This is a culture I've happened to observe more often amongst many families in Nigeria: the real children of the family will be going to "tushed", expensive school with the best standards of teaching. The little househelp or maid will be sent to a "low class" school, usually the cheapest and nearest to home.

So I was wondering if such is fair. Isn't it discriminatory? Why isn't the child househelp going to same school with the other kids? Why aren't they treated equal as the children of the family?

On the other hand, I'm also thinking: isnt the family even doing a "great" favor for the other child's family by bringing him/her out of hardship and at least sending them to some school? If the child were left in the village, he/she would probably waste there with no hope or bright future.

It's just an observation. Let's have our opinions on that.
Thanks.

Hiring a child house help in a home with children is already discriminatory.

The undeniable truth is child labor is wrong no matter the angle one decides to see it.

If one wants to help a less privilege child, one should without making or turning them into house helps.