why was the opening of girls school in Calcutta and Bombay in late 19th century can be called only the partial success
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The opening of schools in Calcutta and Bombay in The late 19th century can be referred to as partial success since there was a change of perspective on the role of women in the Indian society.
It is a success as earlier before the 19th century women were denied access to formal education, until late 19th century when nationalists realized the importance of educating women for the progress of the nation.
Long before the transformation of feminist education, Indian women were taught the symbols of tradition and culture but this mentality came to change when the it was realized that for the Zenana system to be efficient, more female teachers were required. Thus a school was built to train female teachers in Bombay.
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The opening of girls school in Calcutta and Bombay in late 19th century can be called only the partial success as the "female literacy rate" rose only by 0.1% from 0.5% to 0.6%. However, at the same time, the "University of Calcutta" started admission of women in degree courses even before several British universities. Moreover, Asia’s oldest school was first established in Kolkata in 1849 which was called the "Secular Native Female School". It later came to be known as the "Bethune school".