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Abstract
Today’s girls are tomorrow’s women. The differential treatment between girls and boys can hardly be separated from the preferential treatment between men and women in our society. The cumulative effects of the discriminatory, exploitative, and unjust treatments have had profound negative impacts on education opportunities available to the girl-child. The need to empower the girl-child in Nigeria cannot be over-emphasized and the role of language in this regard cannot be overlooked. The paper then examined, language Education, the Girl-child and hence explored the challenges facing the Girl-child. The paper also examines meeting the challenges of the Girl-child through language Education and proffers recommendations. Keywords: girl-child, language, education, differential, language education.