quthing called Moreneng primary school and Pontseng Primary school and meet the teacher of Moreneng primary school who also walk a distance of 2 hours to and from school his name is Mr Tsitso Maliehe who told me that they sometimes allow learners to not attend school due to bad whether, he said it became difficult for a learner to concentrate in class because they will be tired. Due to bad roads at rural area, learners that are going to Pontseng or Moreneng primary school can't use transport.
Mr Maliehe also have to walk a distance to school because he can not use transport due to bad road, not only him but other educators who teach in the rural area have to walk.
