India would suffer greatly without the contributions of women and girls, who take care of families, pass on culture, and safeguard society. However, many girls in India still do not receive an education due to poverty, social biases against female education, a lack of school facilities and female teachers, and gender biases in curriculums. The 86th constitutional amendment aims to remedy this by making free and compulsory education for all children between ages 6-14 a fundamental right.

1. Class – 9th (Sun)

6.  What would our country be like
without women and girls? Who
will take care of the family, carry
generation forward and
safeguard our culture? Real
shame on Indians-if even being
literate doesn’t help.
We are surely hypocrites. On the
one hand we worship goddess
Laxmi and Parvati while on the
other hand we exploit and
humiliate girls by keeping them
away from education.

9.  Poverty: one-fourth of India’s
population lives below the poverty line.
 Social values and parental preferences.
 Inadequate school facilities.
 Shortage of female teachers: 29 percent
at the primary level and 22 percent at
the university level.
 Gender bias in curriculum.

11. According to the 86th
constitutional Amendment Act,
2002, free and compulsory
education for all children in the
6-14 year age group is now a
fundamental right under Article
21-A of the constitution.