Role of Higher Education in Women Empowerment
Journal Title: Review Journal of Political Philosophy - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
Higher Education refers the education at the degree level and above. It also includes Professional Schools in the field of Medicine, Engineering, Business, Law, Music and Art and other institutions like Teachers Training School, Pure Science and Technological Institutions. Literacy alone cannot help women in self dependence but higher education helps women to become more capable. It is only higher education that makes them aware of their rights and duties and use their rights as per need. Higher Education is one of the most important means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence. It brings a reduction in inequalities and helps in improving their status within the family. Higher educational achievements of women can have ripple effects within the family and across generations. But there are many hindrances also in the path of women empowerment and in higher education. Some of them are as -lack of education, financial constraints, family responsibility and social status etc. Presently women are participating not only in traditional courses but also in various areas of men’s territory. In future it is necessary to widen the scope and opening up new fields catering women’s needs. Universities and colleges have to offer add-on courses together with degree courses. Presently the target of Higher Education is to provide women’s access to vocational, technical and professional education. There are many policies and programmes for the betterment of women. For this purpose there is need for identification of skills and occupations suitable for women. Moreover there should be proper implementations of Govt. policies and different programmes of government of India regarding women empowerment and higher education. In this paper an attempt has been to analyse the relevance of higher education in empowering the women.
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Monica Panchani
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