Female Education

Female Education

(a)

Napoleon once said, "Give me an educated mother and I will give you an educated nation”. This statement is enough to prove the importance of female education. Once female education was neglected in Bangladesh. Our women folk could not get the chance of education for various problems. Early marriage and the narrowness of our outlook were mainly responsible for this. Parents thought it waste of time and money to educate their girls. They considered that girls were intellectually inferior to male children. They did not allow them to move freely and to participate in any outside work. They did not understand that if girl children were educated they could be as competent as male children. It is unfortunate that still there are some people who strongly oppose the female education. However, the scenario has changed nowadays. At present, girls are encouraged to study and admitted into schools, colleges and universities. Government has taken some steps to educate female children. Education for girls up to Degree level has been made free with a monthly stipend. This encourages them to continue their education. We should remember that only educated women can change the picture of our society. We hope the literacy rate of women in our country will increase substantially in near future.

Female Education

(b)

Education means mental and moral training. Education is a light to which everybody has the equal right. When Allah created man and woman, He drew no hard and fast line between them. Education is universal to all. Allah made the pursuit of knowledge compulsory for every man and woman. But it is a matter of fact that the importance of educating woman is still out of reach. The condition of woman education in our country is in dark yet. The importance of female education is not realized till now. Once female education was neglected in our country. But women are nowadays as important as men in society. They constitute nearly half of our population. A good mother means an educated mother. According to the history, women in the past were confined within the four walls. But at present they are no longer captive to their parents’ or husbands’ house. By receiving higher education, women are becoming pilots, doctors, engineers, high officials etc. They are contributing much to the economy. Now it has come to the realization of men including parents and others that no development is possible by keeping half of our population illiterate at home. Besides, our government has already introduced stipend, free books, etc. to encourage the girls. Even it is declared free and compulsory education for girls upto the SSC.