Educating for girls:

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• Combats poverty as women earn better incomes.

 

• Helps combat the effects of the caste system.

 

• Increases life expectancy. With a female literacy rate of only 30%, the state of Uttar Pradesh has the lowest life expectancy in India.

 

• Decreases the number of child brides.

 

• Helps women marry educated husbands. In India, a woman's education has become as important as the traditional dowry of the past.

 

• Leads to better health for mothers and children, helping to lift families out of poverty.

 

• Results in the children of educated mothers also attending school.

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• Gives girls math skills to help run family farms and businesses.

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• Promotes economic and social development and political stability.

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• Promotes civic participation by women, who advocate for better health, education, and protection of children.

 

(See more information from the World Bank here.)