We go to school for the purpose of educating ourselves and preparing us for the future in the working world. People in Uganda on the other hand, especially the government, do not believe that it is mandatory or necessary for children to further their education.
Ugandan girls shows the most percentage in school dropout. According to Johnson Ntende, Director of Kamuli Progressive College, it’s because parents “look at the girl as a liability, because what the family does is to prepare a girl for a marriage”(PlanUK). Parents conditioned their girls to believe that there is no use in continuing their education when their main purpose in life is to get married and be a wife and a mother. They believe the role of a wife in a home is to cook for children and look after the man. That role does not require academic achievements.
In Uganda, girls in education is being seen as less important when it should not be. The purpose of education is to gain knowledge, learn forms of proper conduct, become literate and aware. Education is also believed to be responsible for the cultivation of a civilized society. If children, especially young girls are deprived from this, the country itself can not develop as a whole.
Good news is, we have organizations such as Plan who had been working with Uganda since 1992. Plan is helping to combat these inequalities by supporting girls in some of the world's poorest countries to complete their education. Over the next five years ,Plan’s Because I am a Girl campaign will support four million girls to complete basic quality education. People all over the world need to help financially for people who live in third world countries. And hopefully in the long run, girls and women around the world can all have a chance to be educated.
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Works Cited
http://plancanada.ca/Page.aspx?pid=2256
http://www.plan-uk.org/news/news-and-features/helping-girls-in-uganda-stay-in-school/
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