If you thought getting your children ready for school was stressful, then spare a thought for these parents in southwest China.
A group of children in China are facing dangerous journeys between their homes and school because their village is so cut off from the outside world.
Heart-breaking pictures have emerged showing these pupils, the youngest of whom are aged just six, must climb unsecured vine ladders on the side of a steep rock face to go home from school.
The schoolchildren live in a so-called ‘cliff village’, which is situated on the top of a 2,624-foot-tall peak in south-west China, and their school is at the foot of the mountain, reports Huanqiu affiliated with the People’s Daily Online. The perilous journey takes two hours and they are supervised by parents who use ropes to ensure their safety.
Authorities in south-west China have vowed to come to the aid of an isolated mountain village after photographs emerged showing the petrifying journey its children are forced to make to get to school.
