Female Education

Female Education

The education to women is known as female education. Nearly 50% of the total population of the country consists of women. A nation can prosper only with the united efforts of men and women. If both of them are educated, they can work hand in hand for the progress of the nation. If women are not educated, half of the nation’s population is uneducated. Hence the country cannot progress with half of uneducated population.

In ancient time female education was neglected. People thought that educating girls is useless. They thought that women are just to give birth to baby, look after them and their homes. For such works, education is not necessary. Only the girls from the educated family could get an opportunity of education. This idea has been slowly changed today. Many people have realized the importance of educating girls. The number of girls is increasing day by day in the schools and campuses. However, the village women are still deprived of the opportunity of getting education.

There are many advantages of female education. Men and women are like the two wheels of the same cart. A cart cannot move on one wheel. Similarly, a nation cannot progress if both men and women are not educated. Women look after their children. The mother is the first teacher. An educated mother can train her children in a better way. An educated woman can support her husband. She can share his work. She can lessen her husband’s sorrows. She can support her husband by earning money. An educated woman is well mannered. She is polite and courteous. She keeps her home happy. She is not irritable. She tries to please everybody. She is the lifelong companion of her husband. Anyway, she is a great help to her husband and family. The group of educated women is a great asset to a nation. The overall progress of the country finally depends upon the joint efforts of both men and women. Hence, educating women has an important role to play for the development of a nation.

The girls should be given freedom to select the subjects of their own choice. However, there are some preferable subjects for women. Some of them are needle work tailoring, home-science, household accounts, and first aid. They can also be trained to work as a doctor, teacher, nurse. Now days the women are found to be active in engineering, police-force, government offices. They shouldn’t be forced to select the subjects.

In the villages many women are still uneducated. Especially incentive should be given to encourage the women for education. They should be given scholarships and other facilities of educational materials. The village girls should get special support. The adult classes should also be started for the village adult women. They should be given training on home-science, tailoring and household accounts.

It is clear that educating women is quite important for the development of a nation. The people of towns have realized the importance and necessity of female education. But many people from the villages haven’t yet realized its necessity. So the government should pay special attention to educate the women in the villages. They should be given incentives in such a way that most of the villagers will send girls to schools.