{"id":4340,"date":"2009-09-21T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=4340"},"modified":"2021-09-07T10:17:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:17:22","slug":"time-for-school-series-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/episodes\/time-for-school-series-introduction\/4340\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u201cIt\u2019s the human stories of overcoming adversity that jump out at one in <\/em>Time for School<em>&#8230;.<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> Wide Angle\u2019s documentaries are about the real world \u2014 the world beyond reality TV and Hollywood excess.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n\u2013Canwest News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u201cAs heart wrenching as it is informative&#8230;. <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>You\u2019ll have a pit in your stomach by the end of the show.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n\u2013Families.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WIDE ANGLE\u2019s unprecedented, award-winning 12-year documentary project, <em>Time for School<\/em>, returns in 2009 with visits to seven classrooms in seven countries to offer a glimpse into the lives of seven extraordinary children who are struggling to get what nearly all American kids take for granted: a basic education. We started filming in 2002, watching as kids first entered school in Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya and Romania, many despite great odds. Several years later, in 2006, we returned to film an update &#8212; and now, three years later, we travel to check in on our young teenagers who are making the precarious transition to middle school. Among the highlights: in Afghanistan we reunite with 16-year-old Shugufa, who resolutely remains in school despite the Taliban\u2019s recent acid attacks on young women her age. \u201cIf they continue attacking schools, our country won\u2019t progress. Without an education you can\u2019t get anywhere,\u201d says Shufuga, whose own education was delayed when her family lived in a refugee camp in Pakistan during years when the Taliban ruled her country. We also visit the biggest slum in Nairobi, Kenya, where 15-year-old Joab\u2019s mother has died and his father has abandoned the family. We watch as, incredibly, Joab manages to stay at the top of his class while also raising and feeding his two younger siblings. And in the blazing desert of Rajasthan, India, we encounter Neeraj, 15, only to learn that she has been unable to realize her dream of making it to 10th grade: since our last visit her night school has closed, and she now helps support her family by grazing the livestock full-time while her brothers continue their education.<\/p>\n<p>These children\u2019s stories put a human face on the shocking fact that more than 75 million children are currently out of school; of these, two thirds are girls. One in four children in developing countries does not complete five years of basic education, and there are nearly one billion illiterate adults &#8212; one-sixth of the world\u2019s people. 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