Book on girl-child
education launched
Book on
girl-child education launched
Sunyani (Brong Ahafo) 10 June 2000
Mr. Donald Adabre, Brong Ahafo
Regional Minister, on Thursday launched a book on girl-child education -
Educating Mansah - published by Readwide Bookshop Limited, an Accra-based book
retailing and publishing firm, at Sunyani.
The 22-page book deals with
prejudices against females, especially the girl-child, and the conflict between
tradition and modernism.
Mr. Adabre said it was time
society abolished customary beliefs, practices, norms and values that are used
against females in the rural communities.
"Such conservative attitudes
psychologically dampen the ego of girl-children and make them very
dispirited."
The minister said current global
trends dictate that girl-children must not be restricted to childbearing or
keeping the home.
"They should be given the
opportunity by parents and guardians to show initiative and resourcefulness to
prove their worth in the society through education."
Mr. Ben Abianko Agalga, Brong
Ahafo Regional Director of Education, expressed regret that girl-child
education is taken for granted in the region.
He said the gender gap between the
boy-child and the girl-child is at the ratio of three to one in the schools and
follows in that order on the educational ladder in the region.
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