By Asma Rao | Head of Resource Mobilization
Education is the first and foremost right of every human being. It is the most powerful tool an individual can have which can reap social & moral benefits for the society. Then why the most fundamental brick of a society’s is being deprived of it? Why 2 out of 5 girls in the third world countries are being destitute of their educational rights? According to the official stats, there are 160,000 schools in Pakistan out of which only 40,000 are catering girls. The NER (net enrollment rate) of Pakistan is 68% and GPI (gender parity index) 0.76 indicates that the ones who are not enrolled are mostly girls. The GEEI (gender equality education index) of Pakistan is only 0.20 which is lowest in the region.
Still in many countries focusing on Asia and Central Asia, girls are being deprived of their basic educational rights because of safety, financial and cultural barriers. Moreover if girls are attending schools their results are not satisfactory because of low motivation level or any other factor which holds them from attaining good quality learning outcomes.
Girl’s education has enormous benefits such as; an educated girl will utilize her abilities in the field of her expertise. She will work to earn and play her role in providing for her family which will ultimately raise their living standards and her role in contributing to GDP. Her education can delay her marriage and she is more likely to educate her children because she will be aware of educational importance. Another advantage can be that with the age the fertility rate drops and the awareness level about family planning increases consequently they will bear fewer children and live a healthy family life.
It is also important for an individual’s own development as every person carries a distinct personality but unanimous morals and values are carried out by the society, education will make the person more resilient and understanding to walk with different cultures and societies as our world is a global village and Pakistan is yet counted in the third world countries therefore, it is our responsibility to learn and to educate everyone, girls are given more emphasis because they are the one most ignored of this right.
We at Fatima Memorial Hospital and Nur Foundation are trying to make the utmost efforts possible, taking forward Malala’s dream, striving and educating as many girls we can. Our major fraction of focus is on providing complete financial relaxations to the Parents who are not able to pay their fees and all the accessories required by the students such as books, uniforms etc. each and every single effort counts, your support through us can unbolt such potentials that we cannot imagine. It’s a treasure, unexplored. Help us and make generous donation. Be the part of the noble endeavor. Be a catalyst of change, and play your role in educating a girl child.
References:
http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/know_sharing/grassroots_stories/pakistan_2.shtm
EFA Global Monitoring Report: Will We Make it? Paris: UNESCO
Community commitments put girls in schools in rural Pakistan. http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/pakistan_13113.html
Stipend Programmes Rewarded with Success. http://go.worldbank.org/TXQ99GEZ60
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