WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION: ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS
उच्च शिक्षा में महिलाएँ: आकांक्षाएँ और अपेक्षाएँ
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i2.2024.5788Keywords:
Higher Education, Women, Commission, PoliciesAbstract [English]
The landscape of gender as an academic discipline is very vast. When we talk about the relationship between education and gender as a part of education, it is revealed that the field itself is very diverse. If we explore the rich literature on gender and education available across the world, it becomes evident that most of the existing literature deals with primary education and there is a dearth of literature crafted in the field of women and higher education. Most of the studies conducted in these fields specifically discuss the problems faced by women in accessing and excelling in higher education. There are very few studies that talk about the aspirations and expectations of society from these educated women and vice versa, i.e. consider the expectations and aspirations of women pursuing higher education themselves.
In this paper, the researcher has attempted to understand this very area of higher education of women. In the first section of the paper, the researcher has tried to overview the major trends related to higher education and gender in this field across the world and in the specific context of India. In the next section, the researcher has tried to discuss in detail the various expectations of society from educated women and how this has changed during the course of India's development. For this purpose, the researcher has tried to trace the development of women's higher education in India and the ideology that drives these developmental initiatives.
Abstract [Hindi]
एक अकादमिक अनुशासन के रूप में जेन्डर का परिदृश्य बहुत विशाल है। जब हम शिक्षा के एक भाग के रूप में शिक्षा और जेन्डर के बीच संबंध की बात करते हैं, तो यह सामने आता है कि यह क्षेत्र अपने आप में बहुत ही विविध है। यदि हम दुनिया भर में उपलब्ध जेन्डर और शिक्षा के समृद्ध साहित्य का अन्वेषण करते हैं, तो यह स्पष्ट हो जाता है कि मौजूदा साहित्य का अधिकांश हिस्सा प्राथमिक शिक्षा से संबंधित है और महिलाओं और उच्च शिक्षा के क्षेत्र में गढ़े गए साहित्य की थोड़ी कमी है। इन क्षेत्रों में किए गए अधिकांश अध्ययन विशेष रूप से उच्च शिक्षा में महिलाओं की पहुंच और उत्कृष्टता में आने वाली समस्याओं के बारे में चर्चा करते हैं। ऐसे बहुत कम अध्ययन हैं जो समाज की इन शिक्षित महिलाओं से आकांक्षा और अपेक्षा के बारे में बात करते हैं और इसके विपरीत, यानी उच्च शिक्षा प्राप्त करने वाली महिलाओं की अपनी अपेक्षाओं और आकांक्षाओं के बारे में विचार करें।
इस शोध पत्र में शोधकर्त्री ने महिलाओं की उच्च शिक्षा के इसी क्षेत्र को समझने का प्रयास किया है। शोध पत्र के पहले खंड में, शोधकर्त्री ने दुनिया भर में और भारत के विशिष्ट संदर्भ में उच्च शिक्षा और इस क्षेत्र में जेन्डर से संबंधित प्रमुख रुझानों का अवलोकन करने की कोशिश की है। अगले खंड में, शोधकर्त्री ने शिक्षित महिलाओं से समाज की विभिन्न अपेक्षाओं और यह कैसे भारत के विकास के दौरान बदल गया है, के बारे में विस्तार से चर्चा करने की कोशिश की है। इस उद्देश्य के लिए, शोधकर्त्री ने भारत में महिलाओं की उच्च शिक्षा के विकास और इन विकासात्मक पहलों को संचालित करने वाली विचारधारा का पता लगाने की कोशिश की।
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