SURVEY ON EDUCATION OF GIRLS AND WOMEN – OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES

The paper provides an overview of the state of education with respect to women and highlights some of the issue of women's access to education in India. Today the education of women has become one of the most important concerns of 21st century. We observe in our day to day life as to how women are victimized by various social evils. Women empowerment is the vital instrument to expand women’s ability to have resources and to make strategic life choices. This is possible only with the help of education. Education of women is essential for the upliftment of economic, social and political status of women. It is the process of guarding them against all forms of violence. The study reveals that women are relatively disempowered and are hardly aware of their educational rights. It is found that acceptance of unequal gender norms by women are still prevailing in the society.