Question

debate on education of girl child is a burden

Answer 1

For the motion :

Respected Chairperson, Honorable judges, members of staff and friends, I stand here to express my views for the motion: Education of the girl child is a burden. I would like to state that the education of the girl child is indeed a burden. In a poor family the education of the girl child comes outside the purview of the budget. When the resources are limited, the priority areas have to be fixed. In a poor family feeding all the members, clothing them and looking after their health is of primary concern to the head of the family. The rest of the resources of the family should be devoted to the education of the boys in the family. Later on if the boy is going to be the head of the family and will be the bread winner, he should be properly educated and groomed to take on the mantle. So, Sir, I feel that in such a case the education of the girl child will be a burden. Even if a girl child is educated and given the right kind of grooming, one day or the other, she might leave the family nest and get married. So in that case, why should the family divert its precious resources in that direction? I feel that those resources should also be utilized for the boys so that they can come up in their life. Further, when the girl child stays at home she can look after and manage the house and learn to do all the household chores. If the girl starts going out of the house to attend school, college etc., who will do all the household work? Her duty later on in life is to look after the family and take care of the children. If she does not do that and is away from home for long periods, that will be an additional burden on the house. So I feel that by educating the girl child the family will be inviting trouble and it should utilize its precious resources as economically as possible I support the motion that the education of the girl child is a burden.

Against the Motion:

 

Respected Chairperson, honourable judges, members of staff and friends. My knowledgeable opponent is of the opinion that the education of the girl child of the family is a burden. I strongly oppose the motion. May I ask how can educating the girl child, who is an equal partner in sharing the responsibilities and duties, be a burden? She will be sharing the burden and reducing its impact by supplementing the resources rather than reducing them. Let me draw your attention to the fact that such notions are a thing of the past. If the boys and girls are to be treated as equals, then both of them have right to education. If resources can be spared for the boy's education then they have to be spared for the education of the girl too, as we have seen that educating a child is not a burden, but an investment. So the family has to devise means, squeeze its budget and make space for the education of the girl child, because the future of the family depends upon the growth and education of the girl child. So I oppose this motion and I feel that it is regressive. It is a well established fact that education is a kind of investment. By educating the girl child the family is making a sound financial investment. When the girl child is educated, she will reduce the financial burden of her father and later her husband. So how can my friends say that it is a burden? My knowledgeable friend has stated that by providing for the education of the girl child a family diverts its precious resources. But I would like to inform my friend that at the school level and even at higher levels the government institutes are providing free education to the girl child and concessions are given. So in this case the family only has to spend on her books and clothes etc. Moreover, my friend has stated that household work is the duty of the girl child. It is such traditionally ascribed gender roles that have led to gender inequality in society. Data shows that it is uneducated mothers who in greater percentage accept that their daughters shoulder all the household related work. It is education that will bring about a change in attitude of people towards stereotypical gender roles and result in greater equality. My friend, the community's development is incomplete without the education of girls. Indeed it is rightly said: 'If you educate a man, you educate an individual. If you educate a woman, you educate a nation.' Thank you.

Answer 2

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Girl education -

Let us pick up our pen and pencils, they are our most powerful weapon.

- Malala Yousafzai

Girls education is equally important as that of boys education. It is necessary for the development of a country since a country doesn't constitute of boys. A society needs equal balance between girls and boys education and that can be only done when both are educated.

There are certain places in our country where girls are not educated thinking that it will go waste. People only focus on boys education because they think girls will get married and go to their husband's house, then what is the need for it. But by educating a girl they can actually educate two families.

But they are not aware of the fact of educating a girl. Educating a girl means development of country, share of burden over families, social awareness, knowledge of their rights and so on. So we should educate the girl child.