Educational Gender

Inequality and
Economic
Development
Submitted by: Subiyah Hafeez Siddiqui
Roll. No.: 17093 (Group- 5)
 Education and Economic Development

 Education in every sense is one of the fundamental factors of economic development.

 Adam Smith identified human capital as one of fixed capital that contribute to production in

a national economy.

 Econometric studies provide very strong and consistent evidence that more educated

workers are more productive and that they earn higher salaries.

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  Gender inequality in education is a persistent problem in Indian

society, especially for girls from rural areas and lower

Gender socioeconomic backgrounds.

Inequality  Education is the right of each and every child despite of gender.

in  The incidence of dropout and stagnation for girls is much

Education 
higher than that of boys at primary and upper primary stage.

Entire family has to bear the consequences of her illiteracy.

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 Causes

Social

Economic

Cultural

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 Classical
-Functionalist: According
to the functionalist
perspective what leads to
inequality in educational
attainment is the family
Theories background of students.
Feminist
Deal with gender issues in
society.
-Liberal Feminism
-Radical Feminism
-Socialist Feminism

-Reproduction: Class
location of an individual
crosscuts other social
denominations so far as
inequality in educational
opportunities is concerned.
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  Female education has shown to be both directly and

indirectly related to a higher human capital, hence

higher economic growth.

Impact  Reduced motality rate.

 Increased equitability of distribution of wealth in

society.

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THANK YOU!