Women role and education rights

The national emergency made it clear that a democratic society can be strengthened only when its citizens are enlightened and understand the full implications of their responsibilities and rights. It was, therefore, imperative that in a state of emergency, the programme of education should be strengthened and promoted even more than in ordinary times. The National Council, therefore, resolved that there should be no cut in women's education programmes on account of the national emergency because such a cut is likely to be detrimental to the defence effort. On the contrary, as far as possible, a larger allocation for women's education programme may be provided. The tradition of education in India dates back to ancient times. Children were initiated to learning at a fairly young age by placing them under the tutelage of the learned. A strong student-teacher relationship developed in due course.Teachers considered the transfer of knowledge as one of their sacred duties. The students worked hard and pursued their studies Facilities for traditional education, which might have been available to all children in the earliest times, subsequently due to social changes, came to be restricted to certain sections of the population. However, close links continued to remain between religion and education and institutions for learning came to be established by religious institutions and in some cases attached to places of worship.Woman's role in society as the complement of man need in no way be looked down upon; for man also is equally the complement of woman. That the true role, or rather the mission of woman is to be the friend, comfort and support of man rather than his competitor in the race of life, does not at all detract anything from her position and self-respect the educated Indian Women do not consider this ideal of womanhood as unworthy will rest chiefly on our men, who must not give only women their due respect but must admit them frankly as their equals and friends, in all walks of life and thus maintain the ancient high ideal which looked upon matrimony as a spiritual union of souls her tradition, culture and bringing up, Indian woman, most of all, is best fitted to play this role in her life; and it would be, as the author has shown, a great mistake to change her ideal and graft in its place one, alien to her nature and traditions