why was education denied to women in per-colonial India?
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Education in India in the early 19th century was largely distributed on the basis of caste system. The Brahmins who constituted the priestly class went through formal schooling in order to learn religious instructions through the study of religious literature. The Kshatriyas and Vaishyas were given vocational education in schools with very little emphasis on reading sacred texts. Since most of the local traders, Government servants and landlords came from these castes, they were taught to read, write and do the basic arithmetic needed for their work. The Shudras were denied religious education and were mainly trained in practical skills of the family occupation by the adults of the family (Naik & Nurullah, 2004). Formal school education was nearly inaccessible for the Shudras as well as women from all the castes; upper class women being an exception who were allowed to study classical literature and the religious texts. Girls from all the classes were trained in child-rearing practices, practical skills like cooking, sewing and other household arts. Muslim girls were able to read the Quran as was expected from them and some women were taught accounting in order to tackle property-related issues. The survey of indigenous education conducted by the British government in the Bombay presidency from 1823-1825 by Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay stated that there were no school for girls and the common schools catered only to boys (Naik & Nurullah, 2004).
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This is better India is a male dominating society.At that time women understand as the household workers , they had do only the household work. Men also thought that women can't do any work outside the home and they also thought the education is only for men not for women that's why they denied for education.
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