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NDC member of parliament for Gomoa Central constituency, Hon. Rachel Nana Adwoa Appoh has said in her opinion�nothing can transform a person�s life the way education does.

"Education instills confidence and gifts people with a voice. Apart from the obvious benefits of a better and meaningful life, education gives people the skills they need to help themselves out of poverty and into prosperity," she stated.

Speaking at the the women in parliament global forum annual summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, she said education supports the growth of civil society, democracy and political stability allowing people to learn about their right and knowledge necessary to exercise these rights.

However, despite the substantial benefits of education, enormous challenges still pertain.

"As MP, former deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection and among female Parliamentarians championing the course of girl child education in Ghana, I believe that we can overcome gender disparity in education when we say no and do not tolerate/frown on gender-based violence in our schools since it undermines the right to education and present a major challenge to achieving gender equality in education," she said at the summit.