GENDER EQUALITY

Unequal Access to Education

Group members:
1) Lochana Ajish - Leader & Editor
2) Hasti Upadhyay - Interviewer
3) Punya Makwana - Video Editor
4) Vyom Parekh - Report Writer
5) Dhruv Dudhoria - Record Keeper
[Lochana Ajish]
India’s education landscape is extremely unequal. These
inequalities manifest themselves in the form of differences based
on caste, class and, in some cases, gender. Those at the bottom of
the socio-economic ladder are more likely to be studying
humanities than a professional course.
To be truly honest things like discrimination in girls' access to
education still persists in many areas during the 21st century
which angers me the most.

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 ABOUT THE INTERVIEW
Name - Laxmi
AGE - 34
PROFESSION - SCHOOL STAFF
Since Ms. Laxmi has contributed and provided a lot of effort
to the school for a great number of years, some students
know her very well.
Vyom Parekh, our teammate, thought of interviewing her.
During recess in the outskirts of our main hall we saw her
resting for a while. So, as we approached her to take an
interview she allowed us to question her with a big smile. The
interview took less than 2 minutes to finish and we are truly

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 thankful to her for letting us know her point of view on this
topic.
The division of tasks was as follows:
Lochana Ajish - Would create questions
Hasti Upadhyay - Would create questions; Main Interviewer
would ask questions
Punya Makwana - Audio recorder and Photographer.

THE INTERVIEW
[Hasti Upadhyay]
Q1- Did you have access to education when you were a child? What was
the system of education?
Ans- Yes, I had but I don’t think that study is that important. I like to focus
on my household and my job.

Q2- Why do you think access to education is important?

Ans- Yes, I think these days education is important to grow up and
become someone.

Q3- What did you aspire to be when you were a kid & did you dream of
studying in school?

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Ans- I would be happy with any work or job I would get as I did not have
much interest in studies and did not decide what I wanted to do further
in my life.
Q4- According to you what should be the environment of the school?
Ans- Yes, the environment was good but not as good as an international
school but I did not like to go there.

Q5- Why were you not given access to education as a child?

Ans- I had got opportunity but I was not interested in studies.

Q6- As there are still many kids in rural areas who still don't have access
to education, how do you think this is a problem?
Ans-I think all remote and village side areas should give more
opportunities to the kids so that they can study and become someone in
their lives.

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 RESEARCH
[Dhruv Dudhoria]
An increase in school enrolments from 40 to 60 percent is applauded as a
success, not recorded as a violation of the right to education of the 40 percent
of children who remain excluded from school.
-Katarina Tomasevski, former United Nations special Rapporteur on the Right to
Education, 2006.

Across the world, more than 120 million children and adolescents are absent
from class. In recent years, many countries have been part of international and
regional political drives to ensure that all children have access and complete
education in the countries that lag behind the most.

THANK YOU!!!!
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