Shahina Nasrin
Volume-XI, Issue-II, January 2023
Volume-XI, Issue-II, January 2023 | ||
Published Online: 31.01.2023 | Page No: 134-142 | |||
Women Education and Rural Economic Development of the Muslims Community of India. Special Reference to Assam Shahina Nasrin, MA, Political Science, GU (UGC-NET, NE-SLET) | |
The present paper aims to analyses the state wise educational status of Muslims in India. It
also aims to compare the educational status of Muslims with the educational status of other
religious communities in India. The country level and state level published data have been
obtained from census of India. At the same time the association between the educational
statuses of Muslims is sought with their socio-economic development. The results have
revealed that the educational status of Muslims in India is not satisfactory and needs
special attention. It is found that more than half i.e., 53.95 per cent of the total population
of the Muslims in India is illiterate with 17.48 per cent literate people just for the name sake
only. Technical education or higher education is meager among the Muslims. From the
results it is also clear that Muslims who accounts for 13.46 per cent of the total population
of the nation show lowest literacy rate, lowest percentage of higher education and lowest
degree of female education. The percentage of higher education, sex ratio and female
literacy rate is also highest in this religious community.
In this paper, a case study has been done on the present women educational status of
the Muslims community of Assam along with the problems associated with it and the role of
women in upliftment of the rural economy of Assam .An attempt has been made to study in
details the present women educational status of the Muslims community of Assam , problem
associated with it, the role of Muslims women in economic activities and the way to uplift
the rural economy of Assam through active participation of women by educationally
empowering the women section of the community. | |
Keywords: Women Education, Development, Muslims, Religious Communities, Income, Poverty |