The Plight of the Boy-Child: The Cause of Education Wastage and Recruitment in Militia Activities

Abstract

The issues of gender disparity, parity, equality, and equity have been popping up in relation to the status of the welfare of the girl-child. There are many advocacy groups supporting the protection of the female gender drawing attention to women and female children, but who cares about the boy-child? It is notable in this article that the boy-child is left to suffer the forces of destiny, fate and cosmological incidences! However, the question about the fears of education wastage and recruitment to militia activities translates into a cause for critical apprehension. It is from this backdrop that this paper articulates the necessity of establishing the plight of the boy-child, explaining the contingency between the boy-child and education wastage, and alluding to the prospect of boy-child recruitment into the militia atrocities and outrages. The study is guided by analytical, critical, and prescriptive methods of technical philosophy and the facts are drawn from existing literature. It is palpable that an ignored boy-child is equally exposed to a myriad of plights, education wastage, and proclivity to terrorism.