Constraints to Attainment of Functional Girl-Child Eduction: Implication for Health in the 21ˢᵗ Century

Abstract

Female education is recognized as one of the critical pathways to promote health, social and economic development. It is evident that girls are more likely to drop out of school than boys, their academic achievement is poorer than that of the boys, and that low attainment of functional girl-child education negatively influence the way they perceive health-related problems bothering them. Multiple factors constrain girl-child education. The purpose of this paper_therefore is to examine the factors that constrain the attainment of girl-child functional education on their health. Based on these, it was recommended among others that Government at all tiers should promote the education of the girl-child making it free and compulsory from primary to senior secondary school level.