A Study on The Growth of Female Education In Tamil Nadu

Abstract

The development of any nation depends on women participation. The role of women in house and the society is numerous and endless. Women constitute almost half the population. Prior to independence, Indian women faced persecution and discrimination on the basis of their gender. In all aspects of life, gender prejudice prevails.  This is mainly due to unequal treatment of both men and women which is started from home itself (Providing education, property, food to boys are more preferable than girls, even birth is neglected to them). But after independence Government takes number of steps to rectify this gender discrimination. Considering education to be a critical component of their development, both the national and state governments have undertaken several programmes and initiatives.  Due to the continued effort taken by these governments, the trend has been changed. So there was a tremendous improvement of women’s condition in recent year because of the availability of education opportunities to them especially in higher education. Keeping this point in view an attempt is made to study the growth of female education in Tamil Nadu.