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While the route to school is just fun for some kids here are these kids who have to cross the most hazardous roads in the world just for the sake of going school. I think they know the value of education more than anyone else. Take a look at some of the most dangerous routes that these children cross daily to reach school.

Damaged suspension bridge in Ciherang River, Lebak, Indonesia

Children of the Cilangkap village, Indonesia, have to catch the steel bars and walk through this damaged suspension bridge near their village in Lebak Regency to get to school.

Five-hour journey across a mountain on a one-foot wide path in Gulu, China

The school, hidden in the middle of the clouds, can only be reached after five harrowing hours of climbing and serious hyperventilating. It is only 40 cm (a little more than a foot) wide at its narrowest part.

Crossing a river using inflated tyre tubes in Rizal Province, Philippines

Children have to use an inflated tyre tube to travel to school.

Tree-root bridge, India

Children have to travel through the dense forest and a tree-root bridge to reach school.

Tightrope walk 30 feet above a river in Padang Hill, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Kids have to pass through the rope that is tied thirty feet above the river to get to school.

Snow-covered broken bridge in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, China

Kids have to cross through this completely snow-covered bridge to get to school.

Walking across a plank on the wall of a 16th century fort, Sri Lanka

School children have to walk through the plank on the wall of the 16th century Galle Fort.

125-mile journey to a boarding school through the mountains in Pili, China

Flying 800m on a steel cable 400m above the Rio Negro River, Colombia

Kids who are situated in the southeast area of Colombia’s capital Bogota have to cross a wire that is exactly 13,000 ft above the river.

Climbing unsecured wooden ladders in Zhang Jiawan village, Southern China

Children of the Zhang Jiawan village, China have to climb unsecured wooden ladders that lean against a 60-meter tall cliff. The ladders are made by villagers and are needed to be changed after every one or two years.

While some of us may just take education for granted, these courageous children who risk their lives everyday to get to school for good education in certain parts of the world are respectable

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