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Around the world, 62 million girls are not in school. The White House’s Let Girls Learn effort aims ...
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Around the world, 62 million girls are not in school. The White House’s Let Girls Learn effort aims to change that.
At 13, Hawa Abdulai Yorke left her family’s home, in Ghana, Africa, to live with an aunt who promised to send her to school. Instead, the aunt put Yorke to work as her maid. Determined to go to school, Yorke returned home and began selling water in a nearby city to raise money for her education. She did that for three years. What hurt most was that her father had the money to pay the school fees. But he chose to spend the money on a motorcycle.
Yorke’s story is familiar to girls growing up in Ghana. There, a girl’s place is in the home. Educating girls is considered a waste of money.
“It happens more than it should, where parents have money to send their girls to school but choose not to,” says Ryan Roach, a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana, where nearly 55% of girls are not enrolled in secondary school. “Cultural beliefs say education is not a wise investment(投资)”
The White House’s Let Girls Learn is working to change this view of girls’ education, in Ghana and in countries worldwide. First Lady Michelle Obama says parents have to be persuaded that girls’ education is a better investment than marriage or household labor. A World Bank study backs that up. It shows that for every year of secondary-school education, a girl’s earning power increases by 18%.
Today, Let Girls Learn works in 13 countries, and there are plans to expand the program. Recently, Let Girls Learn hosted a 24-hour event at which girls in different parts of Ghana joined Peace Corps volunteers, tech experts, and university students to brainstorm creative solutions for the barriers to girls’ education. Yorke’s team came up with an idea for an app that sends a recorded message to parents’ phones from a Ghanian celebrity about the benefits of girls attending school.
Yorke, now 22, is about to finish high school. Thanks to Let Girls Learn, she plans to attend college and study computer science. She says working alongside women college students at the Let Girls Learn event strengthened her determination. “I’m focused on my books,” says Yorke. “I know if I study hard, I, too, can go to the university and live a happy life.”
1.What was the attitude of Yorke’s aunt towards girls attending school?
A. She was against it. B. She had no idea of it.
C. She was in favor of it. D. She considered it hard work
2.According to Ryan Roach, the reasons for girls not receiving education is that .
A. they are too busy to go to school
B. their families are too poor to afford it
C. there are few secondary schools for girls
D. cultural beliefs prevent from attending school
3.What can we learn about Let Girls Learn?
A. It has spread all over the world.
B. It is a Ghana-based organization.
C. It aims to offer free education to girls.
D. It has got support from Michelle Obama
4.What’s Yorke’s next plan?
A. To further her studies. B. To join in Let Girls Learn.
C. To write some books for girls. D. To get a computer-related job.
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. What people need is education
B. Encourage girls to attend school
C. Let girls to live a happy life
D. Educating girls is unnecessary
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