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RISE OF GIRLS

The Kathmandu Post
5 June 2015
RISE OF GIRLS

It was wonderful to know that the number of girls appearing in the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examination held earlier this year was more than the boys. It was the first time this ever happened in the 80 year since the SLC exams was first held. Likewise, the number of girls appearing in Higher Secondary School (HSS) board exams that began on Wednesday us higher than number of boys (“More girls than boys in +2 test”  3 June, Page 1). Is this not an encouraging trend considering the gradual changes in parents’ perception towards the importance of sending their daughters to schools?

One of the reasons for this seems also to be the easy accessibility to education from the primary level in both the urban and rural areas. If this trend continues in the years to come, the nation will benefit out of it in many ways. It is said that if a man gets educated, only one person benefit; but if a women is educated, the whole family will be educated.

Keeping this in mind, the government needs to pay more attention towards offering some incentives to encourage parents, especially in the rural areas, to send their daughters to schools. I am unsure if the government has any provision for free education to all girl students up to the SLC level in public schools. If not, I am sure this must be feasible for the government considering the huge investment that donor agencies have made in the education sector. It could be an excellent way to lure parents to send their daughters to schools.

Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj  

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