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An Essay On Educating The Girl Child Means Educating The Family.

Education of a child starts from the family and mother is the first teacher. But, the irony in India is that although the deity of education is a female i.e. Goddess Saraswati according to the Hinduism, innumerable number of women are illiterate.

They are not remaining uneducated by their own wish but they are being forbidden from receiving education because of the patriarchal families in our society.

Right from the early Vedic period people have been celebrating the birth of a son, but in those days daughters born into a family were not neglected and educated properly. However the scene was changed during the later Vedic Age and the daughters were considered as a social burden. Only the girls belonging to upper class families enjoyed the right of education and got proper nourishment. In medieval period the conditions deteriorated for the females and even in royal families, girls could not get the same status as the boys. In Muslim households they were taught at their homes while Hindu girls enjoyed the privilege of getting primary education along with the boys in schools. The prevalence of child marriage were excessively practiced. However, in the nineteenth century many social reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Annie Besant, M.G. Ranade, Jyotibe Phule, Swami Dayanand Saraswati etc. came forward for the emancipation of women in India. Especially Raja Ram Mohan Roy advocated for female education.

Since then there has been tremendous progress in every field but unfortunately still the girls are neglected. In most of the families the birth of a girl child is not desired and if accepted they are thought inferior to boys and their education is not considered important because it seems a wastage of money to most of the parents. they think it unreasonable because afterwards they have been compelled to bear a heavy amount towards their dowry. So the female literacy is rate is unsatisfactory and it has a direct impact upon the overall development of a nation and its population growth. If India wants to be one of the developed nations it must concentrate on female education because if we educate a man we educate an individual but if we educate a women we educate an entire family. Again the root cause of all problems facing the women is related to education. if all women are educate, then all problems like female infanticide, dowry, female suicides, domestic battering, malnutrition of women, child marriage and other related atrocities would get vanished from India.

Education provides an essential qualification to fulfill certain economic, political and cultural functions and improves women 's socioeconomic status. At very age and level education enhances the intellectual, social and emotional development of women and enables them to meet their basic needs to daily life. It brings reduction in inequalities in the society.

Only educated women can understand the needs of the family. They will never send their children to work in any shop or factory, rather they will arrange for their education in good schools. They will take proper care of the health and diet of their children. A mother knows what is good for her kids and how they should be brought up. Thus, educated mothers would promote education for all their children without discrimination. But if a mother (girl) is not educated and gets children then she would do anything without reasoning and harm herself and her children. As she is not educated, she would tend to think that education is only for the mail and not for the female and thus, she would ingrain in her daughters the idea that they are inferior to their brothers.

As girls are not educated they remain dependent on their family before marriage, on their husband after marriage and on their children after the death of their spouse. This is the main reason for the unpleasant condition of women. So if girls will be educated, they will no longer be dependent on any one and they can do a lot for their uplift.

Most of the problems of society can be eradicated by educating the girl child. marriage at a very young age leads the women to conceive repeatedly, which affect their health badly. Most of the uneducated women do not know about the various contraceptive measures. Even if some know they feel hesitant in using them. It results in more growth of population and worse condition of women. Thus, the state in which female literacy rate is more like Kerala, population growth is less. The menace of child labor also has significantly been out of practice because the women became aware of their rights and privileges.

Women are exploited in every sector, especially if they are uneducated, because they cannot demand their rights. Most of the women lack unity and work in unorganized sector. If they were educated they would have been knowing the rules and regulations and working in an organized sector getting the benefits of public schemes. If women are educated enough they can get training for setting of small scale industries, they can know the procedure of getting loan, get the knowledge of market availability of raw material and labor, new policies of the government, procedure to register new product and knowledge about import and export goods. If their standard of living will be improved. it will indirectly uplift the level of society. If they can be financially strong they will take proper care of their children and provide them good education.

According to Mahatma Gandhi, "Due to her nature women possesses the best ability to teach the child". Chhatrapati Shivaji and Maharana Pratap are the best example of this saying. Thus, let us start educating the female children to change the face of society.

ALOK RANJAN JHA

Posted by DreamRules(student), on 20/11/10

Respected Chairperson, Honorable judges, members of staff and friends, I stand

here to express my views for the motion: Education of the girl child is a burden. I

would like to state that the education of the girl child is indeed a burden. In a poor

family the education of the girl child comes outside the purview of the budget.

When the resources are limited, the priority areas have to be fixed. In a poor family

feeding all the members, clothing them and looking after their health is of primary

concern to the head of the family. The rest of the resources of the family should be

devoted to the education of the boys in the family. Later on if the boy is going to be

the head of the family and will be the bread winner, he should be properly

educated and groomed to take on the mantle. So, Sir, I feel that in such a case the

education of the girl child will be a burden. Even if a girl child is educated and

given the right kind of grooming, one day or the other, she might leave the family

nest and get married. So in that case, why should the family divert its precious

resources in that direction? I feel that those resources should also be utilized for

the boys so that they can come up in their life. Further, when the girl child stays at

home she can look after and manage the house and learn to do all the household

chores. If the girl starts going out of the house to attend school, college etc., who

will do all the household work? Her duty later on in life is to look after the family

and take care of the children. If she does not do that and is away from home for

long periods, that will be an additional burden on the house. So I feel that by

educating the girl child the family will be inviting trouble and it should utilize its

precious resources as economically as possible I support the motion that the

education of the girl child is a burden.

Posted by Aradhita(student), on 28/11/11

A very good (morning,evening,afternoon) to the gathering present here. my speech is aganist the topic 'EDUCATION OF A GIRL CHILD IS A BURDEN '- girls education is very important bcoz if gilrs are not educated it might be ok in their childhood but difficult when she is married. As a married girl sould not only take care of her childern but teach them the moral basics,manners,desensece,and many more things which can only be possible by education. And it was a burden for poor families as their financial situation was not so good but now the government is also supporting girls.so now girl education is not at all a burden.At last i conculed that 'GIVE GIRLS THEIR CHANCE THEY ARE NO MORE LESS THAN BOYS ' thank you and have a good day.

Posted by indiradevi98(student), on 31/1/12

Girls are not remaining uneducated by their own will but they are being forbidden from receiving education because of the patriarchal families in our society. They are considered to be ‘temporary property’ as they have to move to their husband’s home after marriage, so it is not thought to be economically viable to spend on their education. It is considered more useful to spend money educating a son who will remain at home and earn and take care of parents in their old age, than to expend hard earned funds on a child who will leave. Also later on the parents have to spend a huge amount towards the dowry on the marriage of a girl. But, are these solid reasons to deprive a girl child of education? Agreed that a woman has to move to her husband’s home after marriage but if she will be educated, she will be able to upbring and educate her children better and even provide financial support to her family if needed thereby contributing to a better society and overall development of a nation.

Again the root cause of all problems facing the women is related to education. Iif all women are educated, then all problems like female infanticide, dowry, female suicides, domestic violence, malnutrition of women, child marriage and other related atrocities would get vanished from India. Most of the problems of society can be eradicated by educating the girl child.

Some concrete steps need to be taken to promote girl education. People should be made aware of the importance of girl education. There should be concession in the fee of the girl children in schools to motivate the parents to get them educated. Leaders and other social workers should actively support education of girl child.

Posted by aryanmalik015...(student), on 6/11/12

Against the motion:

It is quite a mockery when we talk about necessity of education for girls and on the other hand talk about carrying forward India from a developing to a developed nation.

It is quite a well known fact that wisdom begins at home. Thus, it is very necessary for the women of the family to be refined and wise.

There should be concession in the fee of the girl children in schools to motivate the parents to get them educated. Leaders and other social workers should actively support education of girl child.

The nation 's progress is visible through various famous instances of successful professionals such as Sushma Swaraj, Brinda Karat, Kiran Bedi, etc.

Posted by Wacky(student), on 7/11/12