An Assessment of Women's Education in India

Women's Education refers to any education that aims to improve the knowledge and intellectual and physical competence of female children and growing women. It includes school, college, and university level education and vocational, technical, professional, and health education. Indian Constitution guarantees equal rights and opportunities to both men and women alike. The all-around development of any Nation depends more on women folk. During British and Mogul rule in India, people kept their female children primarily for household work and family duties. They did not get opportunities like ancient women in the earliest period. Even now, we remember ladies like Sita, Savitree, Aamrpali, Gargi Maîteryei, and Bharti, wife of Mathili Scholar Mundan Mishra. Laxmi Bai, Savitri Rao Phule, and Jyotiba Phule, to name a few. They ardently advocated for the uplander of women in Society. In their Age, they raised their voices against the patriarchal dominance and gender discrimination. Instead, women folk were upressed, tortured, and physically assaulted by high-ups, British officers, Nawabs and Zamindars. Hence, no proper schooling was provided to female children. Before Common men, the burning problem was getting their female children married earlier in Life. This was the usual practice to avoid any sexual assault on women, and hence, education was provided only to male children because they were supposed to be the breadwinners for their families. The system of " Satti-Pratha” and Child marriage was in practice to provide safety to women. Promoting male-child education was the only option left to middle-class families and poor people in society; before 1947, only a few fortunate families could provide educational facilities to their daughters. They have full opportunities to study at the university level and even visit foreign countries for higher education. The leading striking causes of negligence and denial of Educational opportunities to women are Poverty, Superstitions in Society, the Lavish Life of British officials and so-called Nawabs and Zamindars, the Caste System, and Honour Killing in many high Families of Rajasthan, like many states. But during the past fifty years, a great Transformation in People’s outlook has been seen. More significantly, women have come to the forefront of different walks of life in India. Modi’s slogans “ Beti Bachao and Beti Padhao are the prime motivation of modern Indian Society. This article contains secondary data for collecting information; the necessary secondary data is based on different research work, Journals, magazines, and newspapers.