References
[1]. Saraswati Raju (2008) ‘Gender Differentials in Access to Higher Education’ in’ HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: Issues Related to Expansion, Inclusiveness, Quality and Finance, University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi.
[2]. Datta, P. K. (2008). Decentralized Planning, Rural Governance and Prospects of Women Development: An Experience of North Bengal.
[3]. P. K. Debnath & S. Bhattacharjee (Eds.). Economy and Society of North Bengal, Kolkata: Progressive publishers.
[4]. West Bengal Human Development Report, (2004). Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal.
[5]. Priya, V. (2009). Challenges in Women Empowerment. In J. Godwin Prem Sing (Ed.). Millennium Development Goals: A Social Science Perspective. New Delhi: Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
[6]. Sen, A. (2001). “Many faces of gender inequality”, The New Republic, Nov. 9. India. Ibid.
[7]. Ramchandran, Vimala and Aarti Saihjee 2002. “The New Segregation- Reflections on Gender and Equity in Primary Education, Economic and Political Weekly”, Vol. XXVII No. 17, 1600-13.
[8]. Pandey, G D. 1990.”Some Correlates of Literacy and Educational Attainment among Tribal Children in Rural Madhya Pradesh, Demography India”, 19(2): 289-300.
[9]. Sengupta, Piyali and Jaba Guha 2002. “Enrolment, Dropout and Grade Completion of Girl Child in West Bengal”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXVII No. 17, 1621-37.
[10]. Srivastava, Ravi 2001.”Access to Basic Education in Rural Uttar Pradesh’, in Vaidyanathan A. and P R Gopinathan Nair (eds) ‘Elementary Education in Rural India: A Grassroots View”, Sage Publication, New Delhi.
[11]. Aggarwal, J.C. (1987). Indian women: Education and status. New Delhi: Arya Book Depot.
[12]. Nandy Debashis and Siddhanta Suddhasil (2004), Disaggregated Pattern of Gender Gap in Education in Indian Population-A Fresh Exploration, paper presented at UNO Conference, Helsinki, September 2003