Sunday, 23 September 2012 00:57 Muna Tesfai
The National Ministry of General Education has called for a change of attitude towards girl child education.
Speaking during a workshop on girl child education in Rumbek, the under Secretary in the Ministry of General education, Deng Deng Yai, said it is the duty of every citizen to advocate against early and forced marriage and promote girl child education.
Deng added that a lack of equality between girls and boys has contributed to the allowance of gender inequality.
"The gap between boys and girls in term of enrolment, retention, progression is very huge and it is important for us to ensure that we bridge the gap and promote the gender equity and promoting gender equality or gender equity as a nation we have moral duty to address the issue of girl education, we also have legal duty because our constitution provide equal rights between man and woman, it also provide for gender equality to be promote through in the country, not only in education, but all aspect of life ."
Participants from the ten states participated in the four day workshop which was organized by UNICEF, in collaboration with the ministry of General Education and Instruction.