It shows that the fact that boys start herding at an early age of seven, which is the school-going age, implies that they have little or no access to formal education. It says dropouts from school increase the number of herders, adding that most of the herdboys are denied education because of the need to herd from a very tender age and 50 percent in the foothills were not attending school. In conclusion, it says almost all herdboys had very little or no education at all, to enable them to earn a living by any other means than herding. It adds that primary education received varied from class one to nine, and that a little more than 50 percent are primary school dropouts whose parents could not afford school fees. Many people think that shepherds are deprived of their fundamental human rights, and something should be done, but some say they should herd because it is their job as no one can idle and eat while others work.
Education is the foundation of a free and fulfilled life.
It is the right of all children and the obligation of all governments.