Sudan
Only 35 percent of students in the country are girls,
and even before
the
civil war, education was out of reach for most children. In Sudan, less than 10
percent of children will finish primary school. Attempting for parents
to enroll their girls seems to still be an obstacle. Deputy Head Master Okot
Santos said, “They look at girls as bread price. Bread price is money. So, it
is more useless, meaningless, to educate girls. They only focus on the boys.
Educating the girls is like educating the nation.”
I believe that girls should have equal
rights to go school and be given a chance. There are families that are willing
to send their daughters to school but there are also a lot of them that don't.
In my opinion, a female can do anything that a male can. I find it intolerable
that they find it meaningless to educate girls. I hope that in the near future
there will be more children in Sudan attending school. There are probably tons
of kids whom are so bright but they just haven’t gotten an education. I hope
Sudan can put aside the differences between genders and become united.
Education is the key to stopping child brides and sexual slavery for women in this countries. There are several really neat charities out there to help these girls (two of my favorites are the Girl Up Foundation and Heifer International) - it is just sad that they even need to exist as their own government and families should be able to give them a fighting chance.
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