Importance of Female Education

Abstract

This is an issue we often hear about at various fora. We will keep talking about it because we have not yet got the desired result. At a recent study, 1992, Ghana was ranked among the POOR list in a Female Education Index with the following figures No. of female students per 100 males in Primary Schools = 81 No. of female students per 100 males in Secondary Schools = 64 Female gross enrolment rate in Primary Schools 67 Female gross enrolment rate in Secondary Schools 31 The female literacy rate in Ghana was 52.3%. This further supports other research findings that a lot of girls are enrolled for primary education and drop out when they get to the secondary level. We may know the reason later in this paper.