IMPORTANCE OF

WOMEN EDUCATION
 IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN
EDUCATION
• INTRODUCTION
• STATEWISE LITERACY RATE IN INDIA
• WHY SHOULD MORE IMPORTANT TO LITERATE A WOMAN THAN A
MAN?
• ADVANTAGES OF FEMALE LITERACY
• REASON FOR FEMALE ILLITERACY
• LOW FEMALE LITERACY RATE AND IT’S IMPACT
• PRESENT SCENARIO OF FEMALE EDUCATION
• CONCLUSION
 INTRODUCTION
• Woman plays a critical role in any society.
In many countries , the literacy rate is low
in case of women and in the developing
countries the rate is very low and in poor
countries the literacy rate of women is
worse. In case of women, even before
coming out of the womb of the mother the
discrimination starts and it continues till
their death.
 STATEWISE LITERACY RATE
IN INDIA
• The literacy rate in India has been improved a lot, the most
literate state is Kerala with 93.91% where literacy rate of
female is 91.98% whereas the least literate state is Bihar
with 63.82% and here the female literacy rate is 53.33%.
Rajasthan has the lowest female literacy rate (52.66%) in
India. The female literacy rate in West Bengal is 71.16%.
While the other states like Puducherry or even Himachal
Pradesh has good literacy rate while states like Jharkhand,
Rajasthan has low literacy rate.
 WHY SHOULD MORE
IMPORTANT TO LITERATE A
WOMAN THAN A MAN?
There are so many reasons for more
important to literate a woman than a man.
Such as:
• REDUCE MATERNAL MORTALITY
• IMPROVE SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROWTH
• REDUCE CHILD MARRIAGE
• REDUCE POPULATION EXPLOSION
• DECREASE MALNUTRITION
INCREASE INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICAL PROCESS
 ADVANTAGE OF FEMALE
EDUCATION
• WOMEN WHO ARE EDUCATED – are less likely
to become victims of domestic abuse.
• WOMEN WHO ARE EDUCATED – reduce
corruption and change the conditions
that lead to terrorism.
• WOMEN WHO ARE EDUCATED - are better
equipped to contribute to the family
income.
• WOMEN WHO ARE EDUCATED – help
contribute and prosper their community.
 REASON FOR THE FEMALE
ILLITERACY

• The deep rooted culture of male domination is the main

cause for the female illiteracy.
• ECONOMICAL REASONS – a family with boy and girl ,
prefers the boy to study.
• DOWRY CULTURE – as the parents has the responsibility
to make ready the dowry and jewels for the girls, they fail
to make her literate.
• Lack of awareness
 LOW FEMALE LITERACY RATE
AND IT’S IMPACT

Low female literacy rate means an overall sluggish growth of

India, as it impacts every arena of the development. There are
so many negative impacts . Such as:
• A mother is the first teacher of a child . If the mother is not
literate then she can not properly take care of her child . She
can not able to take right decision for her child of right time.
• In several cultures, boy is treated as the person who look after
their parents and this is the main cause for negligence girls.
 LOW FEMALE LITERACY RATE
AND ITS IMPACT

• Women have to pay three roles that is daughter, wife

& mother & in all the three cases she is dependent on
others like father, husband & children. So it is the
high time women should be self-dependent.
• Lack of awareness of family planning programmes,
illiterate women have high risk levels of fertility,
where India is struggling a lot of population control.
 LOW FEMALE LITERACY RATE
AND ITS IMPACT

• If we talk about the world rate of female illiteracy,

there are 538 million illiterate women and a total of
640 million illiterate women in the world. UNESCO
in a study announces that women without formal
education give more birth than the educated
women. So adult education is necessary which in
turn create an increase in the female literacy rate.
PRESENT SCENARIO OF FEMALE
EDUCATION

• The literacy rate of women is much lower compared to men. In the Indian
society which is patriarchal, girls have fewer privileges and lower status
than boy.
• Gender inequality reinforces itself in education as it is factually proved that
the rate of literacy for women is 65.46% against 82.14% of men according
to 2011 Census. Census report also shows that the rate of literacy of Indian
women is even lower than the national average literacy rate that is 74.04%.
• Studies show too that the rate of unemployment in case of young females
belonging to the age group of 15-24 is 11.5% whereas for young males of
the same age group it is 9.8%.
 CONCLUSION

• Educating a boy is educating a person ….educating

a girl is educating a nation. Educating women is
the single most profitable investment in terms of
well-being of children health , community welfare
& building long term success of developing
countries. So Education of Women is equal
Important as education of a Men.
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