Status of Female Education in Jammu and Kashmir Since 1950

Ruhee Rashid^1, and Santosh Kumar Maharashi¹

¹Department of Education OPJS University Churu Rajasthan

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Ruhee Rashid and Santosh Kumar Maharashi. Status of Female Education in Jammu and Kashmir Since 1950. American Journal of Educational Research. 2015; 3(6):731-735. doi: 10.12691/education-3-6-10

Abstract

Educated women in Jammu and Kashmir can play an important role in all round development of the state. The most powerful tool that changes the position of society and nation is only women’s education. Women’s education spreads very slowly in past but very fast in present period. Education improves the status of women within the family as well as in society. So we cannot ignore the importance of women’s education in reference to women empowerment in Jammu & Kashmir. For every citizen there is a need of positive attitude towards women’s education. The aim of this study is to examine the status of women’s education, causes of increasing and decreasing female literacy rate and sex ratio in some districts of Jammu and Kashmir from 1950 to present. The present study is based on secondary sources (census).

Keywords:
status sex ratio women education female literacy rate Jammu & Kashmir

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