Higher Education for Women in India--Choices and Challenges

Autor/in	Singh, Nandita
Titel	Higher Education for Women in India--Choices and Challenges
Quelle	In: Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007 (2007) 1, (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-9809
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Access to Education; Higher Education; Gender Bias; Equal Education; Social Influences; Womens Education; Rural Urban Differences; Majors (Students); Career Choice; Course Selection (Students); Public Education; Private Education; Social Justice; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Geschlechterstereotyp; Sozialer Einfluss; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Öffentliche Erziehung; Privatunterricht; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Indien
Abstract	The paper analyses gender disparity in education evident across the socio-economic spectrum in India. Concern for girls' education in last few years has lead to a considerable expansion of access at the primary level. But a great number of girls especially in the rural areas drop out before they reach secondary or higher stages of education. Many enter in to matrimony and become young mothers before having the opportunity to realize their full potential. Removed from formal schools at the onset of puberty, those who are not married, take on household responsibilities. The ones who are able to resist social and pedagogic pressures to drop out and reach the level of college or university, take studies seriously as they know this privilege will vanish after matrimony. Many are not even able to peruse their goals of further education or choice of vocation. There is a need to develop gender-specific pedagogy and provide flexibility in the system of education, in which women could fulfill their aspirations, overcoming their domestic obligations. Higher education should prepare them to face a world of opportunities and challenges. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01