Discrimination between boys and girls is still seen in the world. Especially in matters of education, importance is given to sending boys to school. Although, in the last few years, this discrimination has reduced somewhat in the world, but many girls are still facing it.
According to UNESCO report, in the last 30 years the world has made great progress in bringing equality between girls and boys in education. This means that now more girls are going to school than before. But still the problem is not over. Even today, about 13.3 crore girls in the world do not go to school. In 1995, there was a declaration in Beijing, in which it was said that women should get equal opportunities in every sphere of life, especially in education. Now 30 years later, there has been some improvement, but the latest figures from UNESCO show that this journey towards gender equality is still incomplete.
“Since 1995, the world has moved closer to gender parity in education. Girls are now enrolling at an equal rate as boys in primary, lower and higher secondary schools. Globally, 91 million more girls are receiving primary education and 136 million more girls are receiving secondary education than three decades ago,” a member of the GeM team told PTI.
‘Enrolment of women in higher education has increased three times from 4.1 crore to 1.3 crore 90 lakh. These figures matter. They reflect decades of collective efforts to remove barriers and expand opportunities. Still, the picture is completely incomplete. Today, 1.3 crore girls are out of school.
Poor girls are not sent to school
According to UNESCO report, there has been some progress towards gender equality in education in the world, but discrimination still occurs in many areas. Earlier in Oceania, boys and girls were considered equal but now it is not so there. Whereas in Latin America and Caribbean countries, the position of boys is weaker than that of girls in secondary education. When social conditions such as poverty and location are combined with gender, the situation becomes even more serious, such as in countries like Guinea and Mali, where almost no poor girls go to school.
The report shows that there is very little improvement in education. Sex education is compulsory at the primary level in only two-thirds of the countries and at the secondary level in about three-quarters of the countries. In many places, there are school books which still contain old ideas. Although women constitute a large number of teachers, their representation in education leadership is very low. Only 30 percent of women are in leadership roles in higher education. This inequality prevents education from becoming a real instrument of equality and empowerment.
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