EDUCATE GIRLS IN INDIA

Who is Safeena Husain?

• A CEO

• the founder of Educated Girls Union

• a banker who invested in Educate Girls

• the woman who founded Educate Girls

The woman in the video talks about:

• a strong preference of sunny weather in Indian society

• a very strong preference of sadness over laughter in India

• a clear domination of same-sex schools in India

• the fact sons are better treated than daughters in Indian traditional families

Educating girls is "useless".

• it is a common prejudice in India

• It is the woman's opinion

Some families in India think that it is not worth educating girls because:

• They'll leave their family when they get married

• When they get married, they'll look after their in-laws, not their parents

• You don't need education to take care of the house, the children and the elderly

• It is too expensive

In traditional families, who is supposed to take care of the parents when they grow old?

• the daughter

• the son

• the grand-children

What is the percentage of girls studying in Grade 12* in India's rural areas?

*final year of higher secondary education

• 100%

• 3%

• 12%

• 1%

What is "Educate Girls"?

• a female rap group

• a GMO

• a wealthy company

• an NGO

What is an NGO?

• a non-profit organization

• a new goal organization

• new Gandhi's organization

• a religion

What are the volunteers' goals at Educate Girls?

• to talk the families into sending their daughters to school

• to go back to school and reach Grade 12

• to tell fairy tale stories to girls

• to take boys out of school

The community volunteers' tasks consist in ...

• finding girls who are not attending school

• bringing girls back to school

• making sure girls are staying at school

• ensuring the girls are learning