I’m thinking that some parents who would otherwise not care if their kids are in school decide to put their kid in charge of clean clothes for the family and started sending them to school. Regardless - it’s the most constructive solution I think I’ve read. The kids need life skills to get out of the home an learning to handle wash day is training they can use along with actual school attendance. Sad that it takes the lure of clean clothes though.
The article seems to be saying the laundry is done for the students ... not that they are learning to do laundry themselves