Parents have been advised to take the education of the girl-child seriously just as they do for the boy-child.

This is to pave the way for more girls to be in school, be well informed on issues and take the right decisions when it came to making critical choices for their present and future life. 

Speaking in an interview with The Spectator on Tuesday, the Proprietor of Johniemerz Academy at Gbetsile Mexico in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Rev Johnson Nyarko observed that some challenges the world face today were as a result of the lack of education of the girl-child who had grown to be an illetrate woman.

He said as part of efforts to curb this situation, the school which was four years old had put measures in place to support needy girls by giving their parents the opportunity to pay their fees in instalment to enable more girls to stay in school hence it has 86 girls as compared with boys who were 57 in his school.

He said the school gave equal opportunity to all pupils and, therefore, it was not surprising that it had a Head Prefect being a girl.

Rev Nyarko was of the view that when a woman was well informed on issues, then major part of the world’s challenges would be addressed.

He said issues on malnourishment in children, maternal mortality and morbidity, among others were more likely to be drastically reduced because if a woman was more educated on such subjects, she would know the right approaches to use when she was confronted with these issues. 

“An educated woman for instance would know the importance of antenatal and child welfare clinics which would go a long way to save herself, both born and unborn children and her home at large” he stressed. 

Rev Nyarko said such decisions which might appear little had a huge impact on the development and population of society. 

He said an educated woman was also a confident woman who contributed intellectually at symposia and fora to help in the making of major decisions for society.

He called on all parents to give their all when it came to education of their girl children saying that they would not regret it.

From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Gbetsile Mexico.