Understanding the significance of education for all – Male or Female

Education plays an integral role in the development of any nation. If this is true, then we must appreciate every effort towards empowering the girl child through education in India. In time past, the education of the male child in India has more priority over the girl child. However, today, that tends to be different as many individuals and organizations canvas for female education. Whether we like it or not, education is the sole tool through which we can empower the girl child in India.

We must understand that the education of the girl child is both a critical and intrinsic right towards actualizing other development goals in the nation. The quickest means of breaking from the cycle of poverty is through education because educated women will be less prone to marry against their will. Furthermore, there will be a reduction in the issues of death during childbirth and their babies become healthier. Education brings an encompassing effect on every area of the country in different ways. When all children – boys or girls have quality access to education, they become rooted in knowing their human rights. Moreover, the issues of gender inequality become outdated or history. The truth is that education creates a ripple effect of opportunity that will influence future generations.

There is no way of empowering women besides education. For instance, in some area in India, some children don’t attend schools because of lack of access to education. For others who may have access, one limitation or the other has hindered them from continuing. However, education is paramount for any successful nation. Studies have shown that when girls school for an extra year, there is a reduction of fertility rates by 10 percent. Recent statistics show that over 130 million girls don’t attend school because of various reasons. Some girls are out of school because of work, early marriage, taking care of their siblings and so on. This is denying them their fundamental right to education. Girls face violence such as domestic violence to raping and this has influenced them not attending schools.

Besides these issues, there is also the challenges of economic and social demands, which disrupt their education. This demand could be child labor, household obligations, child marriage, female genital mutilation, and gender-based violence and discrimination.

The significance of educating the girl child in India isn’t worth taken for granted Today, the struggle for educating girls is getting stronger and the campaign is spreading wide. The days when families consider the girl child as a burden is winding away. Education is the right of everyone irrespective of his or her gender, age, or location. We must support the girl child in building herself through education because where the family goes, the nation goes. We all have a role to play, let us do it effectively knowing that we are shaping our world.

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Murray Ben in this article explores the challenges in empowering the girl child through education. He further explored the importance of the education of the girl child in India. 

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