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| KGBV Hirapur, PANCHMAHAL. |
India is the land
of Vedas and Shastras. In this holy land, women have always been permitted
and encouraged being educated. For the example, in the Hindu religion, Saraswati, the Goddess of
education who is embodied as the bestower of education and wisdom holds the
classical instrument, Veena in one hand and the bundle of Vedas in the other
hand. This actively signifies the ,dynamism and engagement of women in the field
of education.
In ancient
times when the Aryans ruled India, it was the golden period of education of
women. Women had a lot of privileges then, but in due course of time due to the
conservative rulers of the particular era, all rights were taken away from
women unfortunately. They had to undergo a harsh and critical situation. Women
had to face a lot of social injustice during that period, and needless to say,
education took a backseat.
Even after 72
years of the Indian Independence, according to a report by the United Nations,
more than 39%[PR1] of our country’s rural population are deprived a school education.
Moreover, 17
million girls [PR2] are expected to never get to school.
It is to be noted that most women located
especially in rural and tribal areas struggle for a basic education. According to UNESCO, education system is deprived
of educational and social dimensions of growth, apart from the training of
teachers. There is a need for a bridge here to not only train
teachers and impart value based education for children, but also to remove an
inadequacy in our educational system.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya is a noble
initiative in India by the Government of Gujarat state. With the sole objective
of removing inequality in education, the Heartfulness Education Trust is
supplementing this splendid endeavour of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya by
facilitating training to teachers of heart centred education and other skills
required to be a heartful teacher.
[PR1]I
couldn’t find data from the internet or UN reports from UN’s site to validate
this. Kindly check it.
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