The Right of Girl Child to Education in Islam

The work gives highlight of the rights of girl child in islam.

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

As the title of the essay implies, the work will only be limited as to the right to education of the female child in Islam. While doing this, the researcher  would briefly look into the history of the girl child before the advent of Islam. The work will also discuss the girl child in Islam and what Islam says about them. Moreover,the  research   would   equally   discuss   the   right   to   education   in  Islam   in  general.Thereafter, the author would examine the right of the girl child to education in Islam specifically.

At the end, the research work will discuss the girl child on the contemporary world and the  girl child  education vis-a-vis  present day.  The work  would then make observations and recommendations on the issue so far to be discussed.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The major aims and objectives of this long essay is to clear the notion that Islam is an impediment to the girl child when acquiring knowledge, and to establish that Islam indeed made it compulsory upon its followers to gain knowledge without any form of discrimination. In trying to do this, it aims to:

1. Identify who is girl child in Islam
2. Examine the history of the girl child before Islam
3. Identify the rights of the girl child to education in Islam