Gender Inequality in Higher Education
Journal Title: Research Journal of Philosophy & Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
Women are dominated by patriarchal kinship system that results in social and economic dependence of women on men and stipulate their relative lower status compared to men. Although over the last decades women have struggled to become equal with men in all aspects of life (viz. education, health, employment etc.), but still there exist inequality in these sectors. Gender inequality has emerged as the major stumbling hurdle in achieving the development targets (ibid 2002). Gender inequality in higher education is a persistent problem in Indian society especially for girls from rural areas and lower socioeconomic backgrounds. During the past several decades India has achieved success in moving towards universal school enrolment and in enchanting policies to address educational inequalities such as those based on gender. However educational gap still exists. The higher education system in India is complex. The regulators associated with governance are overlapping and entangled across various ministries and regulatory bodies. The increase in the enrolment figures is consistent with the expansion of Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) over the years. The number of higher educational institutions (HEI’s) has increased from about 30 universities and 695 colleges in 1950-51 to about 700 universities (as of 2012-13) and 35,000 colleges (as of 2011-12) as per a recent UGC report. With an annual enrolment of above 25 million (including enrolment under Open and Distance Learning System), India is today ranked as the third largest higher education system in the world after US and China (ASHE 2013 Annual Status of Higher Education of Status and UTs in India-Part1).
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Manju Lata
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