This paper study the consequences of ineffective social and educational policies on the phenomenon of Street Children in Cameroon the case of Akwa within the Douala I sub-Division. Despite the negative life entails in the street, these children have come up with strategies to enable them overcome the hazards and ugly face of the street. This guarantees their long stay away from home. My main interest is to find out to what extent social control mechanism manage the phenomenon of street children in Cameroon whereas all effort made to retrieve them only lead to their increasing numbers. Based on findings; over a period of 8 years Cameroon has a total of 170000 street children and the mechanism put in place for reintegration back to families is weak and slow. This research will contribute to the amelioration of the socio-educational policies of the state and private social services on how to manage the policies of street children in Cameroon.