Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2013

Development of Women Education in India

Dr R K Patel, Dr P V Nayak

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Women constitute almost half of the population of the world. Education for women is the best way to improve the health, nutrition and economic development of the country. The literacy rate represents measure of educational status of any community. This paper examined the trends in women education. This paper analyses trends of women education in India during last sixty years. Literacy rates have been used for the data analysis on the basis of census years. The study revealed that there had been significant progress in the performance of women education revealed from female literacy levels and its change over time. It was also observed that the gaps between rural and urban female literacy rates narrowing down. It was observed that the literacy rate of general women population was higher than that of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes women during the study period. Literacy rate increased during the study period due to effort by state government, central government and NGO. Though, there is still scope for further developing the literacy levels as the maximum achievable limit is 100. The government should encourage to girls for attending school. Government and voluntary organization should invest in infrastructure for increased female education.

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Dr R K Patel, Dr P V Nayak Development of Women Education in India Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.XII Dec 2013

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