Text C

We Need to Ensure That More African Girls

Get An Education
It is the young trees that make up a forest and a wise farmer knows to invest in
planting them while he can.

A.
Huge silver pots, large food warmers, shiny wooden mortars and pestles are some
of the
gifts a bride gets on her wedding day. They see her role as a homemaker and all
belong in the kitchen. However, when I stumbled upon these same items in the
computer laboratory of a public girls' secondary school in my community, my heart
literally sank. The only computer in sight was a huge IBM computer covered in
dust and just outside the school was a very busy market where more girls sold
vegetables and young ladies served as porters.

B.
According to the UNICEF Next Gen 2030 Report, as of 2015, the population of
children under 18 in Africa totaled 560 million with girls representing the
majority. If a girl has not started primary school by age 10, chances are she never
will go to school in countries like Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Senegal.

C.
These girls then become youths likely to sustain exclusion in addition to the
discrimination based on their gender. One-third of girls in Africa are married off
before their 18 birthday and in sub-Saharan Africa, there are over 29 million
young women between the ages of 15 and 24 who are unable to read or write, let
alone understand a medical prescription or help their children with homework.

D
This reinforces poverty as many of these youths have little or no skill set for
employment and most often resort to becoming full-time housewives. With the
fertility rate higher in poor homes and generally lower infant mortality rates
(Generation 2030 Africa 2.0 Child Demographics in Africa), these women birth
many children, and their husbands find it difficult to support their large families.

E
This has contributed to an increased rate of domestic violence which many men
utilize as a means of letting out their frustrations. The situation is worse for girls
and young women in conflict zones who are easily sucked into terrorism.
 F
Girls who are privileged to go to school are not totally barrier-free. Adolescent
girls from poor homes and rural communities often have to deal with economic and
social demands which support their education - from walking long distances to
carry water every morning or selling wares in the market before they go to school,
to adverse cultural practices like female genital mutilation or even the lack of
access to menstrual hygiene products.

G
Governments need to do more than signing the dotted lines of charters and other
international instruments. We need to spend more on educating girls and creating
more avenues to harness the female youth population. This should also be
supported by institutional structures and real-life workable policies that would
enable these girls and women to exploit their potentials and make best use of
opportunities afforded them.

By doing so, we would help an ever-increasing generation to go properly into a

future that would be inclusive in all spheres and on all levels while exploring a large
human capital that can have sustainable development across a rich continent.

It is the young trees that make up a forest and a wise farmer knows to invest in
planting them while he can.
Questions

25.Give title to the paragraphs

a. Announcement of the UNICEF
b. Females being prejudiced and kept out
c. How can more females be involved in bad behaviors
d. What governments should put more expenditure on the help of females to show
their. capacity.
e. Articles in the school that make the author felt a sense of loss.
f. Difficulty of girls who have the opportunity to go to school
g. Problems that lead to an increase of domestic violence

26.
1) In the article, what is the main reason for increasing poverty in African families?

2)In the article, what does the government need to do to really improve the lack
of basic rights and interests of African women?

3) How do you understand the first sentence in the article?

27. Vocabulary
1. Find the words from paragraph 2 with the same meaning to
“discover something by chance”.

2. Find the words from paragraph 4 with the same meaning to “not to speak of”.

3. Find the words from paragraph 5 with the same meaning to “do something that
you do not want to do”

28. Multiple Choice

1. Why does the author tell about the scene he saw in the public girls' school in
his community?
A) He doesn't think it's right for girls to work in the market
B) He thinks girls must learn to use IBM computers
C) He thinks the education level of women in the area is worrying
D) He believes that women should not learn to use computers

2. What does the author think is the root cause of the frequent occurrence of
domestic violence in African countries
A) Men are under too much pressure at work
B) Severe sexism
C) Women can't find jobs
D) Excessive number of births

3．What does the author think governments need to do to ensure women's

education?
A) Invest more in girls' education
B) More treaties
C) Give speeches urging women to get an education
D) Build more schools