As Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” For the development of any community, be it women or backward sections of our world, both socially and economically, or just human beings in general, there is no path other than Education.

For the advancement of women and to reestablish their place in society, education is the only path. As the famous quote said, “A family can be educated by educating a woman. Educate a woman, and you change the future.”

By educating women, we give them the tools to use the information, experience and tools that improve their employment chances. Getting employed and becoming financially independent liberates a woman in many different ways. An educated, employed woman, can support their family and teach a very important lesson of independence, and financial autonomy. Through many projects such as the Kanyashree Project in West Bengal, or Kudumbashree Project in Kerela, state governments along with the help of the central government of India are trying their best to ensure that young girls get fair and equal opportunities so as to build a more equal system.

The more the number of women getting educated and getting jobs, the more the gap between the two sections of our society will lessen. Maybe, as more and more women keep getting employed, the unfair wage gap between a man and a woman employee will lessen and become equal.

The more we educate women, the faster we can break out of superstitious beliefs and prejudices. We, as Indians must accept our true culture as a people where people are treated equally irrespective of their gender.

Educating women also leads to the gradual decline in the tendency to commit social evils such as dowry, or female infanticide, or rape as education gives women the courage to protest and raise their voice.

By entering the working population, women have to make decisions within their office community and even at their homes which directly challenges and opposes the existing gender norms and concepts that women are “meek, obedient” creatures, second to men.

Lastly, educated women who become accomplished in their respective fields, be it sports, or politics, or academics, or business, they inspire little girls from all over the nation and globe to have the courage to dare and dream.