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Dealing with boys programme 15 – BBC Media Action –
Opening Billboard (with music bed):
CUE (studio link): Welcome to this new programme called, “Our School” which brings our
community together, to talk about how education can benefit everybody. I’m Atem Deng
Malek;
In today programme, we are going to be talking about how girls can say
no to boys. Many girls find it difficult to say no to boys who want to love
them and usually lead many girls to dropout from School.
Teacher will tell us how they help girls to say no to boys
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Every Friday after the afternoon lessons, we do tell matured girls who
are in the girl club to discuss their issues in a group, and purpose is to
educate rest of the girls to know how to say no to the boys who are in
School and in the village.
And a girl tells us how this information has helped her to say No to boys
who harassing her on the way.
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In the discussion we have agreed that every girl should say this “no for
love while am in School, my purpose of being in School is to finish my
education to serve my family and the entire nation in the future
All that and more are coming up in the following interviews
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Cue 1 (Studio recording) some girls say they don’t know how to say no
to a boy, or that they are so shy if they do, the boy won’t accept that no.
So what are schools and families doing to try to help girls direct this hard
stage of adolescence? We shall hear from Peter Deng teacher at kiir
Mayardit primary School on how he has to initiate the girl club to help
girls to say no to the boys. And16 year old girl Aluel who is in p6 at will
tell us how she is benefiting from the advice gained from the teacher,
and finally we will talk to the group of boys in a different Schools, to hear
from them how they can support girls rather than harassing them at
School. But first we will talk to the Peter Deng who is the teacher at Kiir
Mayardit Primary School.
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(Field recording) I’m now standing at Kiir Mayardit primary School, the
School is consist of six classrooms which thatch of the local grass, I
have entered into the class where I found teacher in class as you can
hear children singing after teacher.
INTERVIEW 1
Q: Deng Deng you are welcome into our School, I can see your School is composing of boys
and girls, tell me what’s happening in your School?
A 1: Yes my School is a mix School; it has huge number of boys and
girls which are mixed up in different classes, and I have learned that girls
are being disturbed by the boys, by telling them to be in love with girls in
the class, and sometimes they do follow girls when they are departing
back home and harassing them on the way.
Q: How does it affect girls at School?
A 2: The girl, who is in love with a boy in the same School, can lead to
the bad performance of the girl, and she can even dropout from School
because they sit on one bench in the class and that can affect the
understanding of the girl in class with bad performance. Boys always
disturb girls by phone call during School hours and at night which
contribute negatively toward girl education at School.
Q: You said that when a girl is in love with a boy can lead to the bad performance and girl
dropout, Are there girls dropping out from school because of the boys?
A 3: Every year, more than 5 girls they do dropout from School, because
of the pregnant, or when to the early married, boys who married are also
dropping out from School because of the family responsibilities, and they
cannot work without completing their education
Q: You said before those girls are being disturbed by the boys, is that being done by the
boys who are in School only?
A 4: Not only the School boys disturbing girls, that involves the boys who
are in the village, they interrupts girls when found them reading in a
group in the village, which mean girls are being annoyed by both boys in
School as well as in the village.
Q: As School teacher, what can you do to minimize this issue?
A 5: I tell girls to say no for love when they are being asked by the boys
in the class, we have also told them not to walk with boys when going
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back home and stop phone communication with School and village boys.
Also at the borehole, I tell girls not to show boys where they get water
and not even to show them their home.
So what we also do is every Friday after the afternoon lessons, we do
tell matured girls who are in the girl club to discuss their issues in a
group, and purpose is to educate rest of the girls to know how to say no
to the boys who are in School and in the village. The School
administration is urging boys not to call girl through phone, girls are also
being advice not to carry phone with them at School and in the village.
Recap of interview 1
That was teacher Peter Deng at Mayardit primary School, he said that
they encourage girl club to discuss their problem in a group purposely to
minimized boys not harass them at School and on the way back home.
Cue 2 (Studio recording) Many School girls are taking advantages and
struggling to say no to the boys who interrupting their studies at School
and in in the village.
(Field recording) I’m still at Kiir Mayardit primary School where I found
the School girl club conducting meeting with girls who are in a different
class, what you can hear behind me are the girls in the meeting.
INTERVIEW 2
Q: I’m going to talk to Aluel the 16 year old girl who is in p6, you are
welcome into our programme, your teacher told me that they use to
give you advice about the issue of the boys, and how does it
benefit you as School girl?
A 1: As School girl, this advice is so useful to me and to my fellow girl
friends at School; this may minimized boys’ issues, and that will alert
boys, that I ‘am in School for education only. It encourages us to discuss
and handle our issues with boys at School and in the village.
Q: You said that the advices are so useful to you, what have you apply base on those
advice?
A 2: As am talking to you now, the advice from has really me, am now
able to say no to the boys who use to harass me at School and on my
way back home to the village.
Q: What do you do as a group of girls to protect yourself?
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A 3: I have girl club in our School, which use to bring matured girls from
different classes to discuss the best way how we should convince boys
in the class and in the village. In the discussion we have agreed that
every girl should say this “no for love while am in School, my purpose of
being in School is to finish my education to serve my family and the
entire nation in the future and no phone number to be given to the boys
who are in School as well as in the village.
Q: You said that you have agreed to say no to the boys at School and in the village, how do
the boys react?
A 4: Boys are not happy about the decision which we have made as
group of girls, but boys should also know that we are in School for
education not for something else.
Q: What advice do the girls give to each other at School?
A 5: In School I do tell my friends who are girls, not to associate
themselves with boys in the class, and be ready any time to say no to
the boys who are in School and those who are in the village.
Recap of interview 2
That was Aluel the 16 year old student in p6 at Kiir Mayardit primary
School, she said the girl club has put the teacher advice in use by
conducting meeting on every Friday to educate girls how to say no to the
boys at School.
IDENT with music sting:
You’re listening to ‘Our School’. Looking at how education can help your
community.
Cue 3: (Studio recording) Some School girls are complaining that they
are being harassing by the boys, and that include both boys who are in
the village as well as those who are in School.
(Field recording) I catch up with group of the boys in the football field at
different Schools in Gogrial West County as you can hear voice of the
boys playing football.
Q: I’m going to talk with 18 year old boy who is in p7 at Makuei primary School,
Akol I have just spoke to the teacher and he said that girls are not performing
well at School because they are being disturbed by the boys through phone
call, what do you say about that?
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A 1: I can say yes, but girls are also disturbing boys at School, they do
send some messages to the boys this is where communication begin;
girls are the one who use to give us their phone numbers, that is why
you can see boys calling them now and then.
Q: Moses Kuek as you have heard from Albino, Are you aware that drop out of the girls is
caused by the boys?
A 2: Not only girls’ dropout from School, the boys who married while
under age can be told by the parent to take the responsibility of the wife,
which mean girls are also causing the dropout of the boys from School.
Q: Awar Daniel: What can the girl say to make you boys understand?
A 3: Sometimes a girl can say no to the boy but she don’t mean the real
no, a boy cannot follow a girl who has really refuse to be in love with
him, so there a need for girls to be realistic in their statement so that we
should not run after them every day.
Q: Marko Majok. As you have heard from Awar, do you have something to say to the
girls?
A 4: School is a public institution which does not require physical
appearance, but girls use to come with short skirt which sometime make
boys feel attractive and that is why you can see a lot of harassment on
the way.
Q: Gabriel, Marko said that short skirts make boys to feel attractive, what can the boys do
to protect their sisters and other girls at School?
A 5: Boys should avoid laughing at girls in School; we are all for
education in School and girls should stand saying the real no to the boys
in order to avoid harassment on the way back home.
Recap of interview 3
Those were the voices of the group of boys in a different School in
Gogrial West County; they said there is a need for the girls to say the
real no to the boys who harass them on the way. Other boys said that
girls should respect the public institution; wearing short skirt is the major
things which make boys run after girls at School.
With that we have come to the end of our programme. Today our
programme was about dealing with boys. As we have heard earlier from
Peter Deng the teacher at Kiir Mayardit primary School, he said that they
encourage girls to discuss their issues which are related to the boys in a
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group. And from Aluel the 16 year old student, she said that all girls have
agreed to stop boys not to harass them by saying no to love without
completing education. And from the boys in different Schools, they said
girls should say they real no.
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development. I’m Atem Deng Malek, until next time, bye bye!