Education for Women: Status of West Bengal

Abstract

Education plays a pivotal role in the development of any society. It has become a universal human right all around the world. Statistics show that the emerging picture of women education in West Bengal is in backstage. This poor scenario of women education is noticeable mostly in rural area. There women have to face several socio-cultural hurdles to acquire education. Among the serious obstacles to women education, or dropping out from schools are child marriage, societal gender stereotypical perspective, Patriarchal social culture, school environment etc. Enabling girls to complete their education is to invest in future progress of the society. This paper is an effort to capture the emerging picture of women's education in West Bengal. Also it covers the extent, causes, consequences, and policy responses made to the problem of women dropouts.