EDUCATION is very important for every child whether boy or girl. It is, therefore, sad that some communities still discriminate against the education of the girl-child.
An African proverb says, “If we educate a boy, we educate one person. If we educate a girl, we educate a family and a whole nation.”

By sending a girl to school, she is far more likely to ensure that her children also receive an education. As many say, investing in a girl’s education is investing in a nation.
We could not agree more with Chief Bright Nalubamba of Namwala, Southern Province, who points out that society should appreciate the value of a girl-child and desist from marrying them off at an early age but instead allow them to be educated.
Parents need not look at the short term benefits of marrying off their children but the long-term gain.
They should not look at the few gifts or money that is given to them by cutting their daughters’ education short but look at the long term benefits which will get them and their children out of poverty, among other benefits.
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