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Title: IMPACT OF EDUCATION POLICIES ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA
Authors: Dr. Urmi Mukherjee
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Dr. Urmi Mukherjee Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata
MLA 8 Mukherjee, Dr. Urmi. "IMPACT OF EDUCATION POLICIES ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 6, June 2022, pp. 1632-1640, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i06.012. Accessed June 2022. APA 6 Mukherjee, D. (2022, June). IMPACT OF EDUCATION POLICIES ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(6), 1632-1640. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i06.012 Chicago Mukherjee, Dr. Urmi. "IMPACT OF EDUCATION POLICIES ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 6 (June 2022), 1632-1640. Accessed June, 2022. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i06.012.
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ABSTRACT: Education is a panacea of all evils. It improves the self-esteem and self-confidence of human beings. In India, one of the indicators of socio-economic development is expansion of education. Since the time of independence, Government of India has introduced a number of programmes to address and tackle the problem of literacy in rural-urban India irrespective of sex. The Right to Education Act has been considered to be a turning point in the context of elementary education. This act has resulted in remarkable change in the school education, which also generated many positive impacts on girl child. Education is considered to be a landmark of women empowerment because through education the female counterpart can face and confront the challenges and take part in decision making. This actually helps them to improve their status in their families as well as in the society. At the same time through women empowerment the problem of poverty and unemployment can be eradicated. In this paper, an attempt has been made to study the impact of various education policies and schemes on female education in India since independence. This paper is descriptive in nature. In this connection ‘KanyashreePrakalpa’ introduced in West Bengal has also been taken into consideration as a part of upliftment of female education in West Bengal. Although ‘KanyashreePrakalpa’ is not directly associated with education policy, however, it has greatly impacted the quality of female education. With the aim of expansion of female education, this programme has also been successful in reducing early marriage. School dropout cases are minimized by funding studies for the girl child and females aspiring for higher education. In fact, early marriage and school drop outs are the two major hindrances restricting the expansion of female education. ‘KanyashreePrakalpa’ has played an important role to overcome these two major challenges.

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