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Monday, July 13, 2009

Importance of Female Education

The most of the old women, who are at their sixties, are illiterate to our country Nepal. Viewing this fact, we can conclude that female-education was widely ignored by the patriarchal structure of Nepali society. However, at present, there are some positive rays of hope. Now there is a significant increase in the number of literate women. It is popularly held belief that the education for women is very essential factor in developing the nation, because slightly more than the half of our nation’s population is female. With this factor in mind, we should equally emphasize the education for the women. Only by fulfilling this precondition, both male and female can participate equally in developing the nation

The education for women is not only important for nation building, but it is also necessary for the everyday practical purposes. This is because, female are more responsible for rearing, caring, and teaching her child. Unless and until she possesses some sort of education herself, a mother cannot teach good values, culture, and education to her child. Although human growth and development and heredity, a mother’s role remains more important in shaping the behavior of a child. It is said that today’s children are the backbones of tomorrow’s nation. In fulfilling this purpose, the better women are educated, the better education they can give to their children.

Despite the clear and wider benefits of women’s education, girls do not have sufficient facility, choice, and encouragement to go to school in our society. This is because many traditional parents think that household work is the woman’s domain, and to fulfill such duties, they do not need any expertise with better education. Such people with the traditional outlook also think that expending time and money on female education is a waste. Now, it is utmost necessary that such traditional attitudes should be changed, and there must be an emphasis on the education of girls to empower them, thereby fulfilling national and practical benefits of education