Girl Child Pedagogy and Globalization in a
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Williams Emeka Obiozor
Dr. W. Emeka Obiozor is a former journalist, author of two romance books and teaches special education at Bloomsburg Universityof Pennsylvania, USA.
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By Williams Emeka Obiozor
Published on 03/3/2008
This paper examined the place of the girls’ education in the global society as it relates to sub-Saharan Africa, with The Gambia being a central focus point.
Education is for harnessing of individual abilities and acquired skills which are needed to compete in the global environment.
Quality and effective educational training of young Gambian girls or women prepare them for life tasks and great challenges, including competing with their counterparts worldwide, like in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU), European Union (EU), North America, among others. Lately, girls’ education in sub-Saharan Africa (The Gambia) is receiving great boosts with the government intensification of public school enrollment campaigns nationwide. The effort has yielded positive responses so far. The Gambia focus on education should take into account the essence of education for capacity building, national and global development for girls and boys.
Finally, the government in sub-Saharan Africa of The Gambia views education as a major tool for the empowerment and realization of her national Vision 20/20 plan which triggered efforts at providing affordable education for the Gambian girls while addressing some issues like …constraints relating to the availability of qualified teachers, classrooms and instructional materials require urgent action to improve on the quality and responsiveness of learning and skill dissemination… (Vision, 1996, para. 41).
As this sub-Saharan African state march towards the attainment of this national vision, the schools must enroll and retain every girl child for active participation in learning and curriculum-related activities, which serve to develop their social and emotional intelligence (Armstrong, 2006). Such effort is a step in the right direction for a global education and economy.
This will go a long way in the fight against poverty, disease, gender bais, girl child abuse, terrorism and domestice violence against women around the globe.
Quality and effective educational training of young Gambian girls or women prepare them for life tasks and great challenges, including competing with their counterparts worldwide, like in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU), European Union (EU), North America, among others. Lately, girls’ education in sub-Saharan Africa (The Gambia) is receiving great boosts with the government intensification of public school enrollment campaigns nationwide. The effort has yielded positive responses so far. The Gambia focus on education should take into account the essence of education for capacity building, national and global development for girls and boys.
Finally, the government in sub-Saharan Africa of The Gambia views education as a major tool for the empowerment and realization of her national Vision 20/20 plan which triggered efforts at providing affordable education for the Gambian girls while addressing some issues like …constraints relating to the availability of qualified teachers, classrooms and instructional materials require urgent action to improve on the quality and responsiveness of learning and skill dissemination… (Vision, 1996, para. 41).
As this sub-Saharan African state march towards the attainment of this national vision, the schools must enroll and retain every girl child for active participation in learning and curriculum-related activities, which serve to develop their social and emotional intelligence (Armstrong, 2006). Such effort is a step in the right direction for a global education and economy.
This will go a long way in the fight against poverty, disease, gender bais, girl child abuse, terrorism and domestice violence against women around the globe.
The Issues and Challenges of Globalization
This is a discussion paper presented by Dr. Obiozor at the 7th Annual Conference of the Women's Studies Graduate Organization at the Pennsylvania State University campus, University Park, USA, Saturday March 1, 2008.
Problem Statement
A majority of sub-Saharan Africa ethnic groups described in most anthropological literature contain copious writings on how gender-based inequality and subordination intersect with poverty and the process of impoverishment on the continent. This makes it impossible for most women in sub-Saharan Africa to measure up to the global demands, especially in the area of attaining quality education.
Problem Statement
A majority of sub-Saharan Africa ethnic groups described in most anthropological literature contain copious writings on how gender-based inequality and subordination intersect with poverty and the process of impoverishment on the continent. This makes it impossible for most women in sub-Saharan Africa to measure up to the global demands, especially in the area of attaining quality education.