Education for Skill Development and Gender Empowerment : An Overview

Authors

  • Dr. Dhananjay Sharan   Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Hindu College, Moradabad, India

Keywords:

Education, Skill Development, Gender Empowerment

Abstract

Education is a crucial determinant of the knowledge and skills required for the development of a nation. Education has occupied a prime place in the modern era. It enables an individual and thereby the society to transform towards a knowledge society, a civil society at that. Education, therefore, is no longer a choice either for an individual or for a state. It is a crucial tool to realise the knowledge economy and society. The development of human resource depends on quality education. The expenditure on education benefits to a Nation for stable economic growth, out space in technology and stability in the economy. It provides out space in technology and development of skills in human resources. Women constitute around fifty percent of the total human resources in our economy. Yet women are the more poor and under privileged than men as they are subject to many socio-economic and cultural constraints. Skills and knowledge are the engines of economic growth and social development of any country. Countries with higher and better levels of knowledge and skills respond more effectively and promptly to challenges and opportunities of globalisation. India is in transition to a knowledge based economy and its competitive edge will be determined by the abilities of its people to create, share and use knowledge more effectively. Skill, Education and employment are the most important tool not for social and economic development but political development also. It has been recognised that the status of the women and their contribution is not only managing their families, but also to the economic and social development of entire society. Increasing skill development among women make them more capable and empowered and skill development is the surest way for socio-economic development of any country. The basic objectives of the present study are: (i) to underline the role of skill education on gender development and their empowerment and (ii) to analyse how skill development and vocational programmes can drive the national development. The present paper is an analytical study and is based on secondary data drawn from various government sources.

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Dr. Dhananjay Sharan , " Education for Skill Development and Gender Empowerment : An Overview, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp.656-662, January-February-2019.