Female literacy in India is still far behind the men. What are the reasons for it? Explain.
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Points to remember
The literacy rate in India is low for females due to the following reasons:
- There has always been a division of labour in the family between men and women .
- It is generally expected men go out to work and women take care of the household .
- There is a gender disparity within most families , and more preference is given to boys for education.
- Poor families due to monetary restraints and other reasons, prefer to send only their sons to school and not their daughters .
- In villages there is a lot of gender bias exists . Even if in some rural areas families manage to send their daughters to school , they are taken out midway because of unsafe roads , improper transportation facilities and poor quality of infrastructure and facilities in the school .
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The literacy rate in India is low for females due to the following reasons:
- As a historically and culturally male-dominated society , there has always been a division of labour in the family between men and women .
- Due to cultural reasons , it is generally expected men go out to work and women take care of the household . So, education among girls is discouraged from the beginning .
- Since boys are considered the future of a family , there is a gender disparity within most families , and more preference is given to boys for education.
- Poor families due to monetary restraints and other reasons, prefer to send only their sons to school and not their daughters .
- Many Indians still live in villages where a lot of gender bias exists . Even if in some rural areas families manage to send their daughters to school , they are taken out midway because of unsafe roads , improper transportation facilities and poor quality of infrastructure and facilities in the school .
Thus, most of the time, the education of the girl child remains incomplete , adding to the low rate of the literacy level of the country
