Paris - Making some simple, basic changes in education policy can result in many more girls attending school, experts said at a meeting here this week on Gender Equality in Education.
Take the case of Kenya. The United Nations says that the country has made huge strides towards the goal of education for all by incorporating gender awareness in school administration.
"We offered free lunches, but not only that, we make sure that sanitary towels were available in schools, and that decreased absenteeism enormously," Kenya’s minister of education, Prof. Sam Ongeri, told IPS.
"Feeding students is one thing but when girls are made to feel comfortable and empowered at school, it makes an enormous difference," he said in an interview during the conference, acknowledging that problems still remained.
1 comment:
nontraditional? you mean cooking and cleaning? thats getting skipped alot in this country.
Post a Comment