CONVINCING PARENTS TO SEND THEIR

GIRL CHILD FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

PRESENTED BY:- PRESENTED TO:-

SAHIL CHANDEL MR.DHARAMJET
SAHIL GUPTA
 WHAT IS EDUCATION?

•Education,aptly described as the journey from

darkness to lightforms an integral part of any
human being.

•“The purpose of education is to replace an

empty mind with an open one”
 IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION

• Helps in character building.

• Produces young minds to face the world.
• Encourages creative learning.
• Gateway to a bright future.
• In short,one cannot deny that eduction is a must for every
person .
 IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION

• Helps in character building.

• Produces young minds to face the world.
• Encourages creative learning.
• Gateway to a bright future.
• In short,one cannot deny that eduction is a must for every
person .
 WOMEN EDUCATION IN ANCIENT INDIA

• In the Vedic period women had access to education,but

gradually they had lost their right.
• Indian scriptures Rig Veda and Upanishads mention about
several women sages and seers.
• `Women enjoyed equivalent position and rights in the early
Vedic era.
• However,after 500 B.C,the position of women started to
decline.
Should parents send their girl child
for higher education?
Why is the question even being
raised?Are women actually
deprived of higher education in the
country?
Let’s see
 Women have a much lower literacy rate than men. Far fewer
girls are enrolled in the schools, and many of them drop out. In
the patriarchal setting of the Indian family, girls have lower
status and fewer privileges than boy children. Conservative
cultural attitudes prevent girls from going for higher education.
The number of literate women among the female population of
India was between 2–6% at the time of our independence in
1947. Efforts led to improvement from 15.3% in 1961 to 28.5% in
1981. By 2001 literacy for women had exceeded 50% of the
overall female population, though these statistics were still very
low compared to world standards and even male literacy within
India. In India, out of the 29 states in India, 6 of them have
female literacy rates of below 60 percent. The rural state
Rajasthan has a female literacy rate of less than 12 percent.
 THE PROBLEM
• Orthodox approach-In the Orthodox Indian society,
particularly in the north girl’s education lags far
behind. One big reason is the approach that
“Ladkiyo ne padh ke kya kerna hai?” and zaada kyu
padhana hai veah vi tah krana hai
Firstly, to the people with this thinking I want to
show them something.(images of kalpana chawla
indra Gandhi,Indra Nooyi)
• Gender Barrier: Families may have a preference for educating
boys over girls, given better market opportunities for boys
and the fact that girls in many societies are “married away”,
and no longer providing for their own families. Some
administrative rules specifically affect girls and erect
significant barriers.

Another reason is that girls drop out of high school itself

Schools are unable to provide safe and sanitary facilities for
young girls to attend, and with the population increasing at a
rapid speed the priority for new facilities is given to boys. In
many cases, though, this is exacerbated by basic
infrastructural problems: roads, running water, and
electricity are often scarce.
• Safety of women- Perhaps, one of the biggest concerns of
parents while sending their girls for higher education.
Campus administrators have an obligation to make their
campuses a safe place for all students, and many efforts have
been undertaken to promote campus safety. Research
suggests, however, that sexual victimization (which includes
sexual assault and stalking) remains a problem on many
campuses. The U.S. Department of Justice, a college with
10,000 students could experience as many as 350 rapes per
year. The situation is not much different in our country
either.
 NEED
• All girls and boys have the right to education. Education fosters
dignity and a sense of self-worth. It offers opportunities to acquire
knowledge and skills and enhances life prospects. Along with
nutrition, health and skills, education is a pillar of human capital.
These essential elements together enable people to lead productive
lives and to contribute to their countries’ economic growth and
development.

• Women education has two aspects- individual aspect and social

aspect. It is education which increases women’s abilities to deal
with the problems of her life, her family, her society and nation.
Education increases confidence in a woman. An educated woman
can easily understand the demerits of early marriage and high birth
rate. They have the attitude of gender parity among their children
right from health care, nutrition, education and even career.
 •Women are the half of the human resources.
It can be said that female education is more important than that of
male. Yes you heard me right. In this connection I may refer a
statement of philosopher-president and noted educationist Dr. S.
Radhakrishnan . He says “there cannot be educated people without
educated women. If general education has to be limited to men or
women, the opportunity should be given to women. From them it
would most surely be passed on to the next generation.”

Education improves reproductive health

Educated women are more likely to seek adequate prenatal care,
skilled attendance during childbirth and to use contraception. They
tend to initiate sexual activity, marry and begin childbearing later than
uneducated women. They also have fewer children: Every three years
of additional education correlates with up to one child fewer per
woman. When women have fewer children, the well-being and
development prospects of each child are generally enhanced.
 Educated mothers increase human capital through their influence on
the health, education and nutrition of their children. Daughters of
educated mothers are more likely to attend school.(20) A mother’s
education also translates into higher immunization rates and better
nutrition for her children, both of which increase enrolment and
improve school performance. Every year of mothers’ education
corresponds to 5 to 10 per cent lower mortality rates in children under
the age of five.

Women Empowerment: Dependent women are not empowered

women. In our nation many women are dependent on first, their
parents and later husbands. Education is milestone of women
empowerment because it enables them to responds to the challenges,
to confront their traditional role and change their life. So we can’t
neglect the importance of education in reference to women
empowerment.
 WHAT’S BEEN DONE??
• Before and after Independence, India has been taking active steps
towards women's status and education. The 86th Constitutional
Amendment Act, 2002, has been a path breaking step towards the
growth of education, especially for females. According to this act,
elementary education is a fundamental right for children between
the ages of 6 and 14. The government has undertaken to provide
this education free of cost and make it compulsory for those in that
age group. This undertaking is more widely known as Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan (SSA).
• Since then, the SSA has come up with many schemes for inclusive
as well as exclusive growth of Indian education as a whole,
including schemes to help foster the growth of female education.
• One notable success came in 2013, when the first two girls ever
scored in the top 10 ranks of the entrance exam to the
IITs.[74] Sibbala Leena Madhuri ranked eighth, and Aditi Laddha
ranked sixth.
 What needs to be done?

• Changing the orthodox approach

• Determine gender trends in staff recruitment, promotion and
retention in universities.ie universities should try to have
more female teachers
• Making college campuses safer for women
• Severe punishments for crimes against women