Female Education
Female educationEducation is a light to which everybody has the equal right. Allah has created both man & woman equally and has not down any distinct distinction between them. So, there should be no difference of opinion regarding imparting education to woman. So education should be universal.
A good mother can produce
a good citizen. In order to have good citizens, female education is a must.
Female education is not a
new thing in our country. Islam has encouraged education and training to woman
folk. The prophet of Islam has made education compulsory for both man and
woman. Once Nepoleon said “Give me a good mother and I will give you a good
citizen.” ‘A good mother ’ obviously means an educated mother. So it needs no
telling the importance of female education.
Woman are now a days as
important as men in society. They constitute nearly half of our total
population. So there can be no denying the fact that they too possess equal
rights and duties as men do. If they get opportunity, their genius, powers and
capacities will bloom fully. No nation can make real progress keeping a full
half of its population in the dark. Again without education woman cannot be
elevated. So an all out education should be imparted to the woman folk.
A mother exercises an
undeniable influence in the formation of children’s character and in shaping
their future destiny. The things that they learn at home take a root in them. And
it goes without saying that this learning they get mostly from their mother as
they live under her direct supervision and constant care. If a mother fails to
bring up her children properly, the mother is held responsible for this future,
not the child. If all the children become great, all the credit goes to the
mothers. From this point of view an educated mother is an assets and it is more
necessary to educate woman folk.
The role of woman in
making a home an abode of peace and happiness is great. Not only as mothers but
also as wives woman exert tremendous influence for good or for evil. If a wife
is properly educated, she can manage household affairs efficiently. A good
house wife is an asset to the entire family. She can keep accounts, control and
guide servants and take initiative in many domestic matters. She can maintain
the discipline of the house.
All necessary steps should
be taken to encourage universal female education. It is happy news for us that
our government has declared free and compulsory education for rural girls up to
S.S.C. A country cannot prosper if its woman is kept ignorant. We need good
wives and good mothers to make our nation great. Without a good system of
female education, this will not be possible.
