In India, women and girls receive far less education than men, due both to social norms and fears of violence. The country has the largest population of non-school-going working girls. India’s constitution guarantees free primary school education for both boys and girls up to age 14. This goal has been repeatedly reconfirmed, but primary education in India is not universal. Overall, the literacy rate for women is 54.16 percent versus 65.38 percent for men, according to the census report 2001. Eradication of female illiteracy has been one of the major concerns of the government of India since independence. The government and non-governmental organisations have established a number of initiatives for the educational development of women and girls. India is rich in policies, thus almost every conceivable strategy to promote girls’ education has been covered. The problem lies in implementation. It is therefore necessary to concentrate on making the system work and deliver the services. This volume provides an overall view on issues and problems related to women’s educational development in India. It is hoped that this work will be of immense help to social scientists, policy makers, administrators, scholars and all those who concerned with women’s development.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Prem Chand Patanjali
Dr. P.C. Patanjali is a learned scholar, linguist, academician, litterateur, folklorist and biographer of repute. Born on 20th July 1943 he obtained his M.A., Ph.D. degrees and Diploma in Linguistics from University of Delhi. He has 25 years experience of Post Graduate Teaching at University of Delhi. Besides being the Founder Principal of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar College (University of Delhi) since 1991, he became Vice-Chancellor, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur (U.P.), during 1998-2001 and presently he is vice-Chancellor, T.M. Bhagalpur University. Bhagalpur (Bihar). He served as Deputy Director, Gandhi Bhawan, Deputy Proctor and Incharge Joint Control Room in the Delhi University during 1988-1991. He has been a member of the Academic Council and Executive Council of the Delhi University as well as many other Universities. He organized and participated in several National and International Seminars includes 50th U.N. Anniversary on Prevention of Crimes at Italy in 1995, 54th U.N. commission on Human Right s at Geneva in 1998 and International Bhojpuri Conference in Mauritius in 2000. He receives many awards of National and International repute includes Soka Gakkai Hiroshima Peace Award from Hiroshima Peace Council in 2001. Highest Honour award and Certificate of Friendship from Soka University, Japan. Dr. Ambedkar Ratna Award, Rashstra Hitaishi Purushkar, Viswakarma Ratan Award and Dr. Ambedkar Smriti Puruskar. He has widely traveled in various countries including Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Mauritius, Jordan and Japan. He has nearly a dozen academic titles in his credit both in English and Hindi.
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