What Are Some Reasons Why Girl Child Education Is Important?

Education is critical to everyone—boys and girls. However, in many cultures, girls’ access to education is lacking. This is true in the region of South Asia. UNICEF reports, “Of the region’s out-of-school girls, 81 percent are unlikely to ever start school, compared to 42 percent of out-of-school boys.”1

There are many reasons why girl child education is important in developing countries. Here are some of those reasons:
  • Education is essential to breaking the cycle of poverty.
A GFA World special report said,
“Worldwide, entire villages with increasing levels of literacy are making social and economic gains when even just a small percentage of the villagers learn to read and write. Much data … gives good cause to make the assumption that learning to read and write is one of the ‘great miracle cures.’”2 This means that when a girl who has been educated grows up and has a family of her own, she will have access to more income to meet the needs of her family.
  • Girls who are educated typically marry later and are less likely to participate in child labor.3
  • Educated girls are healthier and have healthier children.
“A child born to a mother who can read is 50 percent more likely to survive past age 5. Each extra year of a mother’s schooling reduces the probability of infant mortality by 5 percent to 10 percent.”4


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