A Community Service Project

Report on
WOMEN EDUCATION IN VILLAGE

Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement

for the award of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
In
INFORMTION TECHNOLOGY

Submitted BY

KOMATINENI CHARITHA

Registration Number:21JR1A1276

Under the Guidance of

MRS.B.KOTIRATNAM
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, M.Tech
 COMMUNITYSERVICEPROJECTREPORT

Submitted in accordance with the requirement for the degree of

Bachelor of Technology (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

Name of the College : KKR & KSR INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOLOGYAND SCIENCES

Department : INFOR,MATION TECHNOLOGY

Name of the Faculty Guide : MRS.B.KOTIRATNAM

Duration of the CSP : 09/23TO 13/24

Name of the Students : KOMATINENI CHARITHA

Program of Study : B.Tech (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

Year of Study : III

Register Number : 21JR1A1276

Date of Submission : APR,2024

 Student’sDeclaration

I,KOMATINENI CHARITHA,a,student of B.Tech Program,bearing

Reg. No. 21JR1a1276 of the Department of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

KKR&KSR Institute of Technology and Sciences,

do,here by declare that I have completed the mandatory community

service from DEC,2023toMAR,2024

inWOMEN EDUCATION IN VILLAGE under the Faculty Guideship Of

MRS.B.KOTIRATNAM,MTech.

(SignatureandDate)

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 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project work entitled WOMEN EDUCATION IN

VILLAGE is being submitted by KOMATINENI CHARITHA –

(21JR1A1276) in partial fulfilment of the Requirement for the award of the

degree of BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY during the

academic year 2023-2024.

Project Guide Head of the Department

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The satisfaction that accompanies the successful completion of any task

would be complete without the mention of people who made it possible and
whose constant guidance and encouragement crown all the efforts with
success.

I feel elated to extend our floral gratitude to Head of the

department,MRS.B.KotiRatnam Department of INFORMATION
TECHNOGY for Her encouragement all the way during analysis of the
project. His annotations, insinuations and criticisms are the key behind the
successful completion of the CSP and for providing us all the required
facilities.

I would like to take this opportunity for giving us the opportunity of

doing this project and for providing us all the required facilities.

I would like to express our deepsense of gratitude to the honourable

principal,DR.MSS.SESHASAI for there sources and infrastructure provided
for working on this project without any obstacles.The motivation and support
given by the management is deeply adorable and weareable to get a chance to
work in this marvellous environment.

I also take this opportunity to express our heartfelt thanks to the

teaching and teaching staff of the department, for their perspective comment
and suggestions. I would like to thank our beloved parents for being patient,
understanding and providing constant support. I would like to appreciate the
critical comments given by our friends we have been working with.

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Ourthanks to all others, who have directly or indirectly contributed in making
our project a greatsuccess.

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 Executive Summary

Women play a key role in building a nation, and every country is

being known for the power women's empowerment. It is an
essential element for a nation. India is now a leading country in the
field of women education. Women education in India has also been a
major concern of both the government and civil society as educated
women can play a very important role in the development of the
country. Education is target of women empowerment because it
enables them to responds to the challenges, to face their traditional
role and change their life. So that we can’t neglect the importance of
education in reference to women empowerment India is poised to
be coming superpower, a developed country by 2020. The growth of
women’s education in rural areas is very slow. This obviously means
that still large womenfolk of our country are illiterate, the weak,
backward and exploited. Education of women is the most powerful
tool of change of position in society. Education also brings a
reduction in inequalities and functions as a means of improving their
status within the family. EFA[Education For All] programme was
launched by the Government of India after its 86 th Constitutional
Amendment made education from age 6-14 the fundamental right of
every Indian child. But position of girl’s education is improving
according to determined parameter for women. To know the
present position of women education this study conducted by us.
Introduction
• “If you educate a man you educate an individual, however, if you educate a
woman you educate a whole family. Women empowered means mother India
empowered.”
-PT. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Women education is very important for the proper social and

economic growth of the country. It is like an effective medicine to
cure a patient completely and provide health back. Women
education is a big opportunity for India to be developed socially and
economically. Educated women are the weapons who yield positive
impact on the Indian society through their contribution at home
and professional fields. They are the reason of improved economy
in the country as well as society. An educated woman has capability
to handle her home and professional life. They can effectively
contribute in controlling the population of India as they would like
to marry at a later age in comparison to the uneducated woman.
Raja Ram Mohan Ray and Iswara Chandra Vidyasagar were some
famous social reformers during the British rule in India who paid.
their attention towards the women education. Both man and
woman cover the half population of the country. They are like two
sides of the coin so need equal opportunity to participate in the
country development. If they would be well educated they would
give rise to educated future generation .
 Importance Of Women Education

Education for all is one of the major tasks being carried out by the
Indiangovernment but still, we have the lowest female literacy rate
in Asia. India is working but the pace is slow as we haven’t achieved
what we should have been so far. As per the report, India's country-
wide female literacy rate is 70.3%, while the male literacy rate is
estimated at 84.7%. India's average literacy rate stands at 77.7%,
according to the NSO. Women’s Education is critical to the country’s
entire development. A well-educated woman is capable of managing
her personal and professional life. The reasons why women’s
education is important are:

Basic Rights:-
Education is a basic right for everyone and when we say everyone
we should not forget that women are also a part of this lot. Society
has a large population of women and we cannot have such a large
population as illiterate, it will be our huge loss. All girls and women,
whether they are rich, poor, young, old, married, unmarried, widow
or with any social status have their basic right of education.
Education is not a privilege but a fundamental right.

It Brings Equality to Society:-

When we talk about discrimination and inequality as a problem we
often misunderstand that it begins at the root level. A boy goes to
school and his sister stays back at home, he eventually starts
believing that he is superior to a girl. But it’s actually teaching both
men and women to promote the concepts of equality and
democracy.
It Makes them Empower, Independent, and Helps
Build Self- confidence:-

Education is very important for everyone and it helps to develop

skills to make an individual capable of offering services to others
and earning a livelihood. If a woman is educated and is capable of
earning and bearing her own expenses she does not need to be
dependent on others or family for her own requirements. This
brings confidence in them to make their own decisions and realize
their own worth and uniqueness.
 History Of Women Education

During the Vedic Period, women enjoyed equality in all

spheres of life. India was a glorified nation, and even other
fellow citizens used to hail down because of its greatness.
And people were incredibly vigilant towards Atharvaveda,
Upanayana, etc., as reading and learning them are considered
sacred. They were advised to study distinctive texts, practice
them to decipher all twigs of knowledge.
Although after coming through a meticulous stage, the aura for
women's education declined severely. The stigma of being
confined to their respective houses snatched the significance
of women's education in India.

During the period of Buddhism, women all together started

strengthening the glories of life. Many prestigious Universities
were established, and women got enrolled in allied courses to
study. Moreover, women are well-versed in philosophical studies
and usually advised on the establishment of any reforms.
Recent Position Of Women Education In India

In spite of the forceful intervention by a bastion of

female privilege, feminist critics, Constitutional guarantees,
protecting laws and sincere efforts by the state governments
and central government through various schemes and
programmes over the last 62 years and above all, the United
Nation’s enormous pressure with regard to the uplift of the
plight of women in terms education is still in the state of an
enigma in India for several reasons. The 2011 Census report
indicates that literacy among women as only 65.46 percent it is
virtually disheartening to observe that the literacy rate of
women India is even much lower to national average i.e.74.04.

The growth of women’s education in rural areas is very

slow. This obviously means that still large womenfolk of our
country are illiterate, the weak, backward and exploited. More
over education is also not available to all equally. Gender
inequality is reinforced in education which is proved by the fact
that the literacy rate for the women is only 65.46% against
82.14% of men as per 2011 Census.
Year Person Male Female
1901 5.3 9.8 0.7

1911 5.9 10.6 1.1

1921 7.2 12.2 1.8
1931 9.5 15.6 2.9
1941 16.1 24.9 7.3
1951 16.7 24.9 7.3
1961 24.0 34.4 13.0
1971 29.5 39.5 18.7
1981 36.2 46.9 24.8
1991 52.1 63.9 39.2
2001 65.38 76.0 54.0
2011 74.04 82.14 65.46
MEAN 28.49333 36.73667 19.68866
S.D -23.795 -25.5753 -22.032

Table-Literacy Rate in India

 Source: India Census (2011):-
From the Table I the pre-Independence time literacy rate for women
had a very poor spurt in comparison to literacy rate of men. This is
witnessed from the fact that literacy rate of women has risen from
0.7 % to 7.3 % where as the literacy rate of men has risen from 9.8 %
to 24.9 % during these four decades. During the post- independence
period literacy rates have shown a substantial increase in general.
How ever the literacy rate of male has almost tripled over the period
e.g. 25% in 1951 and76 % in 2001. Surprisingly the female literacy
rate has increased at a faster pace than the male literacy during the
decade 1981 -2001. The growth is almost 6 times e.g. 7.9 % in 1951
and 54 % in 2001. From this analysis one can infer that still the
female literacy rate (only half of the female population are literates)
is wadding behind male literacy rate (three fourth of the male
population are literates).The rate of school drop outs is also found to
be comparatively higher in case of women. This higher rate of
illiteracy of women is undoubtedly attributing for women
dependence on men and to play a subordinate role. The lack of
education is the root cause for women’s exploitation and negligence.
Only literacy can help women to understand the Indian’s
constitutional and legislative provisions that are made to strengthen
them. Thus Promoting educationamong women is of great important
in empowering them to accomplish their goals in par with men in
different spheres of life.
 Educational Equality
Another area in which women’s equality has shown a
major improvement as a result of adult literacy
programs is the area of enrolment of boys and girls in
schools. As a result of Higher participation of women
in literacy campaigns, the gender gap in literacy levels
is gradually getting reduced. Even more significant is
the fact that disparity in enrolment of boys and
girls in neo-literate households is much lowered
compared to the non- literate householders.
Table: State-Wise Percentage of Female Literacy in India
Name of the State Female Literacy(%)

Andhra Pradesh 59.7%

Arunachal Pradesh 59.6%
Assam 67.3%
Bihar 53.3%
Chhattisgarh 60.6%
Delhi 80.9%
Goa 81.8%
Gujarat 70.7%
Haryana 66.8%
Himachal Pradesh 76.6%
Jammu and Kashmir 58.9%
Jharkhand 56.2%
Karnataka 68.1%
Kerala 92.0%
Madhya Pradesh 60.0%
Maharashtra 75.5%
Manipur 73.2%
Meghalaya 73.8%
Mizoram 89.4%
Nagaland 76.7%
Orissa 64.4%
Punjab 71.3%
Rajasthan 52.7%
Sikkim 76.4%
Tamil Nadu 73.9%
Tripura 83.%
Uttar Pradesh 59.3%
Uttarakhand 70.7%
West Bengal 71.2%
From the Table II the state wise female literacy rate hadan average
of 65.46%in all India basis in 2011 census the high literacy rate is
92.0% in Kerala and least literacy rate is 52.7% in Rajasthan in 2011
census while comparing literacy rate of female 11% increased in
2011 census is increased from 54.16% to 65.46%. Women’s are
growing well in the last 10 Current policies. Before and after
Independence, India has been taking active steps towards women's
status and education. The 86th Constitutional Amendment Act,2002,
has been a path breaking step towards the growth of education,
especially for females. According to this act, elementary education is
a Fundamental right for children between the ages of 6 and 14. The
government has undertaken to provide this education free of cost
and make it compulsory for those in that age group. This undertaking
is more widely known as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). Since then, the
SSA has come up with many schemes for inclusive as well as
exclusive growth of Indian education as a whole, including schemes
to help foster the growth of female education.
The major schemes are the following:

Mahila Samakhya Programme:

This programme was launched in 1988 as a result of the New Education Policy
(1968). It was created for the empowerment of women from rural areas
especially socially and economically marginalized groups. When the SSA was
formed, it initially set up a committee to look into this programme, how it was
working and recommend new changes that could be made.

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme(KGBV):

This scheme was launched in July, 2004, to provide education to girls at
primary level. It is primarily for the underprivileged and rural areas where
literacy level for females is very low. The schools that were set up have 100%
reservation: 75% for backward class and 25% for BPL(below Poverty line)
females.

National Programme for Education of Girls at

Elementary Level (NPEGEL):
This programme was launched in July, 2003. It was an incentive to reach out to
the girls whothe SSA was not able to reach through other schemes. The SSA called
outo the "hardest to reach girls". This scheme has covered 24 states in India.
Under the NPEGEL, "model schools" have been set up to provide better
opportunities to girls. One notable success came in 2013, when the first two girls
ever scored in the top 10 ranks of the entrance exam to the Indian Institutes of
Technology (IITs). Sibbala Leena Madhuri ranked eighth, and Aditi Ladha ranked
sixth.
Factors Affecting Female Literacy Rate
Women's education has been a blistering subject matter for insightful discussions
all around the globe for a long time. We often hear people talk about how
education is the primary tool to govern and achieve anything you want. It is one
such tool no thief can steal. Many institutes, universities, colleges, and schools are
established to educate the youth of our nation. Parents' trust has made their
children believe in themselves and has made their minds free of pessimistic
thoughts. Yet, globally, more than two-thirds of women are illiterate of 796
million illiterate people. The dilemma lies in an individual's education based on
what education is to the family rather than the entire nation. The overall literacy
rate in India is 74%, whereas the female literacy rate is 64.6%, which is drastically
increasing every year through various government benefits offered.
Different factors found to be responsible for the decrease in the female
literacy rate:
*Social discrimination
*Gender inequality
*Occupation of girl child in domestic chores
*Economic exploitation
Other reasons that are commonly mentioned for girls' drop-out rates at the
primary and middle school level are: *Costs too much
*Less interest in studies
*Early-age marriage
*Required for work in the family business or farm
*Required for household work
*Apart from the above reasons, the non-availability of educational centers in
close proximity, unsafe means of travel, and lack of proper toilets are
additional reasons for girls drop-outs.

Women Education - Welfare Schemes

India has done significantly well in providing education to the citizens of the
nation. The nation's rate is 73.2%, of which 59% of women are literate. The
government has established many welfare schemes for motivating women's
education in India.
The following are a few welfare schemes:-
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao:-The Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao social campaign was
launched on 22nd January 2015 and is famous for women's empowerment. The
scheme aims to exterminate female foeticide and access them with an
appropriate education.
Working Women Hostels:-
The Working Women Hostels scheme was established to provide a working
environment that includes accommodation facilities where women may get
more employment opportunities.
Support the Training and Employment Programme (STEP):-
These schemes provide adequate education and uplift women to
be self-employed or bidding entrepreneurs in various sectors.
Thisscheme is open to women above the age of 16.
Mahila- E- Haat:-
The Mahila scheme was launched in 2016 by the Ministry of Women and Child
Development. It provides a platform to let women entrepreneurs or women
with small-scale businesses display or sell their products and services
SABLA:-
Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Employment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG), known as
SABLA, was initiated on 1st April 2011 by the Government of India. It aims at
providing food and nutritious ingredients.
SwadharGreh:-
The SwadharGreh scheme was established in 2002 by the Union
Ministry of Women and Child Development. The scheme provides
shelter, food, care, and clothing to unaided women. Thus, women
abandoned by their families and women who survived any disaster are
aided with basic needs.

One-Stop Centre Scheme:-

The One-stop Centre scheme was established with the 'Nirbhaya' fund on 1st
April 2015 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The scheme
provides counselling services, legal requirements, police aid, shelter and food
to violence victims both in public and private.
Nari Shakti Puraskar:-
Nari Shakti Puraskar initiative is taken by the Ministry of Women and Child
Development to acknowledge women by awarding them for their excellent
contribution towards society and empowering women.
 Benefits of Women's Education
If the nation's women were educated, the generation would be
educated, leading to the country's development. Moreover,
educating women leads to many reforms, a better understanding of
concepts.
Below are a few benefits of women's education:-
*If women educate themselves, the nation will undergo a steady
population, and family planning would be the priority.
*Women's education would make them self-sufficient, and the age of
marriage would probably extend, and women would be more
independent of their needs and decisions.
*Women will be able to refrain from dramatic situations and look
after themselves and their families.
*Women can examine themselves in various fields.
*Women's education gives power to equality.
*Many social discrepancies will be exclaimed, and a powerful
system might be established.
*Women's education helps women to voice out their opinions.
Project Questionnaire

1. Why is it important for women’s to be educated?

Girl’s education strengthens economies and reduces
inequality.

2. What do you mean by women education?

Women education refers to every form of education that aims at
improving knowledge, and skill of women and girls.

3. Why education is important in our life?

Education helps you develop critical skills like decision
making, mental problem solving, and logical thinking.

4. How education changes a person's life?

It improves your emotional intelligence.

5. What is the need for promoting women's education in India?

It will improve the social and moral status of women.

6. How can we solve the problem of women education?

We must begin to incentivize families to send their daughters
to school and support their higher education.

7. How we can improve female education?

The 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)' aims for participation of
girls in elementary education, by advocating opening of
schools to make education easier.

8. Who started women's education in India?

Jyotiba Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule became pioneers of
female education when they started a school for girls in 1848 in
Pune.

9. How can we reduce gender equality in education?

including avoiding separating children based on gender.

10. What are the causes of inequality in education?

Factors such as lack of infrastructure, class, linguistic exclusion,
geography, gender inequality, caste discrimination.

11. what is the objective on women education?

Women’s education increase the income of women and
leads to growth of GDP.

12. What are the benefits of female education in India?

Higher female literacy rates reduce child mortality.

13. How can we empower girls education?

Education empowers girls to achieve more in their social, career,
economic and family lives.

14. How can we empower girls in India?

Increased knowledge, self-confidence and awareness of
gender equity.

15. What is parent’s role in inclusive education?

builds positive relationships, encourages new behaviour, and
increase selfsatisfaction and optimism among themselves, their
children and teachers.