SEMINAR ON WIDENING PARTICIPATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA AND THE UK SPONSORED BY UKIERI 26th 2

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SEMINAR ON WIDENING PARTICIPATION IN HIGHER
EDUCATION IN INDIA AND THE UKSPONSORED BY
UKIERI26th 28th February KOLKATA, INDIA

THEME THE EDUCATION
SYSTEMOVERCOMING BARRIERS TO ACCESS

PROVIDING FOR WIDER PARTICIPATION
TITLE OF THE
PAPER IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY
ON WOMENS ACCESS
TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA

MS PONNI IYER
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIATHE TWO FACES
OF INDIA
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA

• Despite government attempts at improving
  education for all its citizens, India still has
  one of the lowest female literacy rates in Asia.
  There are 330 million women above the age of 7 in
  India. Today about 60 percent, or over 200
  million, are illiterate

Reference source www.islamonline.net Unus S
Islam Online, Washington DC The Education of
Women in India
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA HIGHER
EDUCATION IN INDIA- THE TOTAL PICTURE

• TABLE 1. HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA
• 
  (2003-04)
• TYPE OF INSTITUTIONS
  NUMBERS
• I. UNIVERSITIES
  217
• 2. INSTITUTION DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY
  74
• 3. INSTITUTIONS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
  13
• 4. RESEARCH INSTITUTES
  85
• TOTAL
  389
• II- COLLEGES 
• 1. GENERAL EDUCATION
  9427
• 2. ENGG., TECH ARCH.
  1068
• 3. MEDICAL (ALLO/AYUR/HOMEO/ UNANI)
  783
• 4. TEACHERS TRAINING
  900
• 5. OTHERS (LAW,/MGT./ MCA/ IT/AGRI ETC.)
  1991
•  TOTAL
  14169
• Referencesource http//www.education.nic.in/pdfs/T
  able5NumberofInstitutions.pdf Provisional
•  

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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA HIGHER
EDUCATION IN INDIA- THE TOTAL PICTURE

• TABLE 2. INSTITUTIONS RUNNING DIPLOMA/
  CERTIFICATE
• COURSES
  (2003-04)
•  
• TYPE OF INSTITUTIONS
  NUMBERS
•  1. POLYTECHNICS
  1105
• 2. TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
  1303
• 3. TECH., INDUS., ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOLS
  4877
•  
• Reference http//www.education.nic.in/pdfs/Table5
  NumberofInstitutions.pdf
• Provisional

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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA

• TABLE 3. PERCENTAGE OF GIRLS ENROLMENT TO
• TOTAL ENROLMENT BY STAGES

Reference Source http//www.education.nic.in/pdfs
/Table20PercentageofGirlsEnrolment.pdf  
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA A VILLAGE
SCHOOL
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ia
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIAA VILLAGE
SCHOOL
http//www.flickr.com/photos/praries880/19832069/
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON
WOMENS ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA
TABLE 4. GIRLS SURVIVAL RATE IN EDUCATION
PRIMARY GRADES RURAL/URBAN
(2004)
Reference Source Table D15 Elementary Education
In India Analytical Report 2004 (NIEPA )
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL
DISPARITY ON WOMENS ACCESS TO
HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA
EDUCATION IN INDIA RURAL SCENARIO
LACK OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
A typical single teacher rural school in Kuppam,
AP
School Children Sitting on FloorChannakeshava
High school, Karki http//www.kamat.com/picturehou
se/campus_life/13126.htm
http//www.agastya.org/summary.htm
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIATABLE 5.
TRANSITION RATES FROM PRIMARY (IV/V)
TO UPPER PRIMARY (V/VI) (2003)
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON
WOMENS ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA
CAN RURAL INDIA PRODUCE ITS OWN SCIENTISTS AND
INNOVATORS

• The first India Science Report, released in
  2005 by the National Council of Applied Economic
  Research, says that although people in all
  sections of society want to study science, the
  poor and those living in the countryside miss out
  because it is too expensive and they lack the
  infrastructure, among other factors

ReferenceSciDev.Net Home gt Features Home gt
Features Article 2006 Village India untouched
by the science boom
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON
WOMENS ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN
INDIAEDUCATION IN RURAL INDIA__ A CASE STUDY

• Take the case of the Shukul Bazaar region in
  the next district to Bahadurpur Jais. It needs 50
  schools, but only has 21 including some in
  makeshift warehouses and tin sheds. One school
  has 305 students taught by five teachers,
  including two parents who volunteered to help.
  Without a science teacher, the head teacher fills
  the role
• There are no science colleges in Shukul
  Bazaar, so some students have to travel 40
  kilometres to study science in the town of Rae
  Bareily. But most opt out instead
• ReferenceSciDev.Net Home gt Features Home gt
  Features Article 2006 Village India untouched
  by the science boom

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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA A CLASSROOM
IN RURAL INDIA Pupils at Janata
VidyalayaVillage of Kasarkod, near Honavar,
Karnataka, 2005
http//www.kamat.com/picturehouse/campus_life/1311
6.htm
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA THE VILLAGE
SCHOOLTEACHER
VIEW FROM STAFF ROOM http//www.flickr.com/photos/
middlecampscott/116773668/in/photostream/
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIATABLE 6.
EXAMINATION RESULTS IN TERMINAL GRADE 2003
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA EDUCATION IN
RURAL INDIA WHERE ARE THE GIRLS?

• IT IS SONALS JOB
• TO TAKE CARE OF
• HER FAMILYS BUFFALO.

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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER
EDUCATION IN INDIAVILLAGE INDIA UNTOUCHED BY
THE SCIENCE BOOM
www.SciDev.Net Home gt Features Home gt Features
Article
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIATABLE 7
SHOWING AVAILABILITY OF SCHOOLS IN RURAL INDIA
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA TABLE 8
SOCIO- CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF GENDER IN INDIA
AND ITS INFLUENCE ON STATUS OF WOMEN
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IMPACT OF URBAN RURAL DISPARITY ON WOMENS
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA Higher
Education in India Ensuring Accessibility,
Equity and Relevance

• 1.REGIONAL DISPARITY TO BE SERIOUSLY TACKLED ON
  A PRIORITY BASIS.
• 2. SPECIAL INCENTIVES TO NGOS AND PRIVATE SECTOR
  TO SET UP EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN RURAL AREAS
  WITH MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE
• 3. EMPHASIS ON E- LEARNING TO OVERCOME THE
  OBSTACLES WITH REGARD TO ACCESS TO EDUCATION DUE
  TO REMOTENESS OF RURAL AREAS FROM THE MAIN TOWNS
  AND HIGHWAYS
• 4. ERADICATION OF SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC
  BARRIERS TO WOMENS ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN
  RURAL INDIA ROLE OF NGOS /EDUCATION FOR GENDER
  SENSITIVITY