EDUCATING A GIRL  CHILD
     Our lack of understanding about the reasons why we should educate the girl child is rooted in a deep gender bias that has kept Africa from achieving lasting development over the centuries. This faulty ideology has brought setback to the African continent in more ways than we can possibly imagine. It has greatly affected how we perceive, treat and value the girl child. Not educating the girl child reduces her worth and also our collective worth as a people. One of the many repercussions of these false ideologies is that despite these negative perceptions society still demands so much from women. I consider that to be sad and deeply unfair!
Seeing the female as ‘less important’ has got to stop! It is amazing when you realize how comfortably we see the female as less important than the male, and use these falsities to perpetuate a deep-rooted inequality and a lack of education for the girl child.
Educating the girl child ensures that they are more empowered to play active roles in social and economic development. We are
African nations need to start encouraging the girl child to embrace education by making it free or at least significantly cheaper so the gap between the education of girls and boys can be closed. In fact, incentives like providing food stamps or free lunch for female school children could be a great way to increase the number of girls who attend school. If the government fulfils its role parents and guardians who still stop their girls attending school will be reprimanded.
The point is that refusing to educate the girl child is refusing to embrace national development. It must be treated as such! Other barriers should also be considered, in Nigeria for instance, many girls are likely not to attend school for reasons such as unavailability of toilet facilities. It is important that governments aim to address all of these issues and make it simple and comfortable for girls to attend school quick to talk about crime against humanity and then point our accusing fingers in any direction that pleases us; but the reality is that it’s also a crime against humanity deprive the girl child of  an education.

 culled from carmma