The presentation intends to show that education is one of the most important tools to empower women across the globe

1. Education as a Powerful Tool in
Women Empowerment:
Challenges and Remedies
The way a society treats
Its women and children
Speaks volumes about it.
DR. ROMA SMART JOSEPH
Teaher Educator
Lucknow
Mobile-9889588971
romasmart@ymail.com

2. Status of Indian women
" Dhol, ganwar, shudra, pashu, naari- Ye sab tadan ke
adhikari,"
GENDER DISPARITIES DECLINING SEX RATIO
SOCIAL SREREOTYPING
VIOLENCE
EARLY MARRIAGE
DOWARY
FOETICIDE
WIDOW’S PLIGHT TRAFFICING
SEXUAL HARRASMENT
EVETEASING
LOW INVOLVEMENT
IN
DECISION MAKINGLOW LIFE EXPECTENCY

3. Why Empower Women
• To get expertise of 50% of its
population.
• To promote gender equality.

4. Education and Empowerment:
Programmes and policies
• National Policy on Education (1986) by the
Government of India promoted education as the
agency for empowerment.
• The National Literacy Mission’s step towards
eradication of illiteracy in the age group of 15-35
years.
• Five-year plans as the major programme for the
development of women in regard to education.

5. Education and Empowerment:
Programmes and policies
• Universalization of elementary education.
• Enrolment and retention of girls in the schools.
• promotion of balwadies and crutches.
• Arts , science, and professional schools and
colleges for girls , polytechniques, girls hostels,
multipurpose institutions and adult education
programmes.

6. Education and Empowerment:
Programmes and policies
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the
Programme of Action of the 1994 International
Conference on Population and Development.
• The Fourth World Conference on Women, held in
Beijing in 1995, recognized that women's literacy
is key to empowering women's participation in
decision making in society and to improve family
well-being.
• United Nations Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), for improved education, gender equality,
and women's empowerment.

7. WOMEN’S EDUCATION: PROSPECTS
AND CHALLENGES
• Low literacy rate of Indian women.
• Two out of every ten girls in the age group of 6-11
are still not enrolled in schools.
• High rate of drop-out and stagnation amongst girls
(nearly twice that of boys) all over India.
• The persistence of the cultural values and the
attitudes of patriarchal, agrarian societies as a
major source of this discrimination.

8. WOMEN’S EDUCATION:
PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES
• Girl’s education delayed or interrupted by the
need to help the family in economic activities.
• Social evil of bonded labor, and child labor also
acts as a barrier for girl’s education in rural areas.
• The practice of early marriage in the societies also
hampers women’s education.

9. WOMEN’S EDUCATION:
PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES
• Dowry system prevalent in India also acts as
one of the main causes of the negligence of girl
child education.

10. WOMEN’S EDUCATION:
PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES
• Poor School Environment for girls also influence
their education.
To sum up, lack of awareness about the various
educational programmes, weak planning, lack of
trained and committed staff, family
responsibilities of women and poor socio-
economic background has proved to be major
obstacles in woman’s progress and place in the
society

11. REMEDIES FOR IMPROVING THE LITERACY
LEVEL OF WOMEN IN INDIA
The following measures can be taken to bring up
phenomenal changes in women education and
her empowerment in the true sense.
• Serious efforts must be initiated jointly by the
government, parents and civil society to insure
girls enrolement in schools.

12. STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE
LITERACY LEVEL OF WOMEN IN INDIA
• District wise plans should be made keeping in
view literacy requirement of the learner.
• The Ministry of Education both at Centre and State
level should develop strategies to stop the
ongoing high drop–outs.
• Change in the attitude of society and in the
traditional values.

13. REMEDIES FOR IMPROVING THE
LITERACY LEVEL OF WOMEN IN INDIA
• Use of media for portraying positive image of
women.
• Financial assistance to poverty stricken families.
• Abolishment of child labour, dowry, early
marriage, and caste system.
• Promotion of self-respect and self dignity in girls.

14. STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE
LITERACY LEVEL OF WOMEN IN INDIA
• The Midday meal scheme and free educational
supportive services.
• Counselling of Parents of children belonging to
poor, and underprivileged families.
• emphasis should be given to empower women
through awareness building on social issues,
bringing attitudinal change, promotion of skill
training for employment, providing information on
health care, nutrition, hygiene, and legal rights.

15. REMEDIES FOR IMPROVING THE
LITERACY LEVEL OF WOMEN IN INDIA
• Government officials, policy makers, political
parties and others should have adequate political
will and conviction to empower women in India
without double standard mind.
• Above all women themselves should show to the
rest of the world that they are not only able to be
on their own but they are capable of kick starting
progress and development from homemaking to
nation building

16. for, men and women together
constitute a civilized humanity.
DR. ROMA SMART JOSEPH
Teacher Educator
Lucknow
Mobile-9889588971
romasmart@ymail.com