Education For All: Egypt

In rural communities around the world girl children are not educated. Upper Egypt is no exception and in isolated hamlets and villages girls are kept out of school because of economic need as well as tradition. Now thousands of girls have an opportunity to change their lives. The Egyptian government and UNICEF have created community schools in the region with impressive results with the students performing well in national tests. For girls in these communities learning to read and write is no longer a distant dream but a reality.(3'00)