International Day of the Girl Child is a day set aside by the UN to campaign for better conditions and rights for girls who usually face marginalization and discrimination because of their gender.
It is also to raise awareness of gender inequalities that manifest across various sectors.
Deputy Director General in Charge of Quality and Access at the Ghana Education Service, GES, Dr. Kwabena B. Tandoh says, the Service joins the rest of the world to mark the day of solidarity to governise support for girls education.
Director of the Girls Education Unit at the GES, Mrs. Gifty Aseidu says, the theme, Investing in Girl’s Right Leadership and Well-being Response to Pregnancy and Schooling, is significant to championing the rights of the girl child to achieve their potential.
” We have moved girl’s education to a level where we have done so much in bridging the gap in girl’s education. So interventions that we have put in place are the guidelines for the prevention of pregnancies. We also give girls the opportunity to come back to school when they drop out as a result of pregnancy,” She said.
