Women Education in India: Exploration into the Ground Realities

Abstract

To improve women's status in society, education is a need. Women with education can contribute significantly to the socioeconomic advancement of society. As a means of regaining their standing both inside and outside of their families, education decreases gender inequalities. It is a crucial element for the welfare, prosperity, and empowerment of women. Both the government and civic society in India have been particularly concerned about the education of women, as educated women can contribute significantly to the country's growth. Women's empowerment focuses on education since it gives them the tools to respond to difficulties, accept their conventional roles, and improve their lives. Rural areas have very slow educational growth for women. Rural areas have very slow educational growth for women. This clearly indicates that a significant portion of women in our nation are still uneducated, frail, ignorant, and exploited. The most effective instrument for changing a woman's standing in society is education of women. After enacting the 86th Constitutional Amendment, which declared that every Indian child had a basic right to education from ages 6 to 14, the Indian government introduced the EFA programme in 2002. However, the status of girls' education is not increasing in accordance with the criteria set for women. The current article aims to explain the current state of women's education in India.