{"id":56667,"date":"2020-03-05T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=56667"},"modified":"2020-03-05T17:30:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T12:00:10","slug":"answered-give-an-account-of-progress-made-by-india-in-improving-gender-equality-in-the-education-system-mention-various-government-efforts-towards-women-education-in-india","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-give-an-account-of-progress-made-by-india-in-improving-gender-equality-in-the-education-system-mention-various-government-efforts-towards-women-education-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Give an account of progress made by India in improving gender equality in the education system. Mention various government efforts towards women education in India."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n Demand of the question<\/strong>\n Introduction.\n <\/strong>Contextual introduction.\n Body.\n <\/strong>Discuss the progress made by India in improving\n gender equality in the education system. Mention various government efforts\n towards women education in India.\n Conclusion.\n <\/strong>Way forward.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Women education is an important tool to\nachieve gender equality. For a long time women have been deprived of their\nrights. By pacing woman education India can achieve the goal of social\ndevelopment and economic progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changing\npatterns of gender parity and equality in Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Trends in Literacy<\/strong>: In recent years, India has reportedly shown an improvement at each level of education\nfor boys as well as for girls. As per 2011 census, the female literacy levels\nare 65.46% from 53.67% of 2001. Literacy rate in India has reported the\nmaximum hike for rural women at 26% in the last\ndecade. <\/li>
  2. Gross enrolment ratio:<\/strong> Gross enrolment ratio at the elementary level\nis 94.32% as against 89.28% for boys, at the secondary level is 81.32% as\ncompared to 78% and at the higher secondary level girls have achieved a level\nof 59.7% compared to only 57.54 %.<\/li>
  3. Labour participation: <\/strong>According to the \u2018World Employment and Social\nOutlook Trends for Women\u2019 2018 report, more women than ever before are both\neducated and participating in the labour market today.<\/li>
  4. Improved sanitation: <\/strong>Due to the Swachh Bharat Mission, about 14 lakh\nschools now have a functioning girl\u2019s toilet, an increase of 4.17 % points in\ncomparison to 2013-14. The impact of the mission has resulted in an increase in\nenrolment of girls by 25% points in 2018-19 from 2013-14.<\/li>
  5. Higher education: <\/strong>The number of girls in NITs has grown from 14.11 % in\n2017-18 to 17.53 % in 2019-20 and in IITs from 8 % of the total student body in\n2016 to 18 % in 2019-20 for B.Tech programmes.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Issues\nin women education: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Gap in upper primary and secondary schooling:<\/strong> While female enrolment has increased rapidly\nsince the 1990s, there is still a substantial gap in upper primary and\nsecondary schooling. <\/li>
    2. High drop-out rates:<\/strong> Increased female enrolment is, compromised by persistently\nhigh rates of drop-out and poor attendance of girls relative to boys. Girls\nalso constitute a large proportion of out-of-school children.<\/li>
    3. Inter-state variations:<\/strong> There are also considerable inter-state\nvariations in gender parity. While the greatest surges in female enrolment have\nbeen achieved in the most educationally disadvantaged states such as Bihar and\nRajasthan, these states still have a long way to go to catch up with the better\nperforming states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh.<\/li>
    4. Son preference: <\/strong>Some studies suggest that girls are over-represented in the\ngovernment schools, demonstrating continuing son preference where boys (highlighted in economic survey 2018) are\neducated in private and better schools which are of (perceived) better quality.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Various\ngovernment efforts towards women education in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme:<\/strong> It aims to generate awareness and also improve\nthe efficiency of welfare services for the girl child. The initial aim of the\ncampaign was to address the declining child sex ratio but it also include\npropagating education, survival and protection of the girl child.<\/li>
      2. Digital Gender Atlas:<\/strong> Ministry of Human Resource Development has\nprepared a digital gender atlas for advancing girls\u2019 education in India.<\/li>
      3. National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for\nSecondary Education (NSIGSE):<\/strong>\nThe objective of the scheme is to establish an enabling environment to reduce\nthe drop outs and to promote the enrolment of girl children in secondary\nschools.<\/li>
      4. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan:<\/strong> In order to ensure greater participation of\ngirls in elementary education, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has targeted interventions\nfor girls which include opening of schools, appointment of additional women\nteachers, separate toilets for girls, teachers\u2019 sensitisation programmes etc.\nIn addition, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas has been opened in Educationally\nBackward Blocks (EBBs).<\/li>
      5. Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)<\/strong>: It envisages enhancing the quality of\neducation by providing a secondary school within a reasonable distance of every\nhabitation, improving quality of education imparted at secondary level, removal\nof gender, socio-economic and disability barriers.<\/li>
      6. Udaan:<\/strong> CBSE has launched \u2018Udaan\u2019 to provide free online resources\nto girl students of Class XI and Class XII for preparation. The special focus of the scheme is to address the low\nenrolment ratio of girl students in prestigious institutions.<\/li>
      7. STEM education:<\/strong> To increase the participation of women in STEM education,\nsupernumerary seats have been created in the IITs and NITs.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Trends suggest that though much has been\ndone in policy terms to increase female access to schooling, notably through\nimproving access to primary schooling, there are still major policy challenges\nto be met. Efforts are needed to improve the quality of schools and ensure\nbetter opportunities for girls at higher levels of education, notably upper\nprimary and secondary school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual introduction. Body. Discuss the progress made by India in improving gender equality in the education system. Mention various government efforts towards women education in India. Conclusion. Way forward. Women education is an important tool to achieve gender equality. For a long time women have been deprived of their rights.… Continue reading [Answered] Give an account of progress made by India in improving gender equality in the education system. Mention various government efforts towards women education in India.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56667","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}