Classes often have about 80 students. Learning is done with partners or in small groups. A group shares a single book or learning tool. Counting may be done using a homemade abacus, stones, or bottlecaps. Some agricultural areas do not have school during the harvest season so children can help in the fields.
Schools run only in the mornings and evenings so that children can work on household or farm chores.
In some countries, like Afghanistan, girls must leave school after grade 3. From then on, they can only learn at home. Save the Children is working to promote girls' access to education around the world. In countries where Save the Children works, school is different in many ways. Click here for the student page, 'Tell me a Story,' which focuses on learning through storytelling.