What is the present status of women education in India.
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Women's education in India is one of the major preoccupations of the government as well as the civil society. This is because educated women are able to play a vital role in developing India. There is a saying that to educate a girl child means to educate a family. Education is the milestone of the empowerment of women as education helps them to change their lives, respond to their challenges and question their traditional roles.
The present status of women's education in India
The literacy rate of women is much lower compared to men. In the Indian society which is patriarchal, girls have fewer privileges and lower status than boys. Very few girls are admitted to schools and among them many are school drop outs. Many girls cannot attend school due to conservative cultural attitude.
Gender inequality reinforces itself in education as it is factually proved that the rate of literacy for women is 65.46% against 82.14% of men according to 2011 Census. The Census report also shows that the rate of literacy of Indian women is even lower than the national average literacy rate that is 74.04%.
Studies show too that the rate of unemployment in case of young females belonging to the age group of 15-24 is 11.5% whereas for young males of the same age group it is 9.8%.
In India a survey was conducted which showed results supporting this fact that the rate of infant mortality is related inversely to female rate of literacy and level of education. The survey as well suggested correlation between economic growth and education.
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