Cover of the textbook Performer B1, Vol. 1

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10 - Culture and Competences for the textbook Performer B1, Vol. 1 with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella e Margaret Layton from Zanichelli

Question

Read the text again and answer the questions.

Answer

  1. One of the basic human rights mentioned in the text is the right to a safe, free, and quality education.
  2. The aims of education, as mentioned in the text, include shaping the future of individuals, reducing poverty, illnesses, and social inequalities, and contributing to achieving peace in societies.
  3. More than 260 million children and teenagers are out of school, according to the text.
  4. The obstacles to education listed in the text include conflicts, natural disasters, epidemics, malnutrition, child labor, recruitment by armed groups, early forced marriages, and the potential long-term impact of being out of school for a year.
  5. The countries with a high number of child laborers aged 5-17, as mentioned in the text, are Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Syria. Children in these countries work in fields, factories, mines, as servants, or sell goods in the street or at markets to earn money for food.
  6. Armed forces and groups outside government control, as mentioned in the text, recruit child soldiers. The problem of child soldiers is most severe in Africa.
  7. Humanitarian organizations, young volunteers, government officials, and religious leaders are mentioned as individuals and groups fighting for the right to education in the text.
  8. The UNICEF School-in-a-Box, as described in the text, is a program that guarantees children a quick return to learning in emergencies. It involves the donation of school materials for up to 40 students and the teacher for a whole year, packaged in a locked box that also includes a blackboard.

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