Abstract: Although, the number of educated children has in the past 20 years in some countries increased, boys have proportionally fared much better than girls. In 1990, 130 million children had no access to primary school; of these 81 million were girls. Two-thirds (65 per cent) of the world’s 176 million illiterates are women. This can be attributed to such customary practices as child labour, early marriages, lack of funds and inadequate school facilities, teenage pregnancies as well as cultural and traditional practices. Bugesera district has its own share of this problem and as a result, many Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are concerned and are in the district working hard to bridge the gender educational gap between the boy and the girl-child. It is in this regard that this study was designed to examine the impact of the NGOs in bridging the gender educational gap between the boy and the girl-child in the Bugesera district. The study examined the service delivery approach of the NGOs, nature of service of the NGOs, the level of coverage of the services of the NGOs, whether the services of the NGOs meet the appropriate needs of the girl-child, and finally, the areas the NGOs need to improve upon in the delivery of their services to the girl-child. This study adopted a quantitative approach of both descriptive and correlation designs. The study employed the secondary source of data in which the efforts of several studies on the history, causes and effects of discrimination, perceptions, traditions and negative cultural practices that deepened the gender educational gap. It employed the primary source of data in which questionnaires were used to make the finding scientific. Also included in this social survey which has a sample size of 270 respondents was participant observation to gather data directly from the local people in the district. The study revealed that the activities of the NGOs within the district have an impact in minimizing the gender educational gap between the boy and the girl-child. The study also revealed some of the challenges such as personnel, financial and logistical constrains that the NGOs face in the delivery of their services in the district. The study concludes that even though the NGOs normally deliver their assistance to their beneficiaries at different times within the academic year, beneficiaries still consider it useful irrespective of the time they get it but were also of the views that since individual families have different financial problems, their views should have been sought as to the time within the academic year they will wish the assistance be delivered to their wards. The issue of girls' education has been approached from various angles, and the key in moving towards a better standard of girls' education is to have a clear understanding of all the constraints that prevent girls from attending school and to tackle them individually. The researcher believe that it would be important to take a closer look at the chores that girls are laden with at the house and see how this impact their ability to access education; whether they are simply physically demanding or time consuming.
Keywords: interventions of INGOs, Sustainability of the services, NGO roles, Bugesera district.
Title: EXAMINING INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (INGOs) ROLES IN ENHANCING GIRL’ EDUCATION IN RWANDA: A CASE STUDY OF BUGESERA DISTRICT
Author: HATARI PATRICK, Dr. PATRICK MULYUNGI
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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