Gender Inequality and Education: An Analysis in Indian Context

Author(s)	Noyanmoni Saikia
Country	India
Abstract	Gender equality is not just a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world. Realizing this universal reality, as part of its Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations has placed emphasis on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls. Promoting gender equality and empowering women was one of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals which have recently been expanded into the Sustainable Development Goals. Human capital is the most important ingredient in the overall development of a society. Education is a key element as it has the potential to increase human capital; it removes inequality from society, impacts the growth of employment and improves a country’s GNP. Literacy is the basic building block and a crucial element in the development of education in society. The major objectives of the research paper are to analyze the gender disparity from 1901–2011 based on Literacy Rates in India and to discuss the role of education in reducing gender disparity in the society.
Keywords	Gender, Inequality and Education
Field	Sociology > Education
Published In	Volume 1, Issue 3, November-December 2019
Published On	2019-11-20

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