Material Deprivation

Material Deprivation

1. Low Income Problems

   • It is believed that working parents earn less than middle class parents and as a result children of working class suffer from material deprivation: bad diet, poor housing condition, proper clothing or uniform, lack of school resources e.g. pen, books etc. Material deprivation act as barrier to learning/ achievement in school and fear of debt.

2. Evaluation

   • There are many government initiatives to support families and pupil’s suffering from material deprivation . These initiatives are called compensatory education.
   • However there are some children from poor families who are academically successful. Which i indicates that despite poverty family values- cultural, moral or religious values can play important role in a child’s achievement . Also quality of school is a big factor in determining a child’s achievement.

3. Lisa Harker

   • Lisa Harker is a policy consultant specialising in issues related to children’s development, poverty and social exclusion.
   • In June 2006 she was appointed as an independent advisor on child poverty to the Department for Work and Pensions.
   • Shelter has worked with child poverty expert Lisa Harker to expose the truth about the ‘housing effect’ on children’s lives. A comprehensive review of the evidence, the first to be undertaken, has revealed the devastating impact of bad housing on children’s life chances.