Rural Women and Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Women\'s Education. 3. Basics of Indian Education. 4. Role of Education and Literacy in the Development of Rural Women. 5. Rural Education for the Minority Children. 6. Educational Status of Rural Women. 7. Education is the Foundation for Women\'s Empowerment. 8. Education and Advocacy of Women. 9. The Challenges of Participatory Rural Development. 10. Changing Face of Educational Women. Bibliography. Index.

Improving women\'s access to education, and to higher agricultural education in particular, can contribute to improved food production at the household and national levels, improved nutritional status of families, and thus to the achievement of food security. Conversely, the failure to adequately address women farmers\' needs for agricultural training and information is at the root of the failure of many agricultural development efforts and attempts to achieve food security. The Education of Women as Women-General education for interesting and intelligent living and for citizenship in large part can be the same for men and women. The book deliberates upon the appropriate measures that ought to be taken regarding women education so that an era of equality, dignity, esteem, self-respect and self-confidence dawns upon the rural women and Education. (jacket)