Impact of Education on Improving Economic and Social Status of Women in UP

Abstract

newlineEducation of women is the most powerful tool to change the position in society. Women education in India has been a need of the hour, as education is a foundation stone for the empowerment of woman. Education also brings a reduction in inequalities and functions as a means of improving their status within the family and develops the concept of participation. Education is the best means to elevate the status of an individual in the existing social system. Higher the education, greater the chances of employability. The same may hold true in case of women .Women, which are educated may be contributing more to the economic structure of the family. As a result, social status of the women also changes. Further, the women being educated develop awareness about the equality and would reject submitting to the norms of subjugation. Perhaps it is this equality principle which enables the Indian parliament to bring the women reservation bill. It is in this context that various questions have been raised and need to be answered on empirical basis. It is in this context that the present study has been planned. Education have great deal of importance in every aspect of life, thus, this study deals with its one foremost aspect by investigating the impact of higher education on women s social status. The social status of working women was examined by women s perception about their decision-making participation at the household level in India. The social impact of higher education was evaluated based on positivist philosophy and implantation of survey approach. Social status means a position in which, old social, economic and psychological commitments of women prevail because of male dominating society where women play secondary role. Historically women in India had a position of inferiority in the society. The study found that highly educated women were more socially empowered than the less educated women and actively participate in familial related decision makings.