THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION & EMPOWERMENT OF GIRL CHILD
DOI:
https://doie.org/10.5281/1fc4mp79Keywords:
COVID-19, Education, Girl-Child, Women, Empowerment, Indian Education System, Sex-Disparity, Role of Women in Society,,Abstract
This paper is an analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on the Indian Education System, its major
impact on girl child education and the need for corrective measures. Women's issues have
received attention from many national and international communities, and they have made
various efforts to empower them in order to improve their social and health conditions and
involve them in developmental activities. Studying women empowerment in India is made
possible by the Indian DHS survey (National Family Health Survey) several times. Several
attempts were made to measure the various aspects of empowerment: the household autonomy
index, the mobility index, the attitude index towards gender, and the attitude index towards
domestic abuse. These indexes are used to analyse the geographic, socioeconomic, and cultural
differences that exist within India. COVID-19 left some more complex issues in society which
derogates the women's status and hinders the girl child education. The review of several national
and international journals shows the indices that fewer women have the freedom and autonomy
to leave their homes and the ratio of domestic violence against women still persists at a high rate
in our society. In this paper, the author wrote a serious note in regards to these social stigmas and
gave emphasis on the improvement of the girl child education system as the author believes that
only educating the girls can be helpful for women's empowerment and raising their living
standard in the society. The author describes that “no society can flourish with a rich culture
where the women's dignity is subject to gender discriminatory practices.”
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