Providing information to children

Intervemtions providing information about the potential future benefits of education in terms of income, employment, and social status is thought to increase school participation, enrolment and continuation, where students under-estimate the actual returns to education (Nguyen, 2008). Interventions of this type will typically involve providing information to the students about the future potential returns to schooling. The information can be presented in various ways including teachers or external presenters disseminating statistics about average earnings for each level of education. Other interventions make use of role models, who share their experience of education and current achievements with children.