It was 1986 and my mother was talking to our late father. Female education can change Pakistan’s economic future going forward she said. These words still echo in my ears after 25 years and it is so true. If we educate a boy, we educate one individual but if we educate a girl, we educate a society whether the girl is a home maker or a working female, she takes care of the children.
STRATEGIC VALUE OF FEMALE EDUCATION
I like testing my idea on different waters to get global insight about economic success. I was attending a session of Ms Christina Romer-former adviser to President Obama Economic team on 9th March, 2009 at Brooking institute at Washington DC (Professor of Economics at Uni. of California, Berkley, USA) on the invitation of my MIT/Harvard friends. I asked her an informal question as to how Pakistan can move ahead economically, politically and socially; she replied female primary/secondary education is the key to success. Countries that have really progressed economically, socially and politically, invested heavily in female education to make a remarkable turnaround for their nation. HRH Prince Karim Aga Khan has always advocated the importance of female education.
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