Some Reflections On Education and Gender Bias: A Need For Reality Check

Author(s)	Maitreyee Mukherjee
Country	India
Abstract	Education as a human right is instrumental in catering to and harmonizing individual development with social good. But as a matter of fact even today education is not free from gender bias as text books and curriculum consciosly promote patriarchal values, ideologies that encourage stereotyping of roles and perceptions causing seious challenge to the implementation of gender equity and gender mainstreaming. This should be considered as a matter of serious concern and thus calls for urgent need for a reality check to explore the deeper understanding of the ultimate aim of education in achieving sustainable development.
Keywords	Gender Bias, stereotyping in text books, gender roles , gender mainstreaming, democratic values.
Field	Sociology > Education
Published In	Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024
Published On	2024-06-30
Cite This	Some Reflections On Education and Gender Bias: A Need For Reality Check - Maitreyee Mukherjee - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.23835
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.23835
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gt3nb6

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