14 most dangerous routes to school around the world
Ever imagined going to school would be this difficult? These students from a Gulu village, China have to take a treacherous journey to study in school. Carefully walking in a straight line on an extremely steep cliff, they take hours to reach their- Elementary school children cross a river on inflated tire tubes in Rizal Province, Phillippines. (Photo: Bullit Marquez /AP)
- We couldn't have imagined that few kids would take a tightrope 30 feet above a river in Sumatra, Indonesia to reach the institution. (Photo: Panjalu Images / Barcroft Media)
- Their school is located about 125 miles away and still they travel through the mountains in Pili, China.
- In Kerala, few students travel by boat to reach their school. Sometimes weather conditions create hindrance on their way back home. (Photo: Santosh Sugumar)
- In this image taken from video released by TV One, a rescuer is lowered on rope from a hovering helicopter near a body in Java Sea waters, Indonesia (Photo: AP)
- These kids cross a broken bridge in the snow to get to school In Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, China. (Photo: Imaginechina / Rex Features)
- There is a lack of quality infrastructure and unequal access to education, in the rural areas in India, children take a ride in Tuktuk (Auto Rickshaw) to school. (Photo: Dilwar Mandal)
- These kids have bravely taken the route through the forest across a tree root bridge, India. (Photo: The Atlantic)
- In yet another place at Indonesia, pupils travel by canoe to the school. (Photo: Nico Fredia)
- Parents who have their children flying 800 meters on a steel cable, 400 meters above the Rio Negro River, Colombia have asked for safer services. (Photo: Christoph Otto)
- Schools are often located far from their home, students need to walk for miles in unpleasant weather conditions to reach their school. (Picture taken at Zanskar, Himalays: Timothy Allen)
- Children in another village in Southern China need to climb on unsecured wooden ladders. (Photo: Imaginachina/Rex Features)
Ever imagined going to school would be this difficult? These students from a Gulu village, China have to take a treacherous journey to study in school. Carefully walking in a straight line on an extremely steep cliff, they take hours to reach their
14 most dangerous routes to school around the world
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