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Empowering Girls Through Education

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Indian government statistics hold the national literacy to be around 64.84%.Government statistics of 2001 also hold that the rate of increase of literacy is more in rural areas than in urban areas. Female literacy was at a national average of 53.63% whereas the male literacy was 75.26%. Within the Indian states, Kerala has shown the highest literacy rates of 90.02% whereas Bihar averaged lower than 50% literacy, the lowest in India. The 2001 statistics also indicated that the total number of ‘absolute non literates’ in the country was 304 million

India is the worlds largest democracy where billions of people live and almost half of these are women. So how does woman effect Indias development?
If girls are not educated, families suffer too. Educated mothers use their knowledge to improve the health of their children and other family members. They immunize their kids against major disease. They provide better nutrition. Their knowledge about health risk protects their families against illness. Child mortality rate is much higher where mothers lack education than in families where mothers are educated.

Girls education is emerging as one of the top priorities of Indian society educating girls is not an option it is a necessity, we all want to eliminate gender disparities in education. Much progress has been made in recent decades. The number of girls attending school is increasing but in some parts of India a number of girls still receives little or no education. Even today there are many girls which dont even have access to Primary education. In some areas female literacy is even less than half that of males.

Educating girls brings many benefits to society. As educated mother gives importance to education and they invest more in their childrens schooling and this improves societys development prospect. They strongly believe and practice family planning. They give equal importance to education, health and increase the productivity of future generation. And if they are not educated then the productivity and capacity of future generation will be low.
We have to keep this thing in mind if we will not invest now on girls education then we have to pay prices in future in the form of slow growth and less income.

There are many cultural and economical reasons for girls illiteracy like verbal and physical abuse, lack of sanitation, long distances between home and school hazardous experience that deter parents from sending their daughters to school. Another barrier to education in India is the lack of adequate school facilities. Many states simply do not have enough classrooms to accommodate all of the school-age children. Furthermore, the classrooms that are available often lack basic necessities such as sanitary facilities or water. In Uttar Pradesh, a recent survey found that 54 percent of schools did not have a water supply and 80 percent did not have latrines (The World Bank, 1997b). Lack of latrines can be particularly detrimental to girls school attendance. Negative parental attitudes toward educating daughters can also be a barrier to a girls education. Many parents view educating sons as an investment because the sons will be responsible for caring for aging parents. On the other hand, parents may see the education of daughters a waste of money because the girls are not expected to make economical contribution in the family. They are expected to take care of family and carry out household chores. Promoting girls education therefore involves changing attitude across society merely spending money on girls education will not solve this problem.

Imparting good education doesnt require building, uniform and even books but it does require good teacher. Female teacher plays and important role in imparting education to girls, as they are mores considerate about the girls needs . Moreover families are more comfortable about sending their daughters to school..

I appreciate that our Indian government is also making good efforts for promoting girls education like recently they have launched Saakshar Bharat Mission For Female Literacy This mission aims to bring down female illiteracy by half of its present level.

According to International centre for research on women, the education that a girl receives is the strongest predicator of the age she will marry and it a would be a critical factor in reducing the prevalence of child marriage. I think poverty is the whole sole biggest barrier to the access of education, so school fee abolition is absolutely necessary. Moreover school near the slum area or in rural area should have flexible timings so that the families which deprive their daughter from going to school just because girls have to help their mother in daily house chores feel comfortable sending them to school.

Thus women’s education should be taken as a serious issue and steps should be taken to bring awareness about importance of education among every woman both in urban and rural area. This way many of the social problems like poverty, begging, child labor, child marriage and child mortality will be controlled up to some extent.

Education In India- Information Of Top Universities, Colleges, Schools & Institutes

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India is one of the most popular countries for its schools and colleges and universities. Even after being selected in the top educational institutes in India, no matter what is the sector we are talking about, you talk about management, engineering, science, art, medical, fashion, animation, design, hospitality, or other stream; it is not a very easy task.

There are lots of top educational institutes and Universities in India. You can easily find which are well known for their high quality standards of education in terms of the faculty members they have, infrastructure they provide, extracurricular activities and the overall approach in the way students are groomed and taken care of.

At present India is one of the most popular places for top business schools, engineering colleges, medical science colleges and institutes. There are too many recognized schools & colleges in India that offer very high quality education right from the primary standards to the higher secondary schools in India.

India is not only popular for the business schools and colleges but also there are various top universities in India like Delhi University known as DU, Mumbai University, Calcutta University, Andhra university, and so many others top standard universities in India.

Form the very long time, in India, the standard of education in India is very high and it is also getting better and better day by day. All kind of institute and Colleges in India are providing high quality educational services and also maintaining the very good international standard.

India has been always a home of the best class educational institutes and colleges. The quality of education India offers is really based on international standards and also most of the top class companies has got the Indian in their company on the top positions.

Examples of some of the top educational institutes of India include the AIIMS , IIMs, IITs, Christian Medical College, Vellore, MICA, National Institute of Design, and many more.

Whether you are a student of Arts stream, Commerce or Science student, India has just the right institution and colleges to serve you well for your all educational requirements.

Sikkim Manipal University Distance Education Ranked Among Indias Top Distance Education

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Sikkim Manipal University “” Distance Education (SMU-DE) , a unique public-private initiative between the Government of Sikkim and Manipal Education, Ranked #1 in the student perception survey conducted by CAREERS360, a magazine for young professionals in collaboration with Yahoo.

With over 710+ SMU-DE Learning Centers covering 310 cities across India, Sikkim Manipal University – Distance Education emerged as the top distance education learning provider across parameters ranging from quality of study material, library support, quality of faculty, access to study centers, conduct of exams and publishing of results among others. SMU-DE was also found to have one of the largest presences on the web with over 500+ unique IP addresses, showing the substantial reach technology could achieve.

SMU-DE spokesperson Mr. V Sivaramakrishnan, President – Distributed Learning, Manipal Education says “We are thrilled to be ranked among India”s premier Distance Education providers in the country. In line with the vision of providing affordable & accessible education to aspirants across the country, our endeavor is to collaborate technology with high quality education, providing a learning experience that”s incomparable.”

In one of the most extensive exercises undertaken in the field of distance learning, the survey elicited over 7000 responses from current and past students of distance learning. For the analysis, over 5000 entries, which ranked over 81 Universities, were taken into consideration. After eliminating those with less than 50 responses and unique IP addresses, the research team finally zeroed in on 30 top distance learning providers which were subjected to detailed analysis.

In the objective ranking, Sikkim Manipal University – Distance Education was ranked 4th on various parameters including reach, course offerings, processes, pass ratio and transparency. Interestingly, only 11 out of the 32 top distance learning providers in the objective ranking list made it to the perception ranking which hailed SMU-DE as a top provider of distance learning education in India.

The Universe for Open and Distance Learning Institutes (ODLIs) in India comprises 249 institutes, out of which 188 institutes are currently offering Distance Learning Programmes.

Over the years, SMU-DE has consistently raised standards in Distance Learning space and earned its place of pride. Some of the recognitions & awards received include:

“Ranked 1st for Results and Efficiency and Ranked 2nd for Learning and Experience by CAREERS360 magazine for the year 2010. The CAREER360 survey is the first of its kind survey in distance learning space and ranks SMU-DE in the top 3 best distance learning institutions in India.
“Best B-School offering Management Education through Distance mode at 2nd Asia”s Best B-school awards
“Dewang Mehta Business School Awards- Best Distance Learning programme
“DNA-Best B-School for the use of Technology in providing Management Education in Distance Education
“Star News- Best Management Education in Distance Education
“Winner of e-India and e-Rajasthan Awards for Digital Learning ICT enabled University of the Year”

Increasing Spending On Education To Spur Growth Of India Pre-primary Education & Childcare Industry

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The pre-primary education and childcare industry in India has experienced a rapid growth in last five years. The increasing revenues of the market players have been propelled by the rising awareness about the quality early childhood education and care amongst parents. Additionally, the growing number of preschool centres in the large and small cities has attracted a growing number of enrollments nationwide. The market revenues of the pre-primary education and childcare industry have increased from USD 897.4 million in FY’2007 at a CAGR of 16.5% during FY’2007-FY’2013.
The demand for the pre-primary education and childcare is driven by the increasing women workforce participation. Additionally, the growing dependence of working mothers in nuclear families on these preschool and childcare has also been driving increasing enrollments for the industry. The market has been boosted by the increased spending by the government to ensure proper care of young children of 3-6 years old. Various schemes and initiatives such as ICDS, Anganwadis and Balwadis have been in operation to fulfill the same.
The marketplace has witnessed growing private equity investments and venture capital over the years owing to the increasing profitability of this sector. The pre-primary education and childcare sector has presented vast opportunity for the market players, supported by an increasing population of the under-six year olds in the country. The market is highly fragmented and has been historically dominated by the unorganized segment. The rising competitive pressures as a result of strongly growing share of organized market are expected to result in the increasing revenues of the industry in coming future.
Over the years, there has been an increasing trend amongst the market players operating in the pre-primary education and childcare industry of India to extend their market of K-12 education. Additionally, the market has also experienced a growing involvement of ICT being used as a teaching aid. The curriculum design and activities of the pre-primary education and childcare has gradually been focusing on the activity and play based learning. All these efforts are expected to improve the quality of the pre-primary education and childcare being provided, in the forthcoming years.

The report “India Pre-primary Education and Childcare Industry Outlook to FY’2018” provides detailed overview on the pre-primary education and childcare industry from various perspectives. The report encloses a comprehensive analysis of the various segments of the market reflecting the present scenario and future growth affected by changing industry dynamics in coming years. Additionally, the report also entails information about the public and private sector initiatives, rational analysis of the macroeconomic factors, along with the profiles of the major market players of the pre-primary education and childcare industry. The report will help industry consultants, companies and other stakeholders to align their market centric strategies according to ongoing and expected trends in future.

Education For Physically Challenged In India

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India is a country, which gives equal importance to all its citizens, irrespective of their colour, creed, culture and religion. The concept of unity in diversity is religiously practised in India. All the citizens of the country can be seen highly influenced by the personalities across the world. All the popular men of the country have been famous for their work and the intelligence possessed by them. People like Aryabhatta, Kalpana Chawla, Abdul Kalam, etc have been the top minds of the society. They have excelled in their respective fields and have set benchmarks for others. The success stories of these personalities have great impact on the development of the students in this field. The fields of education in India have grown rapidly, due to the increasing interest of the people towards education.

Education is something, which cannot get affected by the outer structure or beauty of a person. It is in mind and the student needs to have knowledge about the subjects and the courses related to his field. India has always given value to the importance of education and promoted the culture of education in the country. There are many children in the country, who are physically challenged and due to this problem are not able to carry on there studies. A sense of discomfort and hesitation is felt by these students, while studying in the regular schools and colleges of India. Every child has the capability to succeed in the field of his interest, but due to the social taboos and societys superstitious believes, they are not able to practise their education in the schools and colleges of India.

These children are special, they might have some problems, but it is a fact, when someone is deprived from something, then his will power to do something, increases to the maximum. Same is the case with these children; they have this special urge to gain educational qualification from prominent schools and colleges of India. Many colleges have this special quota for physical challenged people, so that they are able to study in the same college, with other children of their age. Almost all the government colleges of India have a certain number of seats reserved for the physically challenged students.

Also, there are few institutions in the country, which purely focus on the development and education of the physically disabled students. The provision for the reservation of seats to the physically disabled candidates is necessary, to make them learn the difficulties of life. College life is aimed at developing the communication skills as well as the overall personality of the student. Therefore, whether the student is normal or physically disables, he needs this development to ensure his growth in the future. Students who, are physically challenged has also been seen opting for creative courses, which support and help them to lead a happy and a successful career.

The zeal and the enthusiasm possessed by these students are highly commendable and the colleges they are studying are proud to have them as their students. Thus, taking education from recognised colleges of India, could be a great opportunity for the students to develop their career in the right direction. The colleges are very much firm about making their students learn different techniques to make themselves stand on their own and have the capability to make an identity for themselves in the world space. More number of colleges for physically handicapped students is required to be opened so that a large number of students can enrol. Also, there is a need to encourage more of such students to opt for higher education in colleges of India.