International Day of the African Child 2024 - June 16
June 19 , 2024
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- The day was set aside to raise awareness of the importance of education for children in Africa.
- It conveys the imperative need for improvement of the education of African children.
- The day honours the participants of the Soweto Uprising in 1976.
- They protest for the prevailing disparity in the education system that preferred quality education for the whites over the black population in Africa.
- Theme of 2024 is: “Education for All Children in Africa: The Time is Now”.
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