Impact of Education on Women Empowerment: A Micro Study with Reference to Paschim Medinipur District in West Bengal

Abstract: The present study tries to examine the attitudinal differences of Xth grade students towards women empowerment of Salboni block, Paschim Medinipur in West Bengal. Main purpose of this empirical study is to know the impact of education on women empowerment. Self prepared Bengali version questionnaire consisting 31 items was selected. Each item of this questionnaire with three alternatives (like always, sometimes and never) was employed. Only 60 families were assigned to collect data. Purposive sampling procedure was used. For analysing the data descriptive statistical techniques like SD, t- test were used. Result of this study shows that APL and BPL general and others, rural and urban Xth grade secondary students have significant difference towards women empowerment but male and female xth grade students have no significant attitudinal difference exists between them. The study revealed that women education and financial support help the access the power to women in every sphere of their life.

Keywords: Women Education, Empowerment, Financial Support, Autonomy.


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