There is no denying the fact that child girl education is still lying badly neglected here in Pakistan. The sooner we realize the better that a child girl is the mother of tomorrow. See, how effectively Okasha Shams has voiced his opinion on the subject.

Subject: Girl child education

Dear Editor,

I believe that our government should support the education of girls all over our country. There are many problems holding the girls of our nation back from getting their much-deserved education. The benefits, however, are far too great to not be strived towards. Educating our women could help bring about an end to child marriage, help in improving our economy and ultimately ending poverty.

The prevalent notion in developing countries is that educating women is secondary to educating men who will be the backbone of the economy, but educating women is just as important. One of the benefits of empowering a girl child is that it will enable her to get better healthcare and to help her provide capable upbringing to her children as she’s after all the mother of tomorrow. Secondly, it will lead her to being independent breadwinner for her family, or at least she won’t be a dependent soul when she grows up.

Hence, enlightening women will eventually lead to changing a woman’s status in the society, which will in turn ultimately put an end to child marriage. Education will also help in improving the economy overall as women will be working alongside men.

I strongly believe that our government should support the education of girls on priority basis. Imagine what would happen if every girl in every town was educated. How many problems could be solved simply by using this single tool. There is probably a woman out there stronger and smarter than any man ever, but she may never have a chance to reach her true potential simply because she is a woman. I urge you to provide the women of our nation the right to an education.

Yours truly,

Okasha Shams
O class O' Levels 2nd year