Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Ray of hope for female students
Pakistan rebuilds its education network in northwest areas
The Annual Status of Education report, published in February this year, said that nearly 60% of school-age children can't read. Girls fare
the worst. Another report, by the Pakistan Education Task Force in 2011, showed
that Pakistan is second in the global ranking of out-of-school children.
One in three rural women have never attended school.
Education in Pakistan is chronically underfunded. And the Taliban
continues to strike in other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. There
are no official figures but estimates suggest more than 800 schools
have been destroyed in north-west Pakistan. Only in Swat, the Taliban destroyed more than 400 of the 1,576 schools and the Seventy percent of them were girls' schools. We must thankful to some really brave women who knock themself out to rebuild the education system in their area specially for women while the conditions are too hard for them.
Maryam Bibi is one of those brave women, founder of the NGO Khwendo Kor,( which has been working for girls' education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province since 1993.) said ; "We talk about equality and women's rights and welfare at the policy level, but what is the strategy, especially for poor girls living in remote areas? We must educate these girls.
Gul-e-Khandana another courageous woman from Swat, she is a head teacher in Government Primary School Swat is not an ordinary teacher - she stood up to the Taliban and managed to save the school where she had taught for more than 20 years. She still shivers with fear when she recalls the invasion of taliban.
She said; "Above all, girls must be educated," she says. "When one girl is educated, she educates her entire household. The role of women is very important in our society – it is they who can change our way of life for the better."
There are so many like them who still working for the education and specially for girls because they believe that with education we can change the world, specially an educated girl is the best source to educate a whole family. In the light of these great efforts now we hope that things will be better because Pakistan Rebuilds Its Education Network.
Please feel free to send your suggestions and ideas about the rebuilding or rejuvenating our education system and specially women education.
Maryam Bibi is one of those brave women, founder of the NGO Khwendo Kor,( which has been working for girls' education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province since 1993.) said ; "We talk about equality and women's rights and welfare at the policy level, but what is the strategy, especially for poor girls living in remote areas? We must educate these girls.
Gul-e-Khandana another courageous woman from Swat, she is a head teacher in Government Primary School Swat is not an ordinary teacher - she stood up to the Taliban and managed to save the school where she had taught for more than 20 years. She still shivers with fear when she recalls the invasion of taliban.
She said; "Above all, girls must be educated," she says. "When one girl is educated, she educates her entire household. The role of women is very important in our society – it is they who can change our way of life for the better."
There are so many like them who still working for the education and specially for girls because they believe that with education we can change the world, specially an educated girl is the best source to educate a whole family. In the light of these great efforts now we hope that things will be better because Pakistan Rebuilds Its Education Network.
Please feel free to send your suggestions and ideas about the rebuilding or rejuvenating our education system and specially women education.
.jpg)
Your post got hits from US and Canada. Well done!