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Report pinpoints roadblocks in girls’ education

-The Hindu

Family’s economic condition, their willingness to allow the girl child to continue studying and the literacy status of the mother were found to be among the key determinates among educationally backward families in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand that prevented girls from getting secondary education.

According to a study report “The state of the girl child in India-2012’’ released here on Tuesday by non-government organisation Plan India that looked at the educationally deprived communities, “poor infrastructure facilities (inadequate space within class rooms, non-availability of drinking water and proper sanitation), remoteness (long distance between home and the secondary schools and safety) and socio-cultural reasons were found to the main reasons why girls dropped out of schools’’.

Plan India (Governing Board) chairperson Govind Nihalani said: “‘Because I am a Girl’ is Plan’s global campaign designed to fight gender inequality, promote girl’s rights and lift millions of girls out of poverty providing them an opportunity to reach their full potential. ‘Because I am a Girl’ initiative is designed mainly to empower the girl child and help them realise their potential and skills.’’

The study report found that among the girls who were interviewed “forty-three per cent were married before 18 years of age, 50 per cent were underweight, 56 per cent anaemic, 33 per cent undernourished and only 30 per cent of poor women could afford hospital delivery, 57 per cent girls dropped out before completing Class X.’’

Plan India executive director Bhagyashri Dengle said: “Education is a life-long investment to develop human capital. Basic education is essential for achieving the goals of poverty eradication, reduction of child mortality, gender equality, sustainable development and reduction of child mortality. We hope that the new findings and recommendations of the report will contribute to programme and policy influence.’’

Also present at the release was actor and goodwill ambassador of Plan India, Anil Kapoor: “The cause of the girl child remains closest to my heart as I am a father of two daughters and I am sure that a unique initiative such as this will generate a lot of mass interest and help bring us a step closer to working together to safeguard all the daughters of our country. As responsible citizen it is important that each one of us get involved,’’ he said.