Education is a universally accepted fundamental right of an individual. It is important to all but more important to women, because an educated woman would ensure that her family too receives the necessary education. World Bank Vice-President Lawrence Summers had been a strong advocate of girls’ education in the Third World countries. Girls’ education not only helps reduce the cycle of female deprivation but yields higher returns than any other investment, both for the family and society at large. Girls’ education reduces child mortality, fertility levels, maternal mortality as well as the incidence of violence, disease and unwanted pregnancies.