The document discusses the critical importance of gender equality in education, emphasizing equal access and treatment for both males and females in teaching and learning environments. It outlines issues such as gender bias in classroom interactions, learning materials, and assessment methods, which hinder equal educational opportunities. The document also highlights the need for policy development and teacher education that incorporates gender equality principles to achieve effective implementation in schools.

2. "I am uncompromising in the matter of Women’s
rights. In my opinion she should labour under no
legal disability not suffered by men. I should treat
the daughters and sons on a footing of perfect
equality.”
Mahatma Gandhi, Young India, 17-10’29
 What is Gender Equality in teaching and
learning?
“Gender equality” in teaching and learning refers to
boys and girls experiencing the same advantages
or disadvantages in attending school, the same
approaches in teaching methods, gender neutral
curricula, and academic orientation, all of which aim
to ensure equal learning achievement and
subsequent life opportunities.

3.  Gender Equality: is the process of
allocating resources, programs, and
decision making fairly to both males
and females without any discrimination
on the basis of sex.
 Gender Inequality: females and males
do not have the same and equal
education opportunities.
 Gender Equity: : is the process of
allocating resources, programs, and
decision making fairly to both males
and females on the basis of their needs
and potentiality.

4.  Why dose Gender Equality important for education?
 1. Gender inequality impacts the ability of learners to access and
participate in quality education
 2. Providing men and women equal access to education is critical for
breaking the cycle of poverty
 3. Promoting gender equality is the same as having good classroom
management
 4. The best form of teaching is the most fair and equal form of
teaching!
 Objectives of study:
 1. Understand the importance of gender equality in classroom
situations
 2. Practice identifying gender bias in classrooms
 3. Understand how to establish an equal classroom learning
environment
 4. Discuss classroom strategies to promote gender equality
 5. Identify gender bias in classroom texts or materials

5.  Bias Students Teachers interaction:
It is found that male class teachers often call only male
students to answer the questions by standing in one
place at the front of the class and Vis-à-vis.
 Language used by Teacher:
Basically, the school teachers in most of the times
knowingly or unknowingly address the whole class
using masculine words like 'He' where both boys and
girls are present.
 Learning Materials:
School textbooks, contents, curricula, teaching and
learning materials are not completely free from gender
biases

6.  Classroom Arrangement:
In Indian, from elementary to college and higher
education, it is a common scenario that all the male
students sit together on one side of the class, and all of
the female students sit together on the other side.
 Gender and Hidden Curriculum:
Hidden curriculum is integrated to content of subjects but
in many cases, content, learning activities, learning
objectives, which are being put in curriculum, not reflect
the needs and importance of both students.
 Issue of Transgender:
If there is any transgender student present in the
classroom, teacher should address them equally.

7.  Single Sex Setting:
The issue of co-education and single sex setting in teaching
and learning is a wide blame over the country in the age
of demands for equality.
 Method of Assessment and Evaluation:
Gender-stereotyped questions pattern in examination.
Continuous classroom assessment, teacher often becomes
bias in favor of some students on gender basis for
comprehensive evaluation.
 Problem of Boys’ in Gender Inequality:
Now focus is giving more on equity on gender basis to bring
them at the mainstream of education which creates an
imbalance of equality in teaching and learning in
classroom situations.

8.  Gender Study in Teacher Education:
They should be taught gender education in their
syllabus for concerning class teaching with
effective manner by balancing gender equality.
 Policy Development and Interpretation:
The solution of all gender issues in education will be
possible to be implemented when proper step will
be taken through policy making.
So, there is a time to balance equality opportunity as
well as equity in education from class root level of
school education for effective implementation.