2. Girls’ Education = Increased Wealth

 

There are many challenges to girls’ education. Below illustrates the three main barriers to girls’ education. One undeniable correlation is national poverty, which present socioeconomic barriers.

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                        Barriers to Girls’ Education in Northern Nigeria. (p. 23)

                        Retrieved fromhttps://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/british-council-girls-education-nigeria-report.pdf

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You might argue that a lack of education is not a cause of poverty, but rather that poverty demands communities to withhold their children from education, and thus governments and families are justified in their decisions. However, there is a clear cyclical effect from lack of education, which is cyclical and negatively spiraling (Sperling & Winthrop, 2016).

Education for ALL has been initiated by UNESCO, of which countries have been provided budget proposals to prioritise funding to education, to purposefully direct governments to bring citizens out of poverty through education.

Nigeria has shown one of the lowest commitments to this agreement, with “spending N448.01billion on education, representing about 6 percent of the N7.30 trillion budget recommended by UNESCO” (Oyedeji, 2016).

This suggests that Nigeria, which holds a high ranking GDP of 22, above Norway, Denmark and Finland, is considered by UNESCO to be wealthy enough to invest in their citizens education (wikipedia, 2017).

 

So, while there is investment available, the CONCEPTS that governments hold about education, family roles and girls specifically, hinder the progress of their nation by stifling Education for ALL.