Higher Education and Opportunities for Women in India

Abstract

In India, woman education was encouraged in ancient days. But the situation had changed during the Muslim period. The women were sent behind the purdah but by the middle of the nineteenth century some progress took place after a lot of swat, movements and fighting.

In 1918, when the First World War was over, great efforts were made for expansion of women education. Mahatma Gandhi, Raja Ram Mohon Ray, Iswar Chandra Bidyasagar were the leaders of this movement. There were many top leaders and ladies of the country who joint with them to improve the situation. After independence, the government took initiative to expand women education and many voluntary organisations also came forward to work for women education.

Indian women are as efficient as any women in the world but Indian girls or women don’t get equal opportunities in education. Women should get equal rights with men but in reality they are left behind in various life activities. Hence the women should be given the equal rights and opportunities. But the last fifty years, India has produced great women education in different areas like arts, science, literature, various disciplines of the studies in colleges and in political life of the country. Numbers of enrolment in higher education is also increasing. Many suitable policies have been made by the various commissions on education system and higher education system to reform the women education. The growing female representation is important not only for education but also for our society.