The further away a school is the less likely a girl will attend 

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We must encourage the communities these girls live in to provide safe environments at school to improve a girl's educational outcomes 

Household work such as carrying water, preparing food and washing clothes falls disproportionately to girls and women throughout the developing world. It is the primary reason girls are kept home from school. Spreading the burden of chores across all members of the family helps girls succeed.

Sometimes teachers and textbooks reinforce the idea that girls are less intelligent than boys or only show girls and women as household workers and caregivers. Teachers trained to counteract these stereotypes can help girls discover the opportunities education creates for them. Having a significant number of female teachers also helps to fight discrimination against girls and provides role models for female students.

In many developing nations, especially in rural areas, girls don’t attend school during menstruation because they don’t have access to sanitary pads or running water. In Uganda, the female speaker of parliament has led a campaign to make sanitary pads more widely available to keep girls in school.

The Government can also create a fund to support needy families who cannot afford the cost of sending their girls to school. The cost of educating girls should be affordable to all.