Girls’ education: towards a better future for all Cover photo: A schoolgirl in Surinam. (© Ron Giling/Still Pictures) Girls’ education: towards a better future for all Published by the Department for International Development January 2005 ii Foreword by the Secretary of State for International Development ‘To be educated means… I will not only be able to help myself‚ but also my family‚ my country‚ my people. The benefits will be many.’ MEDA WAGTOLE‚ SCHOOLGIRL‚ ETHIOPIA
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Sample essay Boys and girls should attend separate schools. Nowadays‚ there is a debate as to whether boys and girls should attend separate schools or not. Some people think they should be integrated and others believe that they should attend separate schools. While there are advantages and disadvantages to both arguments. First‚when boys and girls study in the same school‚ they have chances to help each other. For instance‚ boys tend to learn better in some subjects and while girls usually excel
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classes for aspiring teachers in the theories behind education‚ classroom management‚ lesson plan writing and the history of education. All of these classes and subjects are relevant in their own rights but one class that isn’t often offered is the differences between boy and girl brain development and what that means to education. Even when a fetus is formed‚ there are biological differences happening from day one that will create either a boy or a girl and will determine numerous differences between
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An Analysis of Katha Pollitt’s "Girls Against Boys?" The article titled "Girls Against Boys‚" published in the 30 January issue of The Nation magazine by author Katha Pollitt‚ brings to light pressing issues of gender discrimination and how this nation’s education system has changed over the past forty years but still isn’t up to par with where it needs to be with issues of gender equality. Pollitt exposes the views of conservatives toward feminism in the school systems of today. This article describes
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Boys & Girls Clubs of America is a program that was introduced in the 1860’s in Hartford Connecticut. “Believing that boys who roamed the streets should have a positive alternative‚ they organized the first Club. A cause was born.” Now made up of more than 4‚300 clubs and in their 103rd year‚ the goal of these clubs is “to enable all young people‚ especially those who need us most‚ to reach their full potential as productive‚ caring‚ responsible citizens.” Boys & Girls Clubs across the country
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High bride price and low intellectual capabilities Girls are a source of instant wealth‚ therefore‚ are retained at home for bride price. Research confirms that parents value most of their young girls like gold‚ coffee and other commodities to be traded at the immediate market value. They are only few and scarce that their value has soared recently. This is even worse around Ialibu area and some parts of Central Province. Some young girls can cost around K20 000. Women are used as the medium
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College education has been developed since 1636. Quantity of student involved in college increases every year. Even though‚ college graduates have some trouble to find a job recently. Education is a permanent process. College and university are steps within this process. It gives a better job‚ the opportunity of being a better person and making more money. First‚ a college degree helps you to find a better job. It is due to big companies are looking for people to assign activities. These activities
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Girls Vs. Boys By: Reina Thayer Materials: 5 boys‚ 5 girls‚ blindfold‚ lemon juice‚ vinegar‚ lavender scent‚ vanilla scent‚ pencil‚ envelope‚ sharpening stone‚ shirt pin‚ plastic‚ aluminum‚ stone‚ Styrofoam‚ salt‚ cinnamon‚ powdered sugar‚ and pepper Procedure: I first started off with one of the five girls and covered her eyes with a blindfold. Next‚ I started with the smell category and had her identify each of the four objects using only here sense of smell; I then recorded if
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to divide boys and girls into separate schools. Attend at the same school will help a lot. They can learn from each other. They will know how to treat the opposite sex friend in good manner. There are many activities in schools that require the participations of both boys and girls. First of all‚ going to the same school‚ boys and girls have chances to learn from each other. For example‚ most boys prefers math to literature while most girls are fond of literature. Consequently‚ boys may have high
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small farm family is “Boys and Girls.” It is an initiation story of a young girl at conflict with the gender roles placed upon her. At a time when gender roles were being challenged‚ Munro writes about a fox farmer’s daughter. The girl wants to help her father‚ but that is a man’s work. Munro’s own father was a fox farmer turned foundry worker turned turkey farmer (Rasporich 3). She knew of the life style the common farm family and found a way to write about the struggle of a girl within it. Her father
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