What are obstacles in Girls’ Education in India?

It is rightly stated that “Educating a boy is educating a person… Educating a girl is educating a nation”. Some of the major barriers which stand for girls education are as follows-

• Lack of consciousness amongst the female members to be educated.
• Lack of safe transportation for girls to go to school.
• Financial constraints in the family.
• Conservative mentality.
• The task of performing domestic duties at home such as cleaning, washing, etc.
• The lack of women teachers in primary and middle schools has been a major factor for low enrolment of girls.
• Unwillingness of many parents to send their daughter to mixed schools.
• Early Marriage age in many states acts as an obstacle.

Some of the major initiatives for promotion of girls’ education include Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao; Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV); Sarva Siksha Abhiyan. Further, the following suggestions you may write in your answers:

• Serious efforts must be made by the government in collaboration with civil society wherein awareness must be created amongst the parents for promoting girls education.
• Use of media in portraying a positive image of women.
• Financial assistance to poverty stricken families.
• Counselling of parents and children from unprivileged families.