How much has female literacy level gone up in India over the years? It is seen that the girl child is still left behind. Why do you think India is still lopsided when it comes to literacy level between the male and the female? Studies show that the main reasons behind this imbalance is the continuing occupation of the girl child in domestic chores, lower enrollment in schools and higher dropout rates.
Then what has been going on in India to initiate a change in the current trend? Campaigns are initiated with Bollywood stars and sportsmen endorsing the campaigns. But what can be done to usher in a complete turnaround in the mindset that plagues the Indian society? Will these campaigns really make the parents think of the girl child a little less of a liability? Some corporates like Cadbury, Glaxo, Star TV had also intervened to make an impact to educate the girl child. But of course a lot remains to be done. The country still revolves around education that is urban centric which further aggravates the gender related obstacle in education. Will we really achieve more educated women for the country specially in rural India, how long will it remain a distant dream?
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