Question

Organise an essay competition on the topic ‘Education of women’.

Answer 1

The condition of women in the present society is far better when compared to that of the 18^th and 19^th centuries. Women were treated as secondary human beings, and the laws were only favourable to men. But lower caste men too suffered all sorts of exploitation from the British, landlords and other people of upper castes.

The 19^th century saw the beginning of the social and religious reform organizations and movements that focused on the empowerment of women. Arya Samaj, Brahma Samaj, Satyashodhak Samaj, etc. are a few of them. Most of them had a religious base, but all focused on the education of women.

1. IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN EDUCATION:

   1. A quote says like this; “If you educate a man, you educate an individual. But if you educate a woman, you educate a nation. When girls are educated, their countries become stronger and more prosperous. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.” It indicates the importance of educating a girl child.

   2. World Education believes that education for girls and women is an effective way to better the lives of individual families as well as to bring economic growth to poor communities worldwide.

   3. Educated women are the weapons who yield a positive impact on Indian society through their contribution at home and in professional fields.

   4. Education helps women to gain greater knowledge, skills, self-confidence, and capabilities, improving their own life prospects.

   5. Educated women offer better nutrition, health care, and education for their families.

   6. Education enables a woman to take greater control of her life to be involved in decision-making processes.

   7. Education allows women to gain the potential to contribute socially and economically to their family’s and community’s wellbeing.

   8. Women education programs spread the importance and improve the level of women education all over the country.

   9. An educated woman can educate her complete family and thus the whole country.

2. NEED FOR WOMEN EDUCATION:

Women cover almost half the population of the country, which means if women are uneducated, half the country is uneducated, which brings poor socio-economic conditions. Women should be given equal opportunity in education like men, and they should not be isolated from any development activities. Through women's education, social and economic development will be faster in a society. countrywide national propaganda and awareness programs are very necessary. But it is a fact that women are denied their right to education and two-thirds of the world’s illiterate adults are women.

“Experience has shown that when women have the freedom to make their own economic and social choices, the chains of poverty can be broken; families are strengthened; income is used for more productive purposes; the spread of sexually transmitted disease slows; and socially constructive values are more likely to be handed down to the young.” Says Madeleine Albright. Therefore, necessary steps are to be taken by each individual as well as the authority to educate women and girl children.