Higher Education for Muslim Women Empowerment in India

Abstract

India is a democratic country and Indian constitution mandated equal rights for every citizen. The Rights to Education Act 2009 mandated Education for All for Children belonging to age group 6-14 which got success in increasing the gross enrolment ratio (GER) in primary and upper primary education. But still the gross enrolment ratio in higher education remain far behind. The rate of enrolment in case of women is poorer than their counter part. But if we analyze the gross enrolment of Muslim women in higher education we can see the condition is even more detrimental than women from different communities in India. This paper tried to discuss the status of Muslim women in higher education, their problems in access to higher education, governmental policies and schemes for spreading higher education to them and ended with some suggestions which may be useful for increasing the access of Muslim women to higher education to some extent.