Ugandan boy on Girls Education

I had a chance to visit Sr. Miriam Dugan Primary School in Kamwokya, a slum in Kampala Uganda. I was able to drop in on a class where they were engaged in and practicing their debating: Should Africa continue to receive foreign aid. I decided to ask another question to test their presentation abilities. What are your beliefs on the importance of girls education? One young boy (aged 13?) stood up and eloquently presented the following.

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Yes, yes, it's just a very good question
Because, you see, these girls are not what most people perceive them to be.
Now, there's one problem, the older generation, think like the way things were done is the way they are supposed to be done now. And in the future for ever and ever. But this is not the right mentality, because, these people are also brilliant. They can be of use to a country like Uganda. Which badly..and you see, there's something that I've realized, most girls at advanced levels they take science. which is very surprising for me. And you see, Uganda needs more scientists now. To find that we have only one female engineer in Uganda is very embarrassing to me. Very embarrassing. But with education, you find that this thing is going to be solved .And Uganda is going to be as developed as America as any other country.

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Education

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• Uganda
• 10x10
• girls education
• kampala
• female engineers