WorksheetsEDUCATE GIRLS IN INDIA
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
Getting girls back to school is often a long & complex process.
To do so they need to create a dialogue. Who are the people involved?
the volunteers
the girls
the village's leader
the headmaster & the teachers
the families
What are the volunteers called?
Tim Husain
Team Bikerni
Team Balika
Team Building
Most of the Volunteers are
local
educated
young women
young men only
Most of the volunteers had never worked before?
False.
They had already worked in a factory or on a farm before.
True.
It is their first work experience.
We don't know
The NGO mainly works in
rural areas
critical gender gap district
urban areas
Mumbai
How many girls have been brought back to school by "Educate Girls"?
four thousand five hundred
one million
three hundred thousand
one hundred thousand
Would you say Educate Girls has been successful?
Yes, because the NGO has grown & spread allowing to educate more girls
No, because there are still many girls who aren't attending school
Yes & no, since, on the one hand, it has brought back many girls to schools. But, on the other hand it hasn't managed to change gender prejudices regarding education
