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- 1. “If you educate a man You educate an individual. If you educate a woman ,you educate a NATION .”
- 2. IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR GIRLS Education provides an essential qualification to fulfill certain economic, political and cultural functions and improves women’s socioeconomic status.
- 3. The irony in India is that although the deity of education is a female i.e. Goddess Saraswathi according to the Hinduism, innumerable number of women are illiterate. Because of the patriarchal society the girls are forbidden from receiving education .
- 4. Highest Female Literacy Rate % Kerala 91.98 Mizoram 89.40 Lakshadweep 88.25 Tripura 83.15 Chandigarh 81.38 Pondicherry 81.22 Delhi 80.93 Female Literacy Rate % Maharashtra 75.5 Gujarat 70.7 Assam 67.3 Haryana 66.8 Orissa 64.4 Madhya Pradesh 60.0 Bihar 53.3 Rajasthan 52.7
- 5. National Program for Education of Girls at Elementary Level Mahila Samakhya Program Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme Beti Bachao ,Beti padhao Scheme (Save girl child ,educate girl child)
- 14. Apart from India girl child education has been a major problem in countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sub-Saharan Africa, etc.