girl child education

1. “If you educate a
man
You educate an
individual. If you
educate a woman
,you educate a
NATION .”

2. IMPORTANCE OF
EDUCATION FOR GIRLS
Education provides
an essential
qualification to fulfill
certain economic,
political and cultural
functions and
improves women’s
socioeconomic
status.

3.  The irony in India is that
although the deity of
education is a female i.e.
Goddess Saraswathi
according to the Hinduism,
innumerable number of
women are illiterate.
 Because of the
patriarchal society the
girls are forbidden from
receiving education .

4. Highest Female
Literacy Rate
%
Kerala 91.98
Mizoram 89.40
Lakshadweep 88.25
Tripura 83.15
Chandigarh 81.38
Pondicherry 81.22
Delhi 80.93
Female Literacy
Rate
%
Maharashtra 75.5
Gujarat 70.7
Assam 67.3
Haryana 66.8
Orissa 64.4
Madhya Pradesh 60.0
Bihar 53.3
Rajasthan 52.7

5.  National Program for Education of
Girls at Elementary Level
 Mahila Samakhya Program
 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
Scheme
 Beti Bachao ,Beti padhao Scheme
(Save girl child ,educate girl child)

7. Recognize Some
Famous Faces ……

14.  Apart from India girl child education has been
a major problem in countries like Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sub-Saharan Africa,
etc.