Importance of girls education

 The leaders of our freedom movement realized the importance of girls ' education and had put it as a prime agenda for national development . Gender inequality in education is extreme . Girls are less likely to have access to school , to remain in school or to achieve in education . Education helps men and women claim their rights and realise their potential in the economic , political and social arenas . It is also the single most power ful way to lift people out of poverty . Education plays a particularly important role as a foundation for girls ' development towards adult life . It should be an intrinsic part of any strategy to address the gender - based discrimination against women and girls that remains prevalent in many societies . 

 Everybody has the right to education , which has been recognised since the Universal Declara tion of Human Rights ( UDHR ) in 1948. The right to free and compulsory primary education , without discrimination and of good quality , has been reaffirmed in all major international human rights conventions . Many of these same instruments encourage , but do not guarantee , post - primary education . These rights have been further elabora ted to address issues like quality and equity , moving forward the issue of what the right to education means , and exploring how it can be achieved . The right of girls to education is one of the most critical of all rights - because education plays an important role in enabling girls and women to secure other rights .

 Cultural and traditional values stand

between girls and their prospects for education . The achievement of girls ' right to education can address some of societies ' deeply rooted inequa lities , which condemn millions of girls to a life without quality education - and , therefore , also all too often to a life of missed opportunities . Improving educational opportunities for girls and women help them to develop skills that allow them to make decisions and influence community change in key areas . 

One reason for denying girls and women their right to an education is rarely articulated by those in charge : that is their fear of the power that girls will have through education . There is still some resistance to the idea that girls and women can be trusted with education . Educa tion is also seen in some societies as a fear of change and now with globalization , the fear beco mes even greater- fear to lose the cultural identity , fear of moving towards the unknown or the unwanted , fear of dissolving in the many others . 

  a change in the lives of girls and women . Poverty has been universally affirmed as a key obstacle to the enjoyment of human rights , and it has a visible gender profile . The main reason for this is the fact that poverty results from violations of human rights , including the right to education , which disproportionately affect girls and women .