This study explores factors that impact a girl child's formal educational outcomes in developing countries particularly, Ghana. Although educational research indicates that there are variables that limit a girl's access to formal education, educational reforms are not consistent in providing remedy to gender inequities in education across the world. In essence, this research inquiry contributes to literature on the subject by examining factors impacting the girl child's formal educational outcomes in Ghana. Within the socio-cultural space, the socialization process of the girl child is...