International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 6

Development of female education with special reference to assam of north-east India

  • Author:
  • Mridusmita Phukan
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 158 to 165

Department of Anthropology, Lakhimpur Kendriya Mahavidyalaya, Lakhimpur-787032, Assam, India

Online published on 12 July, 2019.

Abstract

Education plays a vital role in the all-round development of not only an individual but also of the society in which he or she lives. The socio-economics status of any society is directly reflected by the educational position of both men and women in that society. It is a lucid truth that female is the imperishable part of a body of the human society which can never deniable. An educated woman has the capability to handle her home and professional life. They can effectively contribute to controlling the population of India as they would like to marry at a later age in comparison to the uneducated women. In this paper, I shall try to analyze the scenario of past and present educational system of female, problems of women education, female literacy rate, development of female education and future perspectives.

Keywords

Female education, Relevance, Development, Literacy rate, Perspective