Girl’s dropout rates are still high in Nigeria. According to a British Council Gender in Nigeria Reports (2012), Nigeria has the largest number of out-of-school children in the world (with 70.8% of young women aged 20-29 in the North-West are unable to read or write; compared to 9.7% in the South-East).
Gender equality refers to the equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of women and men, girls and boys. Equality does not mean that women and men will become the same, but that women’s and men’s rights, responsibilities and opportunities will not depend on whether they are born male or female. There is an adage that says http://www.ishopealive.com/2016/09/topic-93-with-humility-gender-equality.html