01-12-2012, 01:21 PM
WOMEN EDUCATION IN INDIA: THE ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE
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Women constitute almost half of the population of the world. To acquire a better quality of life, education is highly essential for women. It is the best way to improve the health, nutrition and economic status of a household that constitute a micro unit of a nation economy.
The main reason for not sending girls to
school is:
• the poor economic condition.
• lack of female teachers.
• the lack of adequate school facilities.
At the beginning of Islam it is reported that only 17 people in Makkah could read and write. Prophet Muhammad (peace & blessings be upon him) encouraged his followers to seek knowledge even in China (a distance place).
India did extremely well on literacy front, which is an encouraging development. But it is also clear that much more must be done at the governmental level to provide women equal opportunity in education and to ensure that they benefit from full education, the eradication of illiteracy, and vocational training.
Hopefully by 2020 we would have achieved 85 to 95 percent literacy rates overall and female literacy of 75 percent. Education is the best weapon to enable the girl child in her battle for survival in our country.