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Educational Status of Women in Jammu and Kashmir with Special Reference to Rural Areas

Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of Political science and public administration, Annamalai University, India Google Scholar More about the auther

Aashaq Hussain Bhat ,

Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of Political science and public administration, Annamalai University, India Google Scholar More about the auther

Dr. P. Chinnathurai

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Annamalai University, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.150/20160304

DOI: 10.25215/0304.150

ABSTRACT

In India, though much emphasis is being laid on the gender equality in terms of education, yet discrimination in access to education does exist. There is a rural and urban divide in access to education for women. In Jammu and Kashmir too, female literacy rate is quite low and stands at 58.01 percent. The rural female literacy rate in J&K is 53.36 percent to 70.19 percent for urban females which earlier in the Census of 2001 was 36.7% at rural and 61.9% at the urban level, respectively. Also, there is a large gap in the male and female literacy levels in this border state. The present study examines the issues of education for empowering women in the rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir and seeks to address the challenges towards education of rural women in Jammu and Kashmir.

Keywords

Women Education, Female Literacy Rate, Women Empowerment

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How to cite this article:

S Bhat, A Bhat, P Chinnathurai (2016), Educational Status of Women in Jammu and Kashmir with Special Reference to Rural Areas,International Journal of Indian Psychology, Volume 3 (4),DIP: 18.01.150/20160304,DOI: 10.25215/0304.150