Rural girls education An analytical study of socio economic and cultural barriers at rural areas of Beed district

Abstract

All over the world 62 million girls are still denied from their equal right to education as boys. Education plays an essential role in the revolutions of the countries. But, girls are always keep aside from development due to different socio-economic obstacles, cultural discrimination and gender stereotypes. India is one of the largest population countries in the world. However, the majority of people are existing in rural areas, according to census 2011, 68.84 % population lives in the rural area of India. So, it is necessary to develop the area with different angles like agriculture, education, employment and women empowerment. In this context, the researcher focus on the educational status in a rural area with special reference to rural girls education. newlineBefore some years the gender gap of literacy is reduced and number of girls going to primary school but it has not enough because the gender gap is increasing in enrolment of secondary school and further higher education. The percentage of girl s in higher education is 48%. The situation of rural area is still worst and enrolment of girls are still low than boys. Rural girls faced huge problems related to their education. A lot of girl s dropout from school after completed their primary education and remaining girls want to continue their education but they are again faced socio-economic and cultural problems which effects their whole life. newlineIn all terms, Indian women have a secondary status. She doesn t have the right to express, right to freedom and the right to educate. So there is a need to update the framework of Rural girl s education in the Indian scenario. Hence, considering the above context, the present study set the objectives i.e. 1. To study socio-economic and cultural barriers in continuous of girls education, 2. To find out the parental approach towards girls education in rural areas, 3. To identify the gender biases affiliated to girls education. newlineSo, for the investigation of the above-raised questions the researcher implements a scientific ex