Anambra gov's wife advocates girl child education

The wife of the Anambra State governor, Mrs Margaret Peter Obi, has described girl child education as a viable tool for the overall development of the society, while charging parents to avail their children equal opportunities irrespective of their sex .Mrs Obi who made the remark during the 34th Annual Speech and Prize Giving Day of the Federal Government Girls' College, Onitsha , maintained that time had passed when parents treated their female children's education with levity.According to the first lady who incidentally was an old girl of the college , "education should be made available to every child irrespective of his or her sex", adding that when girl child education was encouraged, it would reduce social vices in the society.She said 'you are the future of tomorrow, and that is why you need to take your education very seriously because some of you may become the wives of governors or even presidents or be president yourself. I am the wife of the governor and I was a student like you here in this same school'Earlier in her address, the Principal of the school, Dr (Mrs) Chinyere Nzerem, prided that the school had recorded tremendous development in terms of academic excellence and infrastructure.Mrs. Nzerem disclosed that the students made hundred percent excellence in both English Language and Mathematics in the last West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).She advocated for an improvement in the girl child education, arguing that it will reduce illiteracy induced poverty among women by preparing the womenfolk for modern day challenges.On the academic records of the school, the principal said that the students that sat for the last WASSCE made the college proud by breaking records in many subjects which she said included English Language and Mathematics despite the challenges which she said included lack of accommodation for the increasing population of the college.In her speech tagged: 'Girl Child and Development in the Contemporary Society, Prospects and Limitations,' the guest speaker, Professor (Mrs) M.O. Edema, said that the problem of unemployment could be a thing of the past if girl child education was encouraged.Professor Edema, however, maintained that most of the outdated treatments that hampered the development of the girl child were discrimination and denial to qualitative education, while calling on the government at all levels to invest more in the development of girl child education.
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