In our time here, we've met quite a number of children of school going age who are not able to go to school for financial reasons. Dinoca was one of such.
Clara's mother could barely pay her school fees, so when she failed the exam that would enable her to enter secondary school, discouragement set in and Clara decided she was not going to continue.
Gervez used to work as a book-binder until his sight depreciated, and then he had to find other means of survival. He's retired now but his pension is no where near adequate.