Recent steps have been taken by India in order to ensure, educate and empower girl students through a range of programmes. Seeing the commendable work being performed by the Indian government, US first lady Michelle Obama has congratulated the respective teams for their hopeful and worth-praising intentions. To witness the growth of womanhood in their incubationary form is the best one can strive for. Girl students have equal aspirations to grow and succeed. So to give them appropriate platforms is the best any parent or guide can do.
Michelle Obama has said a lot in her speech in which she referred to the wonderful push India and other developing countries are giving to their female students. Some of the excerpts from her speech are as follows:
- “I am thrilled that countries like Ghana and India and Rwanda are already doing such important work as part of this effort – from scholarships and mentorship opportunities, to innovative programmes to break down the cultural barriers that keep girls out of school.”
- “We need you to work with the Bank to develop programmes that will meet the needs of girls in your countries. And if your country has already reached gender parity in education, then we need you to step up and support countries where disparities still exist,” she said in her remarks at a Special Event at the World Bank titled “Let Girls Learn!”.
It was during this event where the World Bank announced USD 2.5 billion in support of young girls’ education over the coming 5 years. Even this news got a appreciative response from Mrs Obama:
- “The World Bank funding was not just a breathtaking investment of resources but also a powerful statement of mission.It’s an expression of our belief in the power of education to transform the lives and prospects of millions of girls worldwide, as well as the prospects of their families, their communities, and, of course, their countries. And it’s also an affirmation of these girls’ extraordinary promise.”
Indian Ambassador told US Arun K Singh that, “The Indian Government has taken a series of steps including “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” towards education and empowerment of girls in the country. India’s National Campaign for Secondary Education aims to make quality education for adolescent girls accessible and affordable, enhancing the enrolment by providing a secondary school within a reasonable distance, improving the quality of education by ensuring compliance to prescribed norms and removal of gender, social-economic and disability barriers.”
