DISTRICT PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME

QEFiDER STUDIES

DISTRICT GUNA

DEPARTMEriT OF HOME SCIEiiCE MAHARATi! LAXMIBAI P.O. COLLEGE

1994

NIEPA DC S- 4 SIS 372

P O R f I - 3)

llORAnY % DOCUMENTATION CtN^m ^^^cionil lostitute of Educational ’ ‘leaning and Administration. l"-8, Sri Aurobindo Marg, a j _ % a . 3 S “ .; ::;;aei3sr DISTRICT PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME

DPEP

MADHYA PRADESH

Gender Studies

r 4 a 1 1 a 1 Project D i r 8 c t o r Usha N-ayar

Con-3'j. 11 an t Sarojini Bisaria

Madhya Pradesh

State ContI'ol 1 ir.g Officer U.S.Pathak

1 a t e COQ rd I n a t o T' Madhu Mishra

S t a t e Tea 'n

District Guna

(1 ' Chand r 1 ka R.aa ( 4 ) R a 1 1 V Ch o>j. r a3 i. a.

(2 ) h'.Iran Mathu (5) Narayan Singh Rajput

(3) Sap r 1y a S r i v as t av a (.6) Vedhrat Bai.5

Computer Analysis : Afcash Deep Gupta CONTENT

lat roclucat ion

a . Figures At a Glance , Madhya FMvadesh Distt-GUNA 001 - 001

b , DPEP Sender Studies An overvie-4 003 - 028

c . India ~ E’-rief Analysis 029' - 040

d . Madhya Pradesh - E^rief An lysis <1’41 — 058

e . Gender Studies (DPEP) in H.P. Coverage , Target Group , Goals Z-. Obiectives 059 - 066

f . Operational Details 067 - 07 2

Chap te r

District Gun a : An over %• i e ui 073 oee

I I The Study Locale: Ob?iervatvon <:>G9 106 Interaction

I I I An a 1 y 3 1s o f Da t a

■j;. 1 Tho Hou 3e ho 1 -li Con t e :

An a 1V 3 1 f the .'.'Tooout Girls 129 133 Schedule

Analysis of Nan-£:.n ro I led Girls 134 13B

3.4 Analysis of Teachers Schedule 139 145

3.5 Analysis of Institutional and 146 150 Educational Admin istrators Schedule

3.6 Analysis of Cornmunity Leaders 151 - 152 Schedule

Major Finding and P.eca»T\u\e< 153 166

Suggested Interventions 167 174

List of AbbreViat 1ons FIGURES AT A GLANCE - I^4DIA , MADHYA PRADESH AND DISTT. GUNA

INDIA MAD'HYA PRADESH GUMA

1.POPULATION T. PERSONS 844,324,222 66,135,862 13,09,451

MALES 437,805,805 34,232,048 6,97,955

FEhALES 406,518^417 31,903,814 6,11,496

R. PERSONS 950,251,746 50,787,815 10,54,005

t-lALES 627,146,597 26,123,971 5,62,040

FEMALES 323,105,I49 24,663,844 4,91,965

U. PERSONS 217,177,625 15,348,047 2,55,446

MALES 114,700,656 8,108,077 1,35,915

FEMALES 102,476,969 7,239,970 1 ,19,531

DECENf-4I.AL TOTAL 23.56 26 .75 36. 69 p o p u l a t i o n r u r a l 19.71 22. 1 1 22.50 GROWTH RATE URC-AN 36. 19 44.98 8C>. 40 1982-91

3. AREA ( 5q , p: m ) ,287,263 443,446 11,065

4.DEN5ITY OF POPULATION 26: 149 lie (Per sq,km)

5.SEX - RATIO TOTAL 929 9T-7 76 (Nu.iTibi^rs of f e IT. a I e s per RLiP A L 941 944 875 1,000 iT.ales) URBAN S93 89!: B 79

6.LITERATES PERSONS 362,174,360 2T, 491,956 3,57,666

MALES 230,406,481 16,101,046 2,71,284

FEMALES 131,767,519 7,390,910 86,582

SOURCE : CENSUS OF INDIA - 1991

INTRODUCTION

DPEP GENDER STUDIES

An Overview

The Constitution of India recognizes education as a basic right of every child and enjoins on the State to provide free and compulsory education to all children upto the age of fourteen.

(Article 45).

U n 1 versa 1isation of Elementary Education (UEE) consisting of five years of primary and three years of upper primary education was launched as a major educational programme in the First Five

Year Plan has continued to be a priority area for planners. The

National Policy on Education 1986 (updated in 1992) and its

Programme of actiaa (POA> reaffirms India's commitment to UEE which implies not only universal access and enrolment but, a substantial improvement in quality of education to enable all children to achieve essential levels of learning.

It IS increasingly recognised that the goal of UEE is

educating us largely on account of the failure of the system to

■ iroll And retain girls and children belonging to historically

deprived castes and communities residing in rural/remote

areas,certain minority groups and urban slums. This calls for

decentral1 zed participatory planning and management taking into

account' local area specific and group specific needs and

requirements. Gender disparities cut across caste, class,

region and religion and are thus to be addressed as a major

barrier to UEE and societal development in general. Two major s-2t of events mark the last two decades in India ;

among atht?rs

(a) emcfrgence of district as a meso urn t of socio economic

p 1ann ing and

(b) emergence of the women’s question.

In India, States are organized on linguistic bssis and vary

tremendously in physical, social and cultural characteristic as well as population size. The intra state diversities and dl.sparities are extremely large with greater cultural continuity

in districts across state boundaries. India can be better

understood in terms of its districts uihich are more homogeneous

cultural units,more viable for effective development planning and

even day to day planning. !

We notice a gradual move-ment from macro-aggregat i ve to

disaggregating decentralized educational planning with district

becoming the focal point of planning for basic education, i.e.

UEE,’ ECCE and ^ Adult Education and now a move towards micro I level participatory planning at the block and village level.

Analysis of the existing researches shows that girls

education is inextricably linked with the status of women, which # is location and culture specific. Planning of any intervention

strategies for girls education has therefore to be based on

indepth study and involvement of specific situtations cultures

and communities. Although the Indian Constitution provides for equality betufeen se:

and girls, major questions regarding unequal physical and social position of t^omen were raised in a big way in post 1971 Census

period with the setting up of the Committee on Status of Women in

India (CSWI > which gave its report "Towards Equality'* in 1974.

The declining sex ratio, higher female mortality and morbidity,

declining workforce participation rate and poor political

participation of women were issues which were brought to the fore

by the CSWI and formed the basis of sustained action during the

United Nation Development Decade. Although male/female

disparities were recognized and attempts made to address them

within education, female lag was noticed at all levels and in all

types of education. The women s question was squarely addressed

by social scientists and women activists resulting into the

growth of a large body of research in women's studies, state

action and led to modifications and passing of several new laws

and formulation of a large number of women/girls cenetred

policies and programmes.

s:everal EFA initiatives have been taken in the 1990«, to

include: Bihar Education Project , Andhra Pradesh Primary

Education Project , Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Project, Lok

Jumbish in and Total Literacy Campaigns

than 200 districts, with focas on girls education and women's

empowerment. The experience gained in these ongoing projects

has been utilized in formulating one of the largest primary

education programmes, namely, the DISTRICT PRIMARY EDUCATION

PROGRAMME (DPEP), MAJOR FEATURES OF DPEP

01. Holistic planning and manac)>?«Ti^nt approach which goes beyond

implementation of a diajointed set of individual schemes,

perceives the task of DEE in its totality, integrates all

the measures needed to achieve UEE in the specific context

of the district,

02. This holistic planning should incorporate a gender

perspective in all aspects of the planning and

implementation process and be an 'integral part of all I measures needed to achieve UEE,

03. Addressing the more difficult aspects of access,

particularly access to girls, disadvantaged groups and out

of school children,

04. Improving school effectiveness,

0'S. Strengthening the alternatives to schooling , part icu.lar ly

the non-formal education system,

06. Stressing the participative processes whereby the local

community facilitates participation, achievement and school

effectiveness,

07. Toning up teacher competence, draining and motivation,

08. Stressing learning competence and achievement,

09. Overhaul of planning and management in respect of both

routine and innovative areas,

10. Convergence between elementary education and related

services like ECCE and school health. FURTHER EMPHASIES OF DPEP :

01, Local area planning with the district plans being formulated

in thsir own right rather than being derived from a state

plan project document.

02. Greater rigour and infusion af professional inputs in

planning and appraisal. j3. More focussed targetting in that the districts selected to be

on

(a) Educationally backward districts with female literacy

below the national average ; and

(b) Districts where TLCs have been sucessfully leading to

enhanced demand for elementary education.

CA. t^ore focussed coverage in that the programme ujoiAld be on

primary stage (Classes "I-V and its NFE equivalent), with

stress on education for girls, and also for socially

disadvantaged groups. In States where enrolment and

retention is near universal in the primary stage, support has

been considered for the upper primary stage.

The programme attempted to develop and implement in the districts selected a replicable, sustainable and cost-effective programme :

01. to reduce difference in enrolment, dropout and learning

achievement among gender and social groups to less than five

percent ,

02. to reduce overall primary dropout rates for all students to

less than 10 percent, 03. to increase average primary learning achievement by 25

percent over measured baseline levels, and

04. to provide, according to national norsns, acceiss for all

children, to primary education classes (I-V), i.e. primary

schooling wherever possible, or its equivalent non-formal

education.

The programme aims to strengthen the capacity of national, state and district institutions and organisations for the planning, management and evaluation of priaiary education.

In keeping with the objectives of the programme the

formulation of the district plans was expected to be through a

process of capacity building rather than by entrusting the job as

a turnkey assignment to consultants, institution or individual.

Taking cognizance of the scarcity of project formulation skills

the programme envisages particular measures for strengthening

state level resource institutions and DIETs, networking of these

institutions with NCERT and NIEPA on one hand and with state

level social sciences research organisations / I IMS / University/

departments on the other. Hitherto, the state level resource

institutions were strengthened mainly with reference to teacher

training. Hereafter equal emphasis would be laid on

administration and management training for educational

functionaries, NGOs and members of the VECs, district and

sub—district project structure. PROGRAMME CRITERIA AND EVIDENCE FOR APPRAISAL OF PROJECTS

CRITERIA EVIDENCE

EQUITY FOCUS Focus on districts with low female literacy rates

Baseline beneficiary studies

Specific strategies for giris, SC/ST students

Action plans and budgets development at the disti'ict level

Investment in district-level institutional c a p a c 1ty

PARTICIPATORY Village leadership, NGOs,District, Block and PLANNING school level personnel involved in programme planning through consultations and workshops

TECHNICAL Strategies are based on empirical evidence or FEASIBILITY experience, preferably in India

MANAGERIAL Implementation by a registered society FEASIBILITY empoM/red to make financial, staffing and project design decisions

Plan for MIS development that needs (301 requirements

Acceptable plans for development of enhanced State capacity for textbook development, teacher training,management training, student learning assessment, and programme evaluation

FINANCIAL Programme resources are a net addition to FEASIBILITY normal growth of State Plan allocations for primary education and education as a whole

Full annual programme costs are included in annual State budgets.

Annual recruitment costs of the investment are shown to be sustainable on State Non-Plan budgets at the end of the project.

GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN NATIONAL POLICY OF EDUCATION

Tne National Policy on Education-1986 is a major landmark in the evolution of the status of . The MPE goes substantially beyond the equal educational opportunity and social justice (equity) approach and expects education to becoir.e an instruT.ent of women's equality and empowerment. (Paras 4.2 and

4.3).

The Pragrafnme of Action (POA) as revised in 1992 clearly spells but the need for the entire educational system to be alive to gender and regional disparities. Gender sensitivity is to be reflected in the implementation of educational programmes across the board. Education for Women’s Equality (EWE) is considered too important to be left to individual commitments or proclivities of persons in charge of implementing. The POA makes it incumbent on all agencies and institutions in the field of education to be gender sensitive and ensure that women have their rightful share in all educational programmes ■>and activities.

To this effect all educational institutions have to plan and act. All educational personnel, therefore, need to be sensitized on gender issues so that the country can move from gender neutral, often gender blind educational planning and implementation, to gender aviare, gender sensitive, gender inclusive education. There is gradual realization that men and women play an overlapping variety of roles which compliment one another. A change for one inevitably brings a change for the other. A balanced gender au»are approach i»)ould be the best way to implement devlopment programmes. Expecting a country to develop touiards raodernisatian, u/ith the female, half of its papulation unable to take full part in the process was like asking someone to work v*»ith one arm and leg tied up behind their back.

SEX AND GENDER

The farmer is biologically determined uihereas the later

imputes values on biological differences. One is born female or

male but its one's culture which makes one masculine or

feminine.

Gender is thus, the cultural definition of behaviour defined

as appropriate to the se:

Gender roles are hard to change but as they are

social ly/cul tu.ral ly created, they are changeable. Be:< is not.

GENDERING I Gender roles are learned behaviour. These roles in their

social, economic and political dimensions vary across cultures.

These roles are internalized very early in life. There is non

conscious internalization of the gender role ideology (how

labour, power and resources get distributed among sexes) during

early childhood and school does little to modify or change this.

Intact, education further strengthens the familial gender based

division of labour and resources through inequitably distribution of resources and a gender discriminatory transaction of the curricula. The m a m actors of gendering in school are the policy makers, the planners, the teachers and the teacher educators, as much as the curriculum developers and the text book writers, as, they all e m e r g e from the same society and have internalized

The purpose of the present exercise would be to help educational personnel :

I . to analyse the content of the social roles/gender roles of

women and men for helping them to see and feel the need for

gender justice ;

II . to deconstruct gender roles, especially those aspects like

immutable differences, myths, beliefs of male superiority

and female subordination ;

III. to reconstruct gender roles correspondIng to the need of a

new social and technological social order based on equality

and justice through curriculum and educational programmes.

It IS only after unlearning some of the prejudices and stereotypes, an administrator, a text book writer, can become a nource of women's empowerment or gender equality.

"All teachers and instructors will be trained as agents of women's empowerment. Training programmes will be developed by

NCERT, NIEPA, DAE, SRCs, DIETs, SCERTs and the University System.

Innovative training programme will be designed with the assistance of concerned organizations and women' s groups’', Additionally, mobilise '>»omen and all section-5 of papulation for promoting girls' education by arranging orientation progratTimes for educational functionaries such as state level planners,district educational pianners,teachers, administrators,

.Tiembers of village education committees, voluntary organisations,

lahila Mandals and the functionaries of other development agencies/departments working in the area.

"The common core curriculum is a potentially powerful

instrument to promote a positive image of v

initiated in the area of developing gender sensitive curriculum ,

remove se:< bias in text books and training of trainers/teachers.

SCERT and concerned State Level Boards and Institutions will

initiate similar Miork".

In the area of girls education and woman's empowerment,

significant research and development work was done for

operationalizing WPLs commitment to Education for Women's

Equality after 1986. Considerable data based analysis pointed to

the general educational and social lag of women and girls

especially those belonging to rural areas. The most significant

contribution of their field based empirical studies was to

highlight the regional and gender disaparities and helped in

identifying districts which were backward in female literacy and

schooling. This formed the basis for girls / women focussed EFA

programme and the Eighth Five Year Plan ( 1990-95 ) focussed on

issues of rural girls and uiomen from disadvantaged groups. The 1980s are a significant period when issues of se;<-bias in camculum and its transaction were raised and tools were developed to analyze Text Books and other learning methods from point of view of gender equality and later from women‘s empowerment. This was also the time when teacher education curriculum was revised from gender perspective and teacher

Handbooks prepared for making education a powerful vehicle of women's empowerment.

The DPEP is a path breaking programme in that it is not only utilising existing educational research evidence in its project

formulation but also understanding a set of studies in some of the focal areas in every DPEP district.

Following studies were carried out :

01. Base Line Survey

02. Gend*?r Studies

03. Tribal Studies

04. Text Book Production and Distribution

05. State Finance

06. Teacher Educ a 11 on

Against the backdrop of educational and social lag of women and girls and as a required input into District Primary Education

Programme, Gender Studies were taken up in 43 districts of the

States of Assam, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,

Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu. METHODOLOGY

The study is primarily qualitative and carried out in participatory research mode. The concerned ccmmunities, parents, officials and researchers met together in face to face

interaction , and discussed the major issues of continuance,

discontinuance and non-enrolment of girls in primary education,

Stmct.ured individual interviews and grouo discussions were

carried out in addition to secondary data obtained from the

State, Districts, Blocks and sample Villages. Field observation

was emloyed to strengthen data obtained fron secondary sources

and through individual/group interviews.

In rural and urban slum settings, there is no concept of

household p>rivacy.

Household interv ie'.*rs in villages and ui'bari slums u/ere a

f ajni 1 y/commun i ty affair. Each interview turned into a mini

discussion group unth the male household head as chief respondent

but household women viz.mother, wife, daughter all participating.

The responses registered are to be seen as parental responses as

I both male/female parents or occasslonally a grand father or a

grand mother had their pieces to say, ne ighbo'.-rs did not stay away

e i th e r . GOALS ( IMMEDIATE )

GENDER AWARE Gender Sensitive Project Planning and IiT>p lemen tat ion.

IMPROVING Increasing number of -schools places for SUPPLY formal/Non-formal education centre.

Improving infrastructure and support services for girls, increasing number of women teachers.

Making the content and process of education gender bias free and gender 1n c 1 us i ve ,

Gender sensitization of all educational p e r s o n n e 1 ,parents and community.

Monitoring progress towards gender e q u a 1 i ty .

GENERATING Social Mobilisation awareness generation, DEMAND consciousness raising, advocacy,campaigns for survival, protection and development of the Girl Child Education and key input.

W O M E N •S Energising existing women's groups EMPOWERMENT Organising new groups

S u p p o r t i n g action by women and com.Ttunity to raise status of women.

Re c o n s t rue t ion and deconstruction of gender roles.

GOALS ( LONG TERM )

* When being a man or a woman works neither to the advantage

nor to the disadvantage of a person.

^ It is noted that gender roles are socially created and hence

are not immutable. 01. To iT\ap out gender disparties in access, enrolinent

and retention in schools.

02. Tv3 Identify cause-Es for non enrolment and drop out of girls

and propose effective district / local specific strategies

for improving enrolment, retention and achievement among

girls

03. To asses the situation of ujomen in each district with

regard to some social and demographic indicators, and

women's equality and empou;e rmen t .

04. To collect information on gender bias in

(a)text books,(b)teacher's training, (c)teacher's attitude,

‘d)curriculum transaction and

05. To identify supportive community structures such as Women's

groups, V.E.Cs, Panchayats, P.T.As, Teacher organisations,

Youth Clubs etc. for developing effective strategies of UPE

among girls.

06. To identify ways to facilitate convergence of services of

different departments for UPE among girls (focal areas

ECCE, Health and Support Services).

07. To study the availability of educational (books, stationery,

uniforms) and other incentives

prizes etc.).

08. To assess participation of women in teaching,

administration and other decision making bodies,

09. To develop State/District level monitoring and evaluation

f rame'.»iork . SECONDARY DATA WAS COLLECTED ON THE FOLLOWING :

01. Social' and demographic indicators, population distribution

by se;<: and rural-urban areas, se:< ratio, a^e specific

population especially for age group 0-6 and 6-11 years,

population density,age specific mortality rates, infant

•T.ortality rate,chi Id mortality rate,age at marriage by sex,

child labour, work participation rate by sex, main and

«T>arginal workers and by rural/urban areas, where ver possible.

02. Literacy by sex, rural urban, SC/ST 1?81, 1991

03. Availability of primary schools / NFE centres, ECCE Centres

within walking distance of I to 1.6 km. for girls.

04. Availability of educational and other (books, stationery

and remedial teaching) incentives (uniforms, noon meals,

attendance scholarships).

. Enrolment by sex , rur.a I/urban ,SC/ST for the last five years.

06. Dropout by sex, rural/urban, SC/ST for the last five years.

07.' Total number of teachers by sex, rural urban, SC/ST.

08. Women teachers as percentage of total teachers.

09. Women’s participation in terms of percentage in educational

administration and other decision making bodies like

Panchayats and Village Education Committees. (VEC)

10. Supportive structures such as ECCE (Anganwadi, Balawadi,

Pre schools) Woman's Groups (Mahila fiandals, fiahxla

Samakhya, NGO's etc.), Village Education Committees, Parent

Teacher Association, Panchayat Education Sub-Committees,

Teacher Org an isat lonsand T4ehru Yuvak Kendras (Youth Clubs). 11. Schemes and programmes of education departments and other

departments (Government of India and State Gove»rnments) for

girls' education and 'oomen' s development.

SOURCES OF SECONDARY DATA

1. Census of India.

2. District Handbooks.

3. Educational and Social Researches on Girls Education and

status of u/omen.

4. Government (State, GDI) Documents.

5. National Sample Surveys

Secondary Data had to be utilized far preparation of :

i. State status paper on Girls Education

ii. District Profiles

PRIMARY DATAS

Primary data has been collected through group discussions,

field observation and interviews with parents, teachers,

administrators, community leaders and girls themselves. The

purpose has been to identify the issues connected with the

following

01. Reasons for continuance^ of girls in schooling.

02. Reasons for discontinuance of girls from schooling.

03. Reasons for non enrolment of girls.

04 Perceived utility of Girls' Education

05. Perception of Gender Equality and Gender Discrimination.

06. Proposed strategies for UPE of Girls' and Women's

Empowerment.

07. Role of parents, community leaders, adnun i.s tra.tors and

teachers in UPE for Girls. INTERVIEW SCHEDULES

G.S.l : District Schedule

G.S.2 : Village / Urban Schedule

G.S.3 ; Household Schedule

G.S.3.2 : Dropout Girl Schedule

6 .S.3.3 ; Never Enrolled Girl Schedule

G.S.4 ; Teacher Schedule

G.S.5 ; Institutional Schedule

G.S .6 : Community Leader Schedule

G.S,7 : Educational administrator Schedule

Group Discussions : Interacting sessions with Community Leaders.

Parents, Youth, Teachers and Administrators

»>jere organised.

THE SAMPLE DESIGN

The districts selected under the SSN Project are of low

female literacy districts. Originally, it was proposed to

conduct the gender studies in two blocks one with relatively high

female literacy and the other with low female literacy rate.

Later on the advise of the National Core Group, it was decided to

select only one of the Base Line Survey Block for Gender Studies.

In each block 8 villages were selected for collection of

primary data to represent :

(a) Villages having no school ^

Villages having a primary school only

(c) Villages having middle school

(d) Villages having secondary or higher secondary school

In addition to, one / two urban slum communities were also

selected for collection of primary data. In an earlier study on continuance / d i^icont i nuance of girls in Elementary Schooling, villages and households '.were selected on the basis of population size using stratified randotn sampling.

This study showed that girls participation was contingent on availability of educational infrastructure to a great extent.

Therefore, in the present study villages with varying levels of educational infrastructure were selected from lists of such

villages provided by the Block Education Officers.

Consideri-ag that the villages will vary in population si.:e,

a minimum number o f 30 households and a maximum of 50 households

were to be approached for Interviewing. One or two urban

localities were also to be interviewed.

In each block some teachers were to be interviewed.

As many as possible educational functionaries at the block

and district level were to be interviewed. In each village an

indepth group discussion was to be organised. S. NO Orientation

State Coordinators, 8-9 July, 199: Gender Studies

Assam 6-8 October, 1993 Prof.Usha Nayar, DrwK.C.Nautlya 1 Ms» Gauri Srivastava, Dr. S.C.Nuna,

Haryana 30 Sept.-3 October 1993 Prof.Usha Nayar,P rof.S .Bisar i a, Dr ,KC . Nau.t lyal , Dr . J . Duggal , Harish Tyagi, Mohd. Yunus, Anil kumar, Rajindra pal

K.era 1 a 19-21 October 1993 Prof.Usha Nayar,Dr,K .Devendra Mohd, Yunus, Anil kumar

Madhya Pradesh 11-12 October, 1993 Prof.Usha Nayar, Prof.S .Bisaria

MahaTsish t r a 22-23 October, 1993

Orissa 22-23 February, 1994 Prof.Usha Nayar, Dr.S .S .Jaireth, Ms.Satpreet Chat rath,Mr.Md.Yunus Mr. Harish Tyagi, Mr.R.Pal

Tamil Nadu 13-15 October 1993 Pro.Usha Nayar, Dr. Raj Ram, Mohd. Yunus, Anil Kumar

fvarnataka 27-29 October 1993 Prof.Usha Nayar, Dr.K .C .Nautlya 1

10 Workshop of State 25-27 A u q u s t, 1993 Co-ordinators for D»»s Faculty, NCGG members. Removal of Gender Experts Bias from Text Boo k s Z'. Inputs into Pri»-nary Teachers Education

11 State Coordinators Workshop on Report 18-24 January, 1994 Wr i ting FIELD WORK

Six DPEP Estates completed field ujork by Decemeber, 1993.

Field '»ork in Madhya Pradesh <19 Districts) finished in March

1994 and field work in one district in each state was initiated by a nie«nbcr of the NCGG responsible for the state along with the

State Coordinator. NCGG members and research staff participated

fully in data analysis and report writing. MADHYA PRADESH

In the state of Madhya Pradesh the DPEP gender studies project was undertaken by the Head of the Department of Home Science , naharani Laxmi Bai Post Graduate College Bhopal. She was the state coordinator for the project. Principal of the institute was the chief controlling officer , under his gui"dance and supervision the project was controlled.

A separate cell was formed in the college and all facilities wiere extended. Secretarial assistance ;^»as provided and a basic base line staff was functional at this unit. Professional

Assistants were selected and orientation programme was conducted with the of the National Coordinator and her team from

NCERT.

In the state of Madhya Pradesh , 19 districts v i . Sehore ,

Raisen, P.ajgarh, Betul, .Suna, Dhar, Ratlam, Mandsaur, Tikamgarh,

Chhatarpur, Panna, Rajnandgaon, Rewa, Satna, Sidhi, Shahdol,

Bilaspur, R.aigarh, Sarguja were surveyed.

State has a vast area , as such the districts were wide apart and within the district the distances were great. The problem was aggravated due to unfriendly terrain. DIFFICULTIES FACED IN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

1. Project proposa.! was to MHRD on the 4th June, 1993.

Revised proposai was sent on 29th June,1993. However, the project tundfi were received by NCERT on 3rd September 1993. The tun*:}'^ were released to States on 21st of September,1993. The States did not take any step for the appointment of the project staff till, they received the funds. The selections, appointment and training of the project staff, therefore, had to be carried over to October^ 1993. In September, the States appointed state ca-ordinator 5 .

The aforementioned circumstances caused a total delay of

three monthly.

2 . No required additional infrastructu.re to include room rspace

for project personnel and extra equipment like a PC, copier etc.

were provided to the department. Therefore, there was external

congestion and heavy dependence on outr»ide facilitie-s to cope

with the quantum and pressure of work. D e p 1 1 . o f NCERT/NIEPA Na.t loan 1 Ns.tional Projects WCD Core Group Implementation unit

DWCD S C E R T / S I / State Core State Rural Regd. College Home Group Society / State Sc 1enc e Project Implementation Department Unit (Development and Primary Education)

WCD DIET = District District Implementation P 1anning Unit (D.E.Os. Office) Comm i 11 ee'

WCD BRCs Block Edn Block Education C o m m 11 1 e ei O ffice

nah 11 a Mandals Village Edn. Committees, Edn.Tech Community, Mass Media

Worn e n/G roup ^ N . 6 .0 . s Youth Groups, Panchayat, Teachers Organ Isat ion

DISTRICT PRIMARY EDUCATIOfi PROGRAMME DPEP

QIiHDl'K STUDlliS

DCPAKTMEriT or i i O m SCll:nCli MAMARy\riI LAXMII5AI F.Q. COLLCQI': BHOPAL

1994

INDIA BRIEF ANALYSIS

India 15 second most populous country in the world loith

•3. popu. 1 at ion of G46.3 ti^illion in 1991, acco(.inting tor 16 percent of the u

area of t*arth. Its share in total ».*»orld population has increased

froiT, It).2 percent in 1981. to 16 percent in 1991.

POPULATION OF ALL AGE GROUPS

1991 Census was held in 31 States/Union territories of

India v)ith reference date of 01.03.1991. It could not be held in

Jammu. Kashmir. Total area of the country excluding Jammu.

tvashmir is 3,06f5 thousand s q . kms, (including Jammu {Cashmir it

IS v3,2S7 thousand . kms. ) . Total number of ditiitricts in 31

states / unvvin territories at the time of 1991 census uras 4^''2

(including Jammu . ^'.ashmir it was 466).

The highest population among the states/union terriories * is

in U.P. being 139.11 million. Other states having more than 50

million population are Bihar (66.37), Maharashtra (78,94), West

Bengal (68.08), Andhra Pradesh (66.51), Madhya Pradesh (66.18)

:uvd T am i 1 Nadu ( . 06 ) .

Density of population of the country excluding Jammu ?•

Kashmir and Assam for which comparative data for 1981 and 1991 is

not available increased from 230 in 1961 to 273 persons per sq.

km. in 1991. Highest density is in Delhi(6,352) followed by

Chandigarh (5,632). Among the major states having more than 15

million population, highest population, highest density is in

West Bengal (767) followed by Kerala (749). Lowest is in

Frajasthan (129 :• preceded by Madhya Pradesh (149). Decadal growth rate of population of India decline to

23. S5 during 1981-91. i-ihich i*ia5 24.66 during 1971-Sl. Annual exponential growth rate daring 1981-91 u'orks out to 2.14 as against 2.22 during 1971-81.

A total of 74.37 percent of population of the country resides in Rural areas ar#d 23.73 pijrcent in Urban areas.

The. population of scheduled castes in the country excluding JamiTiu Kashmir is 138.22 million this forois ’ 16.48 percent of the total population of the country. Scheduled tribe population is 67.76 million and forms 8.08 percent of the total population of the.country as per 1991 census.

The male pop,u.lation of India is 51.90 percent of the

total population excluding Jammu Z'. Kashmir and 48.10 percent

is female. The se;< ratio as the number of female per thousand males for the country declines from 934 in 19S1 to 927 in 1991.

Birth rate, Death and Infant Mortality rate are important demographic indicators and greatly influence si .re and grof.Mth of population . Crude birth rate in India has declined from 37.2 in

1981 to 29.3 in 1991. Crude death rate also declined from 12.5

in 19S1 to 9.8 in 1991. The infant mortality rate has also come douin from 120 in 1981 to 80 in 1991.

According to Sample Registration System Estimates of 1991 the birth rate is estimated to be the highest in Madhya Pradesh

(35.8) folloi.‘)ed by Uttar Pradesh (35.1) and Rajasthan (34.3).

Death rate is also estimated to be the highest xn Madhya Pradesh

(13.B) fallowed by Arunachal Pradesh (13.5) and Orissa (12.7). It 13 observed that th-2 birth rate, death rate and infant mortality rates ir. the c*Duntry ar«» declining. Houjever the detuogr aph ic prof lie of the c o u ntry is not uniform. The states of

U.P, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan together account for nearly 40 percent of the population of the country,^ have high crude birth rate. Infant Mortality Rate (IHP.), f-laternal riortality Rate 'r.MR), and lo'*) age of girls at marriage,

Literacy rates p ar 11 cu 1 a r ly among females are also l0'.^> in these

V' e r y s t t e 5 .

POPULATION AND LITERACY OF AGE GROUP 7 YEARS AND ABOVE

According to census definition, a person is deemed as literate i f he or she read and t»jrite with understanding in any language. Recognizing that ability to read and *»)rite '*>ith

inderstanding is not ordinarily achieved until one had some schooling or had at least some time to develop these skills,

Deptt. of Education, flinistry of HRD and Planning Commission felt that the papulation of seven years and above only should be classified as literate or illiterate. 1991 census for the first time adopted age group 7 and above for canvassing the literacy question. 0-6 age group papulation which is excluded from the perview of literacy question, forms 17.94 percent of the total papulation of the country. Keeping in view the above decision, literacy rates for population aged 7 years and above have b«en t'jorked out for 1991. Comparative position for the census years

1961, 1971 and 1981 i-»as available for population aged 5 years and above as at that time children of the age group 0-4 only i-;ere excluded form the census literacy question. NATIONAL LEVEL

During the last three decade:^ p)opulation of the country has been increiaing at tl^e ‘Exponential growth rate of mor <3 than 2 percent pf*r annum. While the expanded educational facilities pushed up the number of literates in the country. It has not been able tokeep pace with the increasing population. Number of illiterates has simultaneously increased though at a declining rate of growth.

During 1961--71 p)opulatian of the age group 5 and over increased by about 96 million's and the number of literates

increaried by ;\bou.t 56 million. Thus the number of illiterates

increased by 40 million. Tai^.ing into account the estimates for

Assam for 19G1 and vl K for 1991 increase in population aged 7 yjars and above during 19BI-91 u/as about 13B million

increase in the number of literate?: (*ias about 17:^0 million.

Increase in the number of illiterates (>ia5 only 18 million. It

shows that increase in population ar>d literates has been

substantially high during these decades but the rates of increase

in the number of illiterates has declined over the three de'crades.

For the first time in 1991^ number of literates has exceeded

the number of illiterates thereby taking the literacy rate above

percent landmark.

Gender disparity in literacy is a historical phenomenon,

in 1901, while the literacy rate for males was 9.83 percent, it

was Ofi 1 y 0.60 percent in case of females.

While about the fourth of the urban population is literate,

literacy rate in rural areas is yet much below the level at fjO

percent mark. Literacy rate for females in n.iral areas is still lower bsing only 30.62. When it is compared with the literacy r.^te of ei.09 percent for urban male population, the glaring gender and ru.ral/urban disparitie-s become quite evident. Though there is an i

Literacy rate at the national levv?l reveal only a part of the Hitory of disparities in literacy situation in the country.

Literacy rates among the Btatea/UTs range froti) 89.B1 percent in

K.erala to 3-1.48 in F>ihar. Qn the basis of literacy rate State/UTs can be grouped as under :

B e l O ‘.‘) 50*/. Bihar (38.48), Rajasthan, Dadra Z< Nagar Havel i, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradetsh Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Meghalaya (49.10) and (Jammu Z< Kashmir).

'30*/« to 60% Assam (52.89). Haryana, Karnataka, West Bengal, Pun : ab , M a m pu r (59.89)

60y. to 70*/« - Tripura (60.44), Gujarat, ^4agaland, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra (64-87).

70y« to 00*/. - Daman and Dlu(7l.20), A and N Is l ands,Pond ichery Delhi, Goa, Chandigarh (77.81).

80% and above- Lakshadweep (81.78), Mizoram, l^ierala (89.81).

While Lak.shdweop, Mizoram and H^erala have literacy rate

above 80%, Bihar and Rajasthan are still belou» 40% .

Literacy rate in 1991 for rural areas varied from 88.92' in

Kerala to 30.37 in Rajasthan and for urban areas it varied from

92.25 in Kerala to 61.0 in Uttar Pradesh. While literacy rat^?

for male population varied from 93.62 in ferala to 5 1.45 in

Arunachal Pradesh literacy rate for female population varied

from 86.17 in J^erala to 20.44 percent in Rajasthan. Among th^e

states, highest literacy rate of 95.58-ujas in case of Kerala

urban male population and the Lo'.west rate of 11,59 utas in case of

P.a j as than ' s rural female population. Total number of literates increased in all States/Union

Territories daring 1981-91. Increase in literacy rate varied fro:-n 16.05 percentage point -3 in Aru.nachal Pradesh to 3. 0<> percentage points in Chandigarth in respect of all persons and frotT) 19.31 percentage points in Sikkim to 3.02 percentage points in Chandigarth in respect of only females. Increase in Literacy rates was over ten percentage points j.n the St at es/UTs. of

Aru.nachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Lak 3hd».*jeep, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana,

Nagaland, Daman Z'. Diu., Tripura, Punjab and flan i pur. It s^ias belo'-f the national average of 8.65 in the States/UTs of Rajasthan

(8.*14), Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, riir.oram,

Kerala, Orissa, Dadar Z'. Nagar Havel i, Meghalaya, Bihar, Delhi and Chandigarth (3.00).

Total nuiDher of illiterates of the age group 7 and above in

India e lud ing J k: according to 1991 census i-*ias 328.88

( Including estimates for Jammu Jvashm}. r, number of illiterates of the age group 7 and above cacnes to 332.7 million) million.Gut of these more than half uiere in the five low

literacy states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra

Pradesh and Rajasthan. Other states havinv^ more than 10 million

illiterates of age group 7 and above are f*1ah ar ash t r a, West

Bengal, Orissa, Karnataka and Gujarat. There was increase in the number of illiterates during 1981-91 in most of the States/UTs.

In case of Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, nizoram, Punjab,

Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Lakshdweep there was marginal decrease in the number of illiterates during 1981-91. In case of Kerala the decline was of the order of 35 percent from 39.68 lakh in 1981 to

25.74 lakh in 1991. Increase in the number of illiterate during

<35) . . & DOCUMENTATION CENiHt 'Cionil Iiiscitute of Kducatiooal '''anni;!.'-’ and Administration.

• -3, 'Z'li .-^urobindo Marjj, - D - 8 2 3 5 “ ,.:.:3Zr:r£M 1981-91 15 more pronounced In case of low literacy states. It indicates that there i5 a vicious circle ot low iiteriiy, and increase in the absolute number of illiterates. This vicious circle will need to be broken in order to during the lo'- literacy states to the national level and then possibly to the level of high literacy states.

Statewise analysis of literacy situation indicates wide disparity in literacy among States/UTs. While Kerala, Mizoram and Lakshdweep have achieved the distinction of cros=iini the BO percent mark «.*ihich is considered a stage of self reliance, states like Bihar and fvajasthan which are still below 40 pjercent Level of literacy and Dadar ^ Nagar Have Ii, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar

Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Meghalaya and

J h. I',' are struggling to cross' the take off fjoint of ''lO perc^mt.

In term of the size of the problem of illiteracy ^ states having more than 20 million illiterate's Miere each need ittention,

as tnore than 70 percent of the illiterates of the country

reside in these 7 States.

DISTRICT LEVEL

Of the 466 districts in the country at the time of 1991

census, census data is avialable for 452 districts (14 -isti'icts

of Jammu .t-. Kashmir i*iere not covered). Disparity in Literacy

rates at the district level was more acute. It varied froin

95.72 percent in Kottayam District of Kerala to 19.01 in Jh-ibua

district of Madhya Pradesh. Highest literacy rate ct 97.67

percent was in respect of urban male papulation of ‘ottayam

District and the lowest ra,te of 4.2 percent was in rur?.. fcMnale

popv.t 1 a t ion of Barmer district of F^ajiasthan. Table 01 Frequency distribution of districts by literacy rates in respects of all persons, for Total and Rural areas is given below-

Lite racy Rate f'Ja. of Districts All Pe rsons

To t E 1 P.u r a 1

O - 10 -

10“ 20 I 5

20-30 26 59

30-40 88 lOS

40-'50 121 110

•DO-ijO 91 ee

fS'-70 76 4B

70-80 28 11

80- and at)ov e 21 1 '7°

Total 4'3 2 4 46

•* There are no rural ar>?a5 in 6 districts. Source : Statistical Database for Literacy Vol-II, 1993

It IS observed that there are 27 district which are still

having literacy rate belQ'» 30 percent . These districts are

located in the states/ats of Madhya Pradesh (3), Arunachal

Pradesh(2), Bihar(lO), Rajasthan<3), Qrissa(l), Uttar Pradesh(7)

and Ar.ra Pradesh (1). More than 5

districts of the country are still having literacy rate belo*>>

50 percent. Only 21 districts

the 80 percent mark. These districts are located in the states of

Gu.jrat(l), f'.e r a I a < 14 ) , Maharash t r a (1 ) , fl i zor am < 1 > , Tamil ^4adu(2),

Lakshdweep(1 ) and Pondicherry<1). Position of literacy in Urban

areas is better*. If !>>e take into account literacy rate of only

rural areas, number of districts u»hich fall belooj 30 percent literacy rate, rises to 64 and the number of districts ujith rur^iJ. literx^cy rate of belo'>> 50 percent rises tOo2G2. There are oply 17 districts in the country •where the rural literacy rate is higher than 60 percent.

Table 02 Frequency distribution of districts by literacy rates of females for total and rural areas indicates a different scenar io .

rjo 0 f districts Literacy Rate F e m a 1e On 1 y Tot a 1 R.ura 1 ...... -r 0-10 10--20 71 107 20-30 104 99 30-40 92 82 40-50 74 7 4 '0O- 6O 56 28 60-70 27 1 I 70-80 12 7 BO and above 14 i I

Total 452 446

Source : Statistical Database for Literacy Voi-II, 1993

There are 73 districts in the country which still have

female literacy rate of beloui 20 percent including 2 districts of

Rajasthan having literacy rate of below 10 perce^it. Of these 66

viz. 90.4 percent are located in the four loui literacy

speaking states of Madhya Pradesh (10), Bihar (18), Rajasthan

(19) and Uttar Pradesh (19). Position of feinale literacy in

rural areas is still worse.

There are 27 districts (15 Rajasthan, 7 Uttar Pradesh, one

each in Bihar and OrissaS which have rural female literay rate of

belov»i 10 percent. The number of districts having rural female

literacy rate of belo<») 20 percent was 134 f.orming about ZO

percent of the total districts of the country in 19'91 . DF.PAKTMi-riT or wo^wi scimcv. MAIIARAni LAXMIDAl V.Q. COLI.l'Xiii bMOPAL

1994

MADHYA PRADESH

The State of Madhya Pradesh was formed under the Indian

Constitution on 1st rJovember 1956 as per the r ecoiT>mendat ion of the State Re--organ i sat ion Con>t7;i5sion. Being situated in the

Centre of India, it was named as Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal which i»ias earlier taken over by the central GaverniXient In June 1949 w a s made tne Capital of the State.

Madhya Pradesh is Beograjahyca 1 ly the largest State in the

Country sharing commoan boundaries with 7 States viz, Uttar

Pradesh, E

Rajasthan. Madhya Pradesh claims to be the heart of India.

Ranging between lalitudes 18‘ N to 26' N and betujeen longitudes 74* £ to 84' E, the Tropic of cancer^ passes- through the .Tiiddle of the State. The avarag^e length of the State froi'n east to M/est is about 960 K;ms. and from' north to south about 480

Kms. The main Physical regions of the State are the Nothern region, the Narmada Valley, the Platean the,Satpura Ridge and the Chhatisgarh Plains. The State has a network of river systems”, which includes the Narmada, Mahanadi, Tapti, Indravati,

Chambal, Betwa, Sone, and Tawa etc.

Madhya Pradesh is the biggest State of India in terms of area which IS 443446 sq kms. It is endowed with abundant and extensive forest and mineral resources, rich and fertile soil, rivers and

vast expanse of cultivable land. Almost all crops are grown in

the State, the major being Wheat, Jawar, Cotton, Rice, K.utki,

Oilseeds and pulses. Average rainfall of the State varies between

700 mm and 1000 mm. The State has 12 commissioner divisions, 45 revenue districts 307 tebsils, 459 „Community dev*? lopmen t Blacks

including Tribal Development Blocks. In addition it has 76468

V i 1 I Tiy es , 465 towns and cities accordin-j to 1991 census.

Demographic Scenario

The total population of Madhya Pradesh is 66,iei,17C as per

the 1.991 census. The female population in the state is

31,913,877 wihich is 4B.22V, of the population. The rural

population in the state is 50,842,333 . The scheduled caste

population of the state is 9,626,679 and the scheduled tribe is

15,399,034 . There is a p reponde r ance of ether ic groups in t;he

population. fiadhya Pradesh has the largest tribal population

( 2 3 . 3 ’/.) of the country as per 1991 census,

TABLE 03 TOTAL POPULATION OF ALL AREAS AND RURAL AREAS-1991 INDIA / MADHYA PRADESH (IN THOUSANDS)

ALL AREAS RURAL AREAS

N O . OF STATES DISTT. PERSONS MALES FEMALES PERSONS MALES FEMALES

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6 ) (7) (8 )

INDIA 452 838584 435216 403368 622812 321219 301533

MADHYA PRADESH 45 66181 34267 31914 50842 26164 24678

» Ei'.cludes J ainmu and K.ashmir where 1991 census was not held. Source : Census of India -1991

Madhya Pradesh accounts for about 7.84 percent of the total

population of India. Raipur district occupies the first place in

the state by recording the highest population as per 1991 cepsus,

and D a t; 1 a is the least popij I a t'-'d district of M . . The total population in the age-group of 0-6 is 13,091,570 of which the rural females are 5,087,939 and urban females are

1,297,527,

The state has one fifth of total scheduled tribe papu.l-Stion of the country. There are 4-6 identified tribes located in 35 districts in the State. The population of such tribals is found sizeable to 23*/* of the total population of the state and another

14.5/i belongs t o ' the schedueled caste.

TABLE 04 STATEMENT OF SCHEDULED CASTE AND SCHEDULED TRIBE POPULATION 1991 (IN THOUSANDS)

P O P U L A T I O N % AGE TO TOTAL POPULATION.

STATE TOTAL SC ST TOTAL SC ST

INDIA 838584 138223 67758 100.00 16.48 8.08 fiADHYA P R A D E S H 66181 9627 15399 100.00 14.54 23.27

Sourc e : Census of India -1991

Table 05 Percentage of SC/ST Population to the Total Population Country/State

Scheduled Caste S c h e d u 1ed T r ibe TOTAL RURAL URBAN TOTAL RURAL URBAN

INDIA 16.33 17.86 11.89 8.01 9.98 2.30 fl.P 14.55 14.80 13.72 23.27 28.82 4.87

Source : Census of India -1991

In r-ladhya Pradesh the Rural p opulation is 28.82 percent to the total populairion of State and Urban population is 4.87 percent. TRIBAL SCENARIO The tribal population is 1^1.73 lacs which

IS highest for any state in the coun t ry. Inc i den t a I 1 y this is also alli'noiit one fourth of the total tribal population of the cot'otry. The tribal population of the State is not evenly distributed in the 45 districts. The various tribes living

in the state have been categorised into 46 groups according to

the scheduled tribe order on the basis of the distinctive social

and cultural characteristics of different tribal groups the State could be divided into five cultural zones uihich are

1. Western Tribal Zone,

2. Central Tribal ione,

3. North Eastern Tribal Zone,

4. Southern Tribal Zone,

5. North Western Tribal Zone.

Eie'side<3 seven tribal groups viz, Abu jh«Tiar i as of Bastar,

Bharias of Patalkot, Baigas, Pahadi Korwas, K^amars, Seharias and

Birhors have been recognised as primitive by Government of India.

POPULATION DENSITY : The Density of Population of the State

in 1991 u/as 149 persons per square kilometer as against IIG

persons per square kilometer in 1981, It follows that the

pre=j5ure of population on every square kilometer of land has

increased by 31 persons.

Table 06 Density of Population (Persons/sq km)

1981 1991

INDIA 216 274

M.P. IIB , 149 Decadal Growth rate of papulation

The decadal growth rate of fi.P. t-s 26.75 percent during

1981-91 compared to all India figures of 23.85 per cent and that of Kerala is 14.32 perc*2nt.

GROWTH - RATE

The .grouith-rate of population in Madhya Pradesh has gone up

from 25.27 per cent in 1971-61 to 26.75 per cent in 1981-91. The

highest growth-rate of 50.92 per cent has been recorded by , followed by with 42.03 per cent. The

third position in terms of growth-rate of population is occupied by , registering a growth-rate of 38.51 per cent in

1981-91. The Qrb<»th-rate of Bhopal district has gone down from

56.38 per cent in 1971-81 to 50.92 per cent in 1981-91 whereas

during the same period the growth-rate of Jhabua has gone up from

19.07 per cent to 4>2.03 p e r c e n t and of Sidhi district from 27.51

per cent to 38.51 per cent. district, in which is

situated the throbbing industrial and commercial hub of the

State, recorded a growth-rate of 29.90 per cent in 1981—91, as

against the growth-rate of 37,49 per cent during the previous

decade i.e., 1971-81. Deu/as district, the stellate of Indore, has registered a growth-rate af 29.83 per cent in 1981-91, as

coiTipared to 33.81 per cent during 1971—81. On the other hand,

the lowest growth-rate of 18.72 per cent, has been I'ecorded in

Balaghat district in 1981-91, while during the previous decade of

1971-81, Raigarh district had recorded the lowest growth-rate of

12.36 percent. Decadal Variation in Popu 1 atiaoni;

The decadal variation in population of Madhya Pradesh has gone up from 15.30 per cent ISO'l “ 1911 to 26.75 per cent in

1981-91 but it will be noticed, that, there has been a chequered growth in the population from IS'Ol-'Zl, and steady froni I92l--w>l,

Thereafter there Mias a spurt irj the growth rate of popiulation daring the decades that follow after 1951. The galloping growth-

rate of 28.67 percent during the decade 1961-71 was restriined

in 1971-Bl at 25.27 percent, but again the growth r^te ho^

increased to 26.75 per cent dui-ing the decade 19G1-91.

The low growth-rate of popiultiom as observed in the decade

197l--ei raised hopes of containing the population," but uu th the

trend being reversed in 1961-9 1, a state of caution has come into

play, but it IS too early to mak;e any generalisation on the basis

of these figures.

Sex-Rat io

A basic Demographic Characteristic of the population is the

se:< composition. The balance between the sexes is an important

aspect oT a population structure, since the sex compos it ion

influences the economic and social life of the people. The sev<

ratio defined as the number of females per thousand males i3

used as an index to measmre the sex composition in India.

Table given belqw brings out tfie sex ratio of Madhya Piradesh as

given in the Census of India 1991. Table 07 Se;< ratio in Madhya Pradesh (Female per lOOO Male)

19B1 19c?i

Total 941 931 Rural 95* 943 Urban B84 893 Scheduled Caste 932 915 Scheduled Tribe 997 985 Non SC/ST

Sex ratio of Kerala — 1040

Sex ratio of India 932 929

Source : Census of India 1991.

TABLE 08 IMPORTANT DEM0R6RAPHIC INDICATORS OF POPULATION IN INDIA BY MADHYA PRADESH - 1991

NAME Af-4f-4UAL UP SAW F O P . A B E D SEX CRUDE CRUDE INFANT EXP . POP.AS 0--6 OF RATIO BIRTH DEATH fiORTA GROWTH V, OF TOTAL RATE RATE LITY TOTAL POip . RATE

< 1 ) (2) (3) ( 4 ) (5 ) (6) (7 ) (8)

INDIA * 2. 14 25.73 17 .94 927 . 29.3 9^8 80.0

MADHYA PRADESH 2. 38 23. 18 19 .78 931 35.8 13.8 1 2 2 . 0

^Excludes Jam»nu and K.ashmir where 1991 census was not held.

SOURCE: <3) For columns 2 to 5 1991 censu-s. (b> ColuiTins 6 to 8 are based on sample registration system estimates of 1L991 .

Total Feri:ility Rate:

Total fertility rate is inversely .related to female literacy and education. The general 0 in 1981 ,wh-ereas national average u/as 189 and for Kerala 174, Infant Mortality Rate:

In 19G7 the IMR was 118 for cGmp^red to 121^ far iT)alc?s, whereas all india figures for feiiiale IMB. is 96 an«.j male

IMR 15 95 if'i case of f'.erala, the female IMR is only 2.' and is 5 points loMier than male which is 32.

Tab 1e 09 Yearly Birth-Death and Child Mortality rate. 1988 to 1991 India / Madhya Pradesh

Year Birth Rate Death Rate Child Mortality Rate

Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total

1900

India 33.1 26.3 31.5 12.0 7.7 11.0 i02 62' 94

M.P 3^.4 31.2 37.0 15.4 9.8 14.3 128 83 121

1989

India 32.2 25.2 30.6 11.1 7.2 10.3 98 58. * 91

M.P, 36.7 30.3 35.5 13.9 8.6 12.9 125 78 117

1990

India 31.7 24.7 30.2 10.5 6.G 9.7 86 50 80

M.P 38,9 29.3 37.1 13.7 7.6 12.6 120 61 111

1991

India 30.9 24.3 29.5 10.6 7.1 9.8 87 53 80

M.P. 37.3 29,7 35-8 14.9 9.2 13.8 125 74 117

Source : Sample Registratlan Bulletin Chief Registrar Govt, of India New Delhi. Female Child Deaths by Age 2 years.

Female child deaths are high as 219 in Tikamgarh Distt

Excess of Fe.amle Child Deaths over Male Child Deaths by 5 years age

Table 10 Vital Statistics 1981 (DPEP) Districts in Madhya Pradesh

State / Infant Mo r t a Ii t y Female child Excess of female District Rate Death by Age 2 child death by age 5

GUNA 150 179 14.49 TIKAMGARH 195 219 10,31 CHHATARPUR 182 2 1 1 16.13 PAr4NA 185 204 0 7.28 SATNA 181 2 0 0 08. 66 REWA 173 176 1 1 . OO SHAHDOL 164 166 - 0 4 . 2 0 SIDHI 161 160 - 0 2 . 0 0 MANDSAUR 138 151 - 0 3 . 2 4 RATLAM 143 158 0 2 .06 DHAR 116 1 38 -0 3 . 5 7 BETUL 158 163 0 0 .97 SEHORE 146 2 0 2 1 2 . 1 2 RAJGARH 1 70 184 02. 25 RAI GEN 135 168 07 . S3 RAJNAr-4DGA0N 132 168 0 2 . 9 3 BILASPIJR 115 143 - 0 5 . 0 6 BURGUJA 115 132 -05.45 RAIGARH 113 139 -09.41

Source : i, Census of India 1981 1 i . Women and Dove 1opment by SHEEL C .NUNA - 1990 Table II Nuptiality Rates For Fertility 1981 (DF-'EP) Districts in Madhya Pradesh

State/ /• M a m e d Fem- Mean age at crude Gene r a 1 1988 distr- ales in age m a r r 1 age birth m a n t a 1 / couplt 1c t s Q r ou p 15-19 of currently r a t e f ‘ e r 11 11 - protec( mar n ed t y rate 1 on r a t •: females

GUNA 77.91 15.00 42,03 215 28.50 TIKAMGARH 84.36 14.30 44.48 224 29.40 CHHATARPUR 80. --L/vj 14.50 42.19 24. 40 PANNA 80.42 15.00 45.54 27.60 SATNA 79.36 14.80 41 .20 197 24,60 REWA 83.72 14.40 40. 55 191 46.40 SHAHDQL 78.22 14. eo 35.5 7 165 27.80 SIDHI 84.38 14.60 38. 70 187 24 . C'O MANDSAUR 72.38 14.80 38.30 186 31 .70 RATLAM 61 .05 15.50 38. 15 190 46.40 DHAR 54.80 16. 30 39.39 207 43. oO BETUL 38.84 lb, 90 40.69 2^^4 33. GO SEHQRE 75. 48 14. 80 40. 77 208 •33.70 RAJGARH 79.20 14 60 38.95 190 30.80 RA^SE^4 75 ,66 14.9 0 42.62 218 29. 30 RAJNAWD6AOr-4 58.84 1 4.90 35.52 180 49. 10 BILASPUR 64. 18 15.40 34 . 14 169 3.6.20 SURGUJ A 54.62 15.60 33.35 157 32.60 R.AIGARH 38.53 17.00 37.22 149 45 .50

Source : i. Census of India -- 1981 1 1 . Women and Dovelopment by SHEEL C.NUr-4A - 1990

As per tne Table given above it is evident that the excess of fe»7>aie child deaths over male child deaths by 5 years 16.13

i n Chh a t arpur district «Mh ich i s 10 , J 3 ,

The daily per capita c. ilone consumption is an indicator of economic status. The lawer the income, the higher i r> the prevalence of malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh.Poverty pushes girls

and women into morbidity and ill health , lowers efficiency and

sets a reverse gear in life. Economic Scenairio

Madhya Pradesh which stands first in area and sixth in population amongst the states of. Indian Union has been making special efforts far speeding up industrialisation and development from a number of angles in the last fifteen years.

But the benefits of this development is yet to reach the

interior and rural area of Madhya Pradesh. 36.50% of population of n.P. IS below poverty line as compared to 41s4-/4 in rural area.

Table 12 Percentage of PopLulation beloui Proverty line (1987-88) Compararive India, f-ladhya Pradesh and Keralal

India /State Perentage Pe rcentage

Ind 1 a 32.7 29.20

h. P . 41.4 36.5 0

K.e ra I a 15 . 4 16.9

Source; TJational Sample Survey.

Tabl? 13

The Work Participation Rate in 1981 Madhya Pradesh fy. Kerala

State Tot - 1 Rur a 1 Urb an

Madhya Prade sh 31.0 36.2 9.6

Kerala 16.6 18.2 3.1 .9

>ource : Census of India 1981 Women are involved in three types of M/ork : ^4on household employment for i»jage uiorl*; or self eiTip loymen t; Self employment in ayri'-ul tare and Household based industries; and domestic '‘(ork.

Table 14

The Marginal Workers in M.P. <1991)

Fe rsons nales FemaIes

Total 3405964 258431 3147533

Kura 1 3276139 231437 3044702

Urban 129825 26994 102B31

Gource : Census of india 1991

The Females form a major Chunk of marginal workers specially

the rural women. The women in the labour force are taken as unpaid family labour, tiome based production. Rural women work

longer hours than men and >have lesser tinv:* for leisure and women

and children together contribute more thanthe father to the

f am \ I y 1 ncome < J a i n Ch and, 1985 ) . LITERACY

The education of women also presents a dismal view as the literscv rate is as louj„ as 28.39/i for women in Madhva Pradesh.

Tab 1e 15 Literacy Rates

Ind I a Madhya Pradesh

Total 52. 11 43.45 Male 63.8^ 57.43 F em a 1e 39.42 28.39

<0-6 age groups has been e:

Source : Census of India - 1991

Tab 1e 16 Comparative Literacy Rates Inclusing of all Age Groups

Cou.n try/state s All communi.t ies Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Male Female Male Female Male Female

Ind I a 46.89 24.82“ 31.12 10.93 24.52 OB . 04 M . P . 39.49 15.53 30.26 06.87 17.74 03 .60 r a 1 a 75.26 6 5,73 62.33 49.73 37 .52 26. 02 Mah a rash t ra 58. 79 34.79 48.85 21 .53 32.38 11. 94

Source : Census of India , 1981

Table 17 Female Literacy Rate (1987—88) and Infant Mortality rate <1988) Madhya Pradesh / K;erala

State Pu ral Urb an

I MR F e m a 1e I MR Female L 1 teracy L 11 e r ac y l>.e r a 1 a 30 73.0 79,6 Madhya Pradesh 127 15.6 83 54.0

S ource : ( i ) Reg IStrar General : Sample Registrat ion Bulletin Dec 1989. < 11 ) National S ar.pl e Sur vey , 43rd Round. Ther^} 15 a negative corelation beti»»een F'eiiiale Lxteracy rate and Infant hortality Rate < ItIR) . In the rural Kadhya Pradesh the

Mortality Rate is 127 where Literacy rate 15 I't.hV, uih i I e in the urban area j. t is 83 ••»ith a Literacy Rate of .

On the basis of the estimates of population in the a*je group

0-6 at the state level, worked out by the office of the Registrar

General, India , the literacy rate, works out to 43.45 percent for the total population of Madhya Pradesh. The male literacy rate being 5'/.43 percent while it is 28.39 percent far the feinale counterpart.The corresponding rates at the 1981 Census had been

34,22 percent for the total population 48.41 percent for males

and,18.SS pt'rcent tdr feovales,respect ive ly.

TABLE IB GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO IN CLASSES I-V AND VI-VIII OF SCHOOLS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION -1991-92 COMPARATIVE INDIA MADHYA PRADESH

CLASSES I-V CLASSES VI -VII I

S . No . STATE/UTs TOTAL BOYS GIRLS TOTAL BOYS GIRLS

< 1 ) (2) (3 (4) <5) (6) (7) (b :«

1 INDIA 102.74 116.61 SB.09 61.15 74. 19 47. 40

MADHYA PRADESH 104,54 119.20 88.79 55.53 74.22 35 •, 68

SOURCE - Selected Educational Statistics-199l-92 Ministry of Human Resource Development (Deptt. Education? Govt, of India, New Delhi TABLE 19 DROP-OUT RATES IN CLASSES I-V 1988-89

S. No, STATE/UTs TOTAL BOYSGIRLS

< 1 > <2 > (3) (4) (5 >

I INDIA 47.93 46,74 49.69

'■;v hADHYA PRADESH 40. i>2 39.32 42.64

FOR CLASSES I TO V Er4R0Lf1ENT IN CLASS ir-4 PRECE D I N G 4 YEAR ( i. . e 1984-85) DROP-OUT RATES AT Er4ROLMEr‘4T IN C L A S S V DURir46 THE YEAR PRIMARY STAGE ------^ 100 DURU4G THE YEAR ENROLHENT If'4 CLASS PRECEDir4G 4 YEAR

Minus sign indicates that the enrolment in Clas-s V i'3 more than th-? enrolment in Class I preceding 4 years SOLJRCE- Planning Monitoring -V Statistics Oiv. Ministry of Human P.eBource, Development Delhi. . ’ °

TABLE 20 LIST OF DISTRICTS HAVING LITERACY RATES BELOW 30 PERCENT FOR ALL PERSONS - 1991 MADHYA PRADESH

ST A T E NAME DISTRICT NAME LITERACY RATE

MADHYA PRADESH SIDHI 29. 15 JHABUA 19.01 BASTAR 24.89

So ■> rc e : Statistical Database for Literacy Vol-II, 1993 TABLE 21 LIST OF DISTRICTS WITH BELOW 20*/. LITERACY RATES FOR FEMALES IN ALL AREAS ~ 1991 MADHYA PRADESH

LIST OF DISTRICTS LITERACY RATE

SHIVPUR I 15.64

GUNA 17.99

TIKAMGARH 19.96

PANt-4A 19.41

S IDHI 13.6 I

SNAJAPUR 19.77

JHABUA 11.'5 2

RAJGARH 15.62

SURGUJA 17.40

BASTAR 15.30

Source : Statistical Database for Literacy VoJ--II, 1993

Table 22 Enrolment in Primary Schools (M.P.)

All C o m m u n 11 1e s Boys Girls

Total 84.47 12.72 15.78 Boy-. 49.25 07.70 09.83 Girls 35.22 05.02 05.95

Source : Statistics , M.P.School Education Department ,1992

I n rural Madhya Pradesh , th»3re are 47.62*/. faniilies '*(ithout any literate member in the family , \*jhile for urban househol'Js the figure is 16.66*/^.

Table 23 Girls Enroled in class I-V to total Enrolment

STATE Rura 1 Urb an Total

K'. e r a I a 48.68 49.58 48. 79 Madhya Pradesh 36.5 4 43.76, 3B.

Source : Se1ected Educationa 1 Statistics hHRD , Nei*; Delhi Table 24 Female Dropouts in classes I - VIII

State All comiTiun 11 1 es Scheduled Scheduled Caste Tribe

K:erala 15.66 00.00 34.64 Madhya Pradesh 67.46 66.83 ^ 80.39

Source : Selected Educational Statistics MHRD , New Delhi.

Table 25 Dropout rate in Madhya Pradesh

Pr imary

T o t a 1 34.3 14,4 53.5 Boys 28.4 12.6 45.9 Girls 42.3 18.2 64. 7

Source : M.P. School Education Statistics Department•,1992

In Madhya Pradesh the situation of Govt. Schools is a=

foil 0»JS . Table 26 Government Schools M.P.

Primary Middle High Higher Secondary Total

School Education 40.65 08.90 01.15 01.38 52.08 TWD 15.90 03.23 00.40 00.39 19.92 Others 15,85 04.12 00.80 00.88 21.65 Total . 72.40 16.25 02.35 02.65 “ 93.65

Source : Statistics , M.P.School Education Departincnt , 1992

Tab I'e 27 Schools without Buildings (in Thousands) Madhya Pradesh y

Pr imary Middle High High Secondary

SchooI W 1 thout 05 . 10 01 .60 00.65 00.24 E^ui Id ir.g -

Source : S t a 11 s 11 c s , M.P. School Education Department , 1992 Table 28 Primary Schools Basic Information (M.P.)

PopuI a 1 1on / SchoQI 959 Schools / Lakh Population 104 Teachers - pupil Ratio 42 Average Blnrolment / School 112

Source : Statistics , M.P.School Education Deptt. , 1992

In Madhya Pradesh there is a requirement of 1,82,982 Primary

School Teachers out of wh ich 1 ,67, 7B6 are recruited '.*jhile ther»?

IS a vacancy of 15,196 remaininQ.The male and female teachers in the state are as follo‘*/s.

Table 29 Primary Schools Teachers ( in thousands ) Madhya Pradesh

Male Female All

Total 138 43 IB I Trained 9Li 26 121

Source : Statistics , M.P.Schools Education Deptt., 1992. GENDER STUDIES IN MADHYA PRADESH

COVERAGE, TARGET GROUP, GOALS OBJECTIVES

DPEP ; Proposed Coverage in Madhya Pradesh

The District Primary Education Programme is to be

implemented in l9 of the 45 districts of Madhya Pradesh, with ass ist ance form the Govt. of India. Names of the 19 Di

Division District

1 Bhopal 1 . Sehore

R a 1 5 e n

3. Ra jgarh

4. Be tu I

G»*j a I i o r 5 . Gu n a

-r Indore 6. Dhar

4. U j j a 1 n 7. Rat l am

e. Mandsaur

5 . Sag ar 9. T i kamgarh

10. Chhatarpur

11 . P anna

6, Raipur 12. Rajnandgaon ~T / • F 5 i->j a 13. Reuia

14. Sat n a

15. Sidhi

16. Shahdo 1

8. B i 1aspur 17. BI I aspur

18. P.aigarh

19. Gargu j a The project covers an area of 1,81,576 sq.- kms (which is divided into 198 development blocks of which 78 are predommant1y tribal blocks. The project area has 211 towns and

33,959 villages. The districts are educationally back'.*jard and

represent the range of initial conditions in the state as well as geographical spread to inciude western, central and eastern

Madhya Pradesh. Seven districts, Viz. Dhar, Betul, Sarguja,

Raigarh, Bilaspur, Sidhi and Shahdol are districts with a

predommant1y tribal population. Of the nineteen districts,

seventeen districts have an average female literacy rate less

than the state average of 28.85'%, Two districts have female

literacy rates of 29.1% and 33.9%. These two districts provide a

some what more advanced setting for the proj.ct activities.

The basic focus of the project is on Universa Iisation of

PruTiary Eldu.cation (UPE) through publicly provided pjrimary

educat ion.This is the system that is meant to serve the

poor but i“S yet to do so effectively. Private schools would

derive benefits from the project in terms of access to

improve curricula, textbooks and participation in staff

development activities. WGQs with prior experience or interest in

education and releted areas would also be involved in the

execution of the project from time to time. However, the

thrust would be on publicly provided delivery channels for

education . BASIC DATA OF 19 DPEP DISTRICTS Pridesh

LITERACY ffi. OF ; CF C. Of 1 6ER : DIVISION JDISTBICT RATE :PRir^Y SCHQQIS N.f.E. I 3<).09.92

; n ; F ; tqtibi jvill shabitaisqvt ;nqw-!Tqtai C£NTRES!80yS ?SlRi ;0*^R I I ; ; ;oc ;a5ES ition :igo*;!’, : : !All ; t» >« I • tu c • I t« t lit » i . * - nr — - J — < 1 I"* *■”* I SihOpil I !Seh>3re ;56.9!22.0:40.4J5 11083 11069 193*) 1120 11050 500 192.01167.01180.011 1 1 1 1 •1 1 » » t 1 1 r * 1 % 1 IR a isen :54.o:25.5:4o.8:7 11518 11425 II095 174 11169 584 189.5 1S5.01187.5 1 « till I I 1 1 1 1 « 1 f 1 1 1 r 1 t I 1 1 t I 3 IR.ijgarh 14i.?:i5.6!31.8!6 11747 11666 11012 148 ! i m 585 175.7 159.3 165.8 1 ( • > 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 tilt I 1 1 t 1 *

4 JB e iu l :5 ? .4 ;: k . 9 :4 5 .9 ; io 11391 11328 11241 149 11290 502 193.5 186.7 190.2 1 1 i « « f 1 t ! « I » t 1 till G w alior 5 I6»jr.a :48.9;ie.o:34.A;9 12277 12590 11349 164 11433 7 i» 195.01:81.01188.011 * 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 *' < 1 t ( 1 « 1 1 1 1 » 1 < Indore 6 !D h ir 147.6:20.7:34.5:13 11570 iy ;1 7 i i 5 r 1 ^9 11551 689 191,01160.01176.011 1 » « # 1 1 rill » I 1 » f t 1 f lift •J U jja in !Ratii<9 :5 B .4: 29. 1 : 44. 2:6 41070 :i308 1971 1168 11139 575 I86.0ll72.0ll79.0i: 1 1 1 » 1 I » » 111% lilt e IH m d aiu r :fc?.9;28.3:4e.7;e :1765 11580 11397 :280 : 1677 685 191.7 I9«),8 190.4 : 1 t 1 » I 1 1 1 1 Sagar 9 ITil'a«>5arh :47.5:20.0:34.e:6 1973 11671 :9<)i :82 :983 700 :90.7 189.9 :90.9 : 1 1 i » till 1 1 1 10 iChhitarpur :46.9:2l.3:35.2:8 :i2 0 4 : 1540 110)4 :62 :i0 6 6 536 :90.6 :94.6 :9i.s : (III 1 I 1 » till 1 111. u IPinna :46.3:i9.4:i5.7:5 11048 :iK '5 \%[ :5 i :9 i2 600 : b i . 4 :?4.e :?8.52: 1 1 1 1 1 ^ I lilt ( t 1 1 1 1 I 1 Durg 12 IRa;nand9aon!6 l . 3 :2 7 .9 1 4 4 .4 :1 2 12399 12754 1174? :48 11795 13CH) 136.01189.01187.01: 1 till! till ! 1 1 1 f \ f t • 1 ! ( Rewi 13 IRpwa 160.7:26.9:44.4:9 12745 1 11459 11720 749 :104.5:79.8 192.6 : t » 1 I 1 1 lilt i lift 4 1 1 lilt 1 14iS a tn a :i/j.o:27.8:44.7:g 12040 l l l 9 i 1196 11387 70 186.34162.1 170.7 ! 1 1 1 1 f 15 :S id h i :4 3 .2 ;13.6:29.2:8 1 : 1208 171 11279 640 170.80l69.9t>l?l,?0; till % 1 1 1 f I 1 1 -vl * » 16 JShahdol 14 8.4120.1 : 34. 6 :12 12112 14118 12029 1218 :2247 700 186.9.0162.60175.011 \ I I 1 » 1 « f t . 1 t 1 I 1 1 » 1 { < t B ila s p u r 17 IBilispur :62.9:27.3:45.3125" 13528 14841 15004 1129 15133 600 177.99:50.«>6164.27: t till f 1 1 1 « 1 I till t 1 1 t 1 t t 18 IR a ig a rh 156.0126.5141.2117 12244 15297 12899 :i5 8 13057 600 171.57161.23166.461 1 ♦ III 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 I # I 1 I 1 > 1 t 1 1 » « I Sar^ uja 19 :Sar9>iia 142.1117.4:30.1124 J2438 16864 13055 1127 13182 600 179.66159.33169.691 till 1 1 1 1 1 1 lilt 1 1 t t till 1 4 ♦ I . " 1 t 1 ( : 154.3123.7:39.5:198:24326134489 1247831 l8Sel2£i>.9 9696 III!

CCmfiEE OF DPEP DISTRICTS UNDER TOTAL LITERACY CAMPAI6N (tlc),ICOS AND NQM-rOWWL EDUCATION fWT) AS 0?^ QCT » 93

DIVISIG?43 . ;D!5TRICT TOTAL m M3 OF NO tF 0fJ60I«S! W OF BLOCKS WHET«R OF block; BLXK. Lt«£R PROJEaS OISTT.IN 1 T.t.C. CQ'.’ER E D 1 ices NTE EA3 I«T JflDER

1 JRY 1 COPE

Blropxl 1 JSehor? c 0 n 5 YE5 1 n 2 lRai5?n, 7 7 4 YES • 3 IRajgarh t 0 I 4 YES 1 4 :B«fcul 10 1 6 4 10 10 1 5 I&iT.a 9 0 S 7

-» Indore 6 !Dhar 13 0 tt / 12 12 YES t n Uijain 7 JRatUfl 4 6 4 •J7 1 6 Iflandsaur 6 I t 7

Sa^ir 9 ITilifigarh 6 0 ■JT -) YES 1 10 IChhitarpur 8 8 4 4

n IPinna Cw 0 2 5

Durg 12 lRajnan<}ga>yi 12 2 aT 13 4 4 YES 1 1 Re«a 13 IRewa 9 9 T 8

14 iSatna p 8 ♦ 7

15 JSidhi ■e 0 5 4 8 8

14 JShahdcI 12 0 4 7 12 < ? 1 Bil-iapur 17 IBiUspur 6 15 U 1? 12

18 IRalgarh 17 8 13 12 13 13 YES « « Sar^uja 19 !Sar>guj3 24 0 tt 20 24 • 24 (PART- 1 > ILL Y)

1 ;TOTAL : 198 ! I t 1 95 ; 152 ! 100 ! 97 I

(M)

The previous tables give basic, demographic, administrative and educational data in relation to the 19 project districts and also depicts coverage of various programtaes in these districts.

Target Group

The target group for the programiae would be

i. all children of 6-11 years age group

1 1 . all children of 11-14 years age group who have not

co»T,pleted 5 years of schooling or its equivalent through

the r.on-formal strea:T>

Goa 1 s

The goals of the project in Madhya Pradesh are broadly in line uiith the goals of the district primary Education

Programme at the national level as set out in the DPEP \ guidelines. The goals are :

I. To provide access for all children to primary

education c1 asses(i-v), i.e., primary education

wherever possible or its equivalent non-formal

education. This would mean that. the Gross Access

Ratio would be raised to 99K or more.

1 1 , To achieve universal enrol.r.ent at the primary

level, I.e., to raise the Gross Enrolment Ratio to

120%

ill. To reduce dropout rates at the primary level to less

than 10/'., I.e., raise the Retention Rate to 90% iv. To increase average primary learning achievement by

25*4 over measured baseline levels.The present

baseline levels in Madhya Pradesh are not knou>n and

are being measured .tixperimental studies in the past

have shown this to be in the region of 4y.-'5%. This

implies that the achievement levels would be raised

to ~ 30% by the end of the project period.

V. To strengthen the capacity of state and district

institutions and organisations for the planning,

managertjent and evaluation of primary education.

Objectives

By the end of the project period, the following objectives

have been set to be reached:

1. BUILDItMG INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY

2 . I MRRG VING QLl AL IT Y

3. ENVIRONMENT BUILDING

4. UNIVERSAL ACCESS OPERATIONAL DETAILS

In Madrvya Pradesh 19 districts viz. BETUL , BILASPUR,

CHHATAP.PUR, DHAR, GUNA, MAIMDSAUR, PAr4NA, RAIGARH, RAISEN,

RAJGARH, RAJNAf-4D6AQN, RATLAn, REWA, SARGUJA, SATNA, SEHuRE,

SHAI-lDOl. , SIDHI and TIKAMGARH were selected for DPEP project.

Th^se districts have the lowest femaie literacy rates in the

State.

Indentification of Blocks

Under the Base Line Study at DPEP two to three blocks were identified in each DPEP district. Keeping in view the limitation of titue and resources it was decided to conduct Gender

Sti.idi'?5 only in one of the base line block in each of nineteen sampled districts.

Identification of Villages

In each b 1 ock, eight villages were selected ou t of the J. ist of villages in consultation (>»ith the Block Education Officers, of the Bloc!^: / District. Besides one urban slum i»ias also included in each Block / District for study purpose.

The villages u/ere selected on the following basis :

< 1 ) Tu)o villages with no school,

ith pr i m a r y school,

(iv) Two villages with higher secondary school

Thus 152 villages and 19 urban slums communities were selected for intensive study among all the ninteen DPEP d 1 s t r’ I c t s . Identification of Households

A total number of 5130 hosueholds < 270 households in each districts) were selected on a random basis. Keeping in view the purpose of Gender Study, the households uiithout girls (,*»ere excluded. In a household, if there Mjere more than one drop-out or never enrolled girl, only. one of each was interviewed.

The following 9 shedules were canvassed for collection of data.

S . NO NAME OF SHEDLILE CODE NO.

01 District Schedule 6S 1

02 Village / Slum Schedule GS 'T'

03 Household Schedule BS

04 Drop—out Girl Schedule GS T ^

05 Never Enrolled Girls Schedule GS 3.3

<.'6 Teacher Schedule GS 4

07 Institutional Schedule GS 5

08 Community Leader Schedule GS 6

09 Educational Administrators Schedule Gs 7 For each district a research consisting of 6 persons

Ma.5 formed. A three days orientation programfne ujas organised for the research teaixi to acquaint them unth the basic concept OF DPEP

Gender Studies and iT .e thodology of field work.

Schedule GS 1 and 2 »>iere filled an the basis of secondary data obtained from district / block authorities, personally.

The data for schedules 6S 3.1 to GS 5 ‘•5as coliected through the perscan). intervief*>s with Parents, Drap-out and Non-enrolled

Girls. Schedules 6S 6 to 9 were filled with the consultation of

Teachers / Head Teachers of schools / institutions, Community

Leaders of village / area and Education Administrators of district level. The research teams were depended to a great

extent on personal observation and group discussions with the

conc. ern-5.

LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

* This wias the first e;

< Frequent transfers of the members of the State Project team

from one programme to another affected the quality and time

of completion cr the Study,

nadhya Pradesh being a lower literacy state, the

compilation of the field work was expected to be an uphill

task. Hoiiiever all concerned officials and non - officlas took,

keen interest and gave their support to the full extent. * The study has made the State Government

■* State Education department has been sensitxred to a great

extent to take up intensive studies at the grass-root level for

the apliftment and empouiemient of girls and women.

* The study has been helpful in doing spade for gender

related implementation of DPEP at least in 1'd 2 villages and 19

slum locations.

* In sum the study has been able to build State level

capabilities in gender studies.

The entire process was a great learning experience for the

State controlling authorities and research teams of State Gender

Studies. „ The team is now in a position to undertake further

research and action projects and to prepare local specific gender

sensitization materials. The team is also prepare to plan and

carry out au/areness generation, advocacy campaigns and gender

sensitization of officials at all levels, communities, VECs and

panchayats, teachers and teacher educators. Follo»->;ing major progareas have emerged out of the study :

SOCIAL M0BILIZATI0^4 ON ISSUES OF THE GIRL CHILD AND WOMENS EMPOWERMENT 01. Campaigns to create parental awareness and motivation and 5ol ic 11 mg commun i ty support

02. Orientation programmes for me»T.bers of VECs, panchayats, NYK.s 03. Strengthening and preparing mahila mandals for playing key role in UPE

Incentives to be gis'en to all girls regardless of caste, class, creed on time . Free boo^:s and stationery for girls 02. Tuio sets of dresses shoes and ujinter clothing for girls <1)3. Community support and community tfiahila Mandal) managed noon meal <'->4. Considering the difficulty of upgrading every primary school, all girls completing primary stage be given a cycle to be able to attend a middle school

SERVING OUT OF SCHOOL GIRLS O 1 . f'Jon Forma 1 Educ a 1 1 on NFE has emerged as a ma^or def«\a.nd especially of rgirls above 8 years with element of income generating skills

TOTAL LITERACY CAMPAGIGN 1.M . For combating illiteracy especially mothers illiteracy, TLCs should focuson »>»omen ' s literacy and empowerment 02. Development of gender sensitive materials focussing on women's achievements, contributions and their rights

CONVERGENCE OF SERVICES 01. Sibling care being a major hurdle, creche, day care centres and anganwadis should be provided 02. NFE centres for oirls may function next to anganuiadis s 1 mu 11 an eo u s 1y '.'3. Gender sensitization of Anganwadi workers

SENDER SENSIIVE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSACTION 01. Preparation of fnateria.ls for teacher training, c u r r i c u l u m development and transaction 02. Orientation of teachers and teacher educators 03. Orientation of educational planners and admin istrators 04. Preparation of gender inclusive materials for NFE both for insutructors and learners.

STATE :MADHYA PRADESH DISTRICT : GUN A BLOCK WISE POPULATION

G U N A

OB LOCK 0 POPULATION 0 G U N A - 1343U (D b AMORI - 10/162 d)ASHOK NAGAR-138983 J)e:ESAGARH - 110719 ^MUN6AWALI-13357i ^ - 88115 ^RAGHOGARH-UO 047 0 A R O N E - 76520 ©CHACHAUDA-139955 s o u rc e : CENSUS 199I

B a^gd uponsurvgyof India map w ith ihg pgrmis^inn of ihp Surveyor Gffif BLOCK WISE FEMALE POPULATION DISTRICT : GUNA

ARON 49270 R/.GHOGARH BAMORI 62661 41053 GUNA CliANCHORA 52075 64676 I I I i z . ^ ^ X:::::::\ > / CHAN DERI / 35300 ./ ASHOKNAGAR 65048 65412 ISGARH 61739 FEMALE

SOimCE : CENSUS OF INDW J991 BLOCK WISE TOTAL POPULATION EiY BROAD AGE GROUP (0 -6 ) ,1991 DISTRICT : GUNA

ISGARH ET CHANDERI

BAMOKI

C , \ m A

ASHOKNAGAK

RAGMOGAI^H

MUNGAOLI ST

a u c m u R A

ARON

0 5 10 15 20

T h o u s a n d a

MAI.E E i 3 FEMALE

SOUKCE : CENSUS OF INDIA ~ 1991 Name of District GUNA

Total area 11065 Sq.km,

: 2.5 % Area of M.P,

Distribution of : 80.1 in Rural area Occupied Residential s 19.9 */. in Urban area

Distribution of ; 79.46 % in Rural area Household : 20.54 7« in Urban area

Distribution of : 1.98 ‘/, in Total to M.P. P o p u 1 at i on : 80.5 % in Rural (referance to M.P.) : 19.5 in Urban : 53.32 Male in Total area : 46.68 y. Female in Total area : 53.33 y. Male in Rural area : 46.67 y. Female in Rural area : 53.31 % Male in Urban area : 46.69 y« Female in Urban area

POPULATION 1991 CENSUS Distt. GUNA 13,09,451

SEX RATIO

a)MALE 6,98,000 53.33V. b)FEMALE 6,11,000 46.67%

AREAS RATIO

a)RURAL 80.50V. b ) URBArj 19.50*/«

Source : Census of India, 1991

District GUNA ; An overview

The district Guna lies in the North Western corners of Malwa in Southern . It is bounded on the north by

Shivpuri district and on its eastern boundary lies Lalitpur district of U.P. and Sagar and Vidisba districts of M.P. . It is surrounded by the territory of Rajastah.an stste in the west while

Rajgarh Vidisha and of h.P. lie on its southern b o u n d a r y .

For administrative purposes the district is divided into nine Tehsils and nine blocks. The interesting feature in Guna district is that Guna Tehsil comprises of Guna and Bamori block while th« Chacha^A'ia block comprises of Chachauda and Khumbhraj

Tehsil. There are six revf^nue subdivisions i.e. Guna, Ashoknagar,

Mungavli, Chanderi, Raghogarh and Chachauda. The Guna district has 570 Gram Panchayats, municipal- areas and two SADAS i.e.

Chanderi and Raghogarh. The DRDA and DUDA are working in the district with the object of uplifting economically weaV’.er sections of the society, specially in the rural and urban area.

The F^aj.ghat inter state project is under construction. 3095 hectares of Chanderi Tehsil land is proposed under the project for irrigation facilities.

GEOGRAPHICAL PROFILE

Guna district lies between latitudes 23'90' and.25'5' north and 76'85' to 78' 20' east towards north western corners of flalwa in Southern Guialior Division. Most parts of the district lies in the north eastern part-of the great Malwa platean. flost of it is covered by the Deccan trap rocks. The underlyir^g Vindhyan sand stores crop in belts In the east and north west of the district.

The district is 500 meters above the sea level'.

The »*»hole district has an undulating to pography in general but is interpersed with low rounded hills e:

The district can be divided into the following s i :< divisions succeeding from east to west,

01. The Betwa valley and the Bundelkhand region,

02. The eastern Vindhyan (off shoot) range,

03. The Sind valley and the wider Malwa PLatean,

04. The western Vindhyan (off shoot) range^

05. The Parbati valley, and

06. The Binaganj Chachauda Hills,

The total area of the district is 1106^ sq.kms.

The rivers flowing in the district are Parbati, Sindh,

Betwa and Kuno. These rivers are perennial and are used for

irrgation. The forests are spread over an area of 151842

hectares and consist mainly of dry decidous trees.

DEMOBRAPHIC PROFILE

Guna district has a total population of 13,09,451 persons

comprising of 10-54 lac rural population and 2.55 urban

population. There are 5.62 lac males and 4.92 lac females in the

rural area while 1-36 lac

area. Table 1.1.

Distribution of Population, Sex ratio and Growth Rate District Guna, Madhya Pradesh

State/ hales Females Sex-P.atio Decennial G.R District 1981 1991 71-81 81-91

Madhya Pradesh 34232048 31903814 941 932 25.27 26.75 rSuna 697955 611496 S82 876 27.85 36.69

Source ; Census of India - 1991

Table 1.2

PERCEf4TAGE CONTRIBUTION IN TERM OF POPULATION OF DISTRICT.

S. STATE / * TOTAL POPULATION PERCENTAGE TO -No. TOTAL POPULATION DlS'fPICT ^ 1991 OF M.P. 1991

01. MADHYA PRADESH 66,135,862 100.00

02. GUNA 1,309,451 1.98

s o u r c e : CENSUS OF INDIA - 1991

Table 1.3

THE RURAL - URBAN PROPORTION TO TOTAL POPULATION IN THE DISTRICT IN 1981 91

S. STATE/DISTRICT PROPORTION OF RURAL AND URBAN No.POPULATION TO TOTAL POPULATION

1981 1991 RURAL URBAN RURAL URBAN

01. MADHYA PRADESH 79.71 20.29 76.79 23,21

02. GUNA 85.87 14.13 80.49 10.51

SOURCE : CENSUS OF INDIA - 1991 T ab1e 1.4

DISTRIBUTION OF SEX RATIO, GROWTH RATE AND DENSITY OF POPULATION BY DISTRICT.

STATE / SEX RATIO DENSITY OF DECENNIAL (FEMALES PER POPULATION GROWTH RATE OF DISTRICT lOOO MALES) PER Sq.Km. POPULATION 1981 1991 1961 1991 1971-81 1981-91

MADHYA 9 4 1 932 118 149 4-25.27 +26.75 PRADESH

GUNA 882 876 91 118 -»-27.e5 +36.69

SOURCE ; CENSUS OF INDIA ■- 1991

Tab Ie 1.5

DECADAL VARIATION IN POPULATION SINCE 1901

STATE / PERCENTAGE DECADAL VARIATION IN POPULATION D13TT. 1901-11 11-21 21-31 31-41 41-51 51-61 61-71 71-ei 81-91

M.P . -H5.30 -01 .38 .-♦•11 .39 +12.34 +08.67 +24.17 +28.67 +25.27 +26.75

GUNA -ms.23 -02.94 +11.35 +12.07 +01.07 +23.64 +31.54 +27.85 +30.69

SOURCE : CE^4SUS OF INDIA - 1991

Table 1.6

SEX-RATIO IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF THE STATE/ DISTRICT 1901-1991

STATE / RURAL/ <------— SEX - RATIO ------DISTRICT URBAN

1901 1911 19 21 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 :1991

1 . 3. 4. 5. 6 . 7. 8 . 9. 10. 1 1 . 12 .

MADHYA R 995 991 982 983 980 975 970 956 956 944 PRADESHU 937 913 878 872 882 907 656 868 884 893

GUNAR N.A. 920 906 903 903 917 901 886 882 868 U 858 676 950 881 928 933 882 871 882 879

SOURCE : CENSUS OF INDIA , 1991 DECADAL VARIATION IN POPULATION MADHYA PRADESH AND DISTRICT GUNA

1901 - 1991 40

30

20

s s 10 ^___

0 tz:

- 10. 1901-11 1911~>?.l 19?>1-31 1931-41 1941-51 1951-61 1961-71.1971-01 1961-91

PRADESH GUNA

SOURCE : CEI^SUS OF INIMA - 1991 SEX RATIO - COMPARATIVE KADETfA PRADESH AND DISTRICT GUNA 1901-1991

SEX RATIO

RLTRAL LZD K^m'APRADfSH D m GUriA SOURCE . CZNSU3 or tiDlA. - IDdl NOTE : r-I3TT, 3EX RATIO nClTEE NCT AV^JUUHLE: rOR TEE VllWR OF

SEX RATIO - COMPARATF/E MADITfA PRADESH AND DISTRICT GUNA 1901-1991

SEX RATIO I2C0

1000 1

dOO b -tW :iV’ A,\ eco s . u • '.t V\ 400 . \\ \\1 \\ •I \\ 200 \\ L\i \ ' \\ s t’ - H' 0 I 1901 ifiii 1021 i&ai i;^i 1051 ie«i lovi loai looi URBAN EZD MAPHYA PRAPESH {H2 GUNA

SOURCE : dn a o or boci - i«*i BLOCK WISE AREA (in Sq Krn.) DISTRICT : GUNA

2000 -

1500 \ \

1000

500

0 GLTNA BAMORI ATiOn RAGHOGARCIIANCHORASHOKNAGARIsaAJ^H MUNc;3L\0U CHi\NI;B:RI

S e r i e s A

SOURfJE : CENSUS OF INIMA .1991 S 3:< ratio of the district is 87t.

There are 2,3S,373 per-sans belonging to scheduled caste out of which 84 percent live in rural areas. They constitute 18,2 percent of the total population. The scheduled tribes number

1,43,572 and are 10.96 percent of the total population out of i^ihich ?3 percent live in rural area. The decennial population growth rate in 1971—81 was 27.65 which went up to 30.69 percent in the decade 1981—91. The density of population is IIS persons per sq.km.

Table 1.7

Blockwise Distribution of Population, 1991 o r4ame of Area in P o p u 1 at Ion D e n s I t y S e •.< V, age of No . District\ 5 q . V m . Male F e ina 1 £» of popu. Rat 1 o rur a 1 Block per sq.^.l■n. Populat ion

1 . 2 . - • 4 . 5. 6 . 7. 8 .

District Gu n a 11065 698747 611570 1 18 S75 80.50

Ef.locks 01 . I sagarh 1078 58644 52075 103 eee 100.00 02. Chander i 103"^ 47062 41C63 85 872 98. 05 03. E-' at-nor I 1575 54778 49270 66 899 100.00 04 . Gu n a 1520 71633 62681 88 875 I0 0 .00 05 . Ashoknagar 1237 74307 64676 112 070 100.00 06 . Raghogarh M 2 3 74999 65048 125 867 95 . 41 07 . Mu.ngaol i 1229 71835 61739 109 859 98.44 08. Chachauda 1 149 74543 65412 8 78 98.62 ('-•9. Aran B12.75 41220 353T)0 94.15 856 100.00

Source : 1 . Consus of Ind I a, 1991 1 1 . DIs t r ict Stati s 1 1 c al H an d b oo k ,

S. r4a*r.e of Scheduled C:^Hte3 Scheduled rrib*?^ 'i> t o t o t a l f'4o. District-. Halo Fei'nal^^ f-lale FeinaJ.^ popu. 1 a 1 1 of> Blocks BC ST

B l o c k s

0 1 . J s a g a r h 1 2 3 8 S 10750 6662 6448 20,90 1 1 ,84 0 2 , C h a n d e r i 7 3 0 4 6 1 5 8 7 6 3 2 7 1 7 7 1 5 , 2 8 1 6 . 8 1

OZ . B a m o r 1 6 7 5 8 6 0 0 9 1 4 8 2 1 1 3 9 5 6 1 2 . 2 7 2 7 . 6 6

0 4 . Gun a 13441 11555 1 4 2 4 3 1 5 4 4 0 1 8 . 6 1 2 2 . 1 0

0 5 . A s h o k n a g e r 206 79 18068 ^ 2 1 8 6 2 7 . SB 3 . 2 8

0 6 . R a g h o g a r h 1 3 0 1 3 1 1 5 1 6 1 0 3 5 0 9 4 6 7 1 7 . 5 1 1 4 . 1 5 -T ~T -/ -r 0 7 . h u n g a o I i 1 . 4 6 0 6 1 2 4 7 1 / / / 3 7 2 0 8 2 0 . 2 7 l l . 2 2 0 8 . C h a c h a u d a 9 8 6 5 B 8 0 2 9 2 8 0 8 5 3 2 1 3 . 3 4 1 2 . 7 3 V O Q <1>9 . Aron 9438 G153 2596 2250 6 . 2 7

Source : 1. Gen sus of India, 1991 11. D is t r ic t S t a 1 1 s 1 1 c a I HandbooJ<:, ( l a t e s t I 5 3 u e )

Hindi is the main dialect spoken by the* occupants. Other

languages 3po^;en in the district are Urdu, Ptjn.jabi, flarathi and

Gujrati. The disnct comprines of Hindus, Muslim, Jam, Sikhs,

Christians and Eudhists.

Thevillage Champal is the place uihere all the people

assemble after the days work. Local Keertan and Bhajan Mandlies

entertain the assemblage- There is naturally an impact of thf?

vicinity of Bundelkhand, Malwa and Rajasthan on such village

programmes.

(SO) ECONOMIC STATUS

The economy of the district is basod on 39 r r cu ). t u r e , The rural population 13 80 percent of the total populaticn and it i.-s iTtostly enqaQed in agriculture and allied activities. There are

4,14,717 main »*»q r k e r 5 in the distrie t. They, c ot-nprise of 2 ,44,097 cu 11 1Vator-5 , 78,250 agricu1ture labour 12 , 795 t*(0 r k 1 n g in ho».A5eho Id i ndu 5 tries and 79,575 other wor^:er5 . Apart from these

7 0 , 0'3 4 ■ ma rg 1 n a 1 <^>o r 1: e v 5 -3.i so .

Tab 1e I .9 TOTAL WORKERS , MAR4 WORKERS , MARGINAL WORKERS .

STATE /DiSipicT TOTAL P TOTAL TOTAL MAIN MARGINAL RURAL ri POPULATION WORKERS WORh-.ERS WORKERS URFAN F riADHVA PRADESH TOTAL p 66135B62 28238537 24959^86 3279051 M 34232048 17859104 1 7596591 262513 F 31903814 10379433 7362895 3 016538

RURALP !:'07B7815 23712976 20552324 3160652 ri 26123971 1407776

URtAN p 15348047 4525561 4407162 118399 n B 1 0 B 0 7 7 3781344 3755557 25787 F 7239970 744217 651605 9261 2

bUNA TOTAL p 1 3r,'945 1 4847 71 414717 70054 H 697955 358646 653735 9 I 1 F 0 11^96 126125 60982 65143

RURAL P 1 <>5 4<;hL'5 412567 344206 6836 1 M 562040 297304 293006 4298 F 49 1965 115263 5 1200 6406 3

URBAN P 100369 28185 27653 1 693 M 135915 61342 60729 61 3 F 119531 10862 9782 1080

SOURCE : CENSUS OF INDIA - 1991 T ab 1 e 1 . IO PERCENTAGE TO TOTAL POPULATIOfJ OF WORKERS.

STATE /DISTRICT ■[ P PERCEr-.If AGE TO T 0 T A L P OP U L A1' 10 N OF Pv n U F TOTAL WORK.ERS MAIN WORKERS MARGINAL WGRI'.ERS

19tU 1991 19G1 1991 1981 1991

MADHYA PRADESH T p 42.92 42.70 3B.41 37.74 4.51 4.96 M 54. 4B 52. 17 53.52 51 . 40 0.96 0. 77 F 30,64 -r - \ m \Jc; T m w/^T*T 23.08 8 • j.tO 9 . 45

RP 46.31 46.69 40.67 40.47 5 . 44 6.22 ri 56.38 56,89 55 . 30 52.98 1 .08 0.91 F 35, 7G 39.07 25. 78 27 .21 10.00 1 1 , 86

UP 29.62 29 - 49 28.74 28. /’ 2 0.88 0. 7 7 f1 47'. 29 46.64 46.80 46.32 0. 49

GUNATP 36.31 37 .02 3.2.7 1 31 ,67 3.60 5 .35 M 53,99 5 I . 39 53.30 50.68 0.69 ” 0 , 7 1 F 16.27 20.63 09,37 09.97 6 . 90 10 . 66

RP 37,56 39. 1 4 33.58 32.66 3.98 f..48 M 55 .26 52.90 54 .55 52. 13 0. 7 1 0,77 F OB. 90 09.09 06.74 08. 19 2 . 16 0.90

U P 28,77 28.27 27.45 27.6 1 I .32 0 . 66 46.30 45.13 45 . 72 44.68 < j . 5 G 0 . 45 F 08.90 09.09 06. 74 OS . 19 2 . 16 0 . vc.>

SOURCE : CENSUS QF INDIA 1991 %AGE TO TOTAL POPULATION OF WORKERS

PERCENTAGE 60

50

-v’<- 40

30 ill l i 20 i i

V. 10 ,-sii i 0 41 1 TOTAL MAIN MARGINAL TOTAL MAIN MARGINAL MADH'YA PRADESH GUN A EiiL PER8QNS ^ males FEMALES

SOURCE : CENSUS OF INDIA ,1991 Tab 1e 1.11 Distribution of Main Workers as Cultivators, Agricultural and Labourers in District

District Persons Total Cultivat Agricultural HousehoId Othe r :-1ales Mam -ors Labourers Industry Workers FemaIes Worke rs

1 . • 3. 4. 5. 6 . 7.

Gun a Persons 414,717 244,097 78,250 12,795 79,575 District hal es 353,735 223,282 50,446 9,600 70,407 Females 60,9S2 20,815 27,804 3, 195 9,168

The district has enough inf rastruc tu.re for the

industr 3. al I sat ion . The following table gives the classification oi industries and the etTip I oymen t provided by thetn.

Table 1.12 CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIES fy. EMPLOYMENT PROVIDED 1991

S m a 1 1 : Med Ium : Major Industries ; Indus tries : Industries

{'Jo . Emp 1 oymen t ; No. EmpIoymen t : No. Employment

1659 3695 : 2 339 ; 2 1223

The important major industries in the district are National

Fartiliters Limited, Gas Authority of India Limited, Deepak

Spinners Limited.

Although no mineral of importance was found in guna.

Quarrying of lime kankar, sand stone, shale and slate, building

stone, pottery and clay are done.

Seasonal migration happens in the district every time in the

?T>cnth of March and April. The major part of the migrants belong

to SC/ST and other- backward classes.

In the district there are £V5,712 families (32.S3*/.) living belotJ] poverty line. This comprises 20,663 scheduled caste and

15,254 scheduled tribe families. EDUCATIONAL SCENARIO

In Gu.na district the school education department t.ogather

1‘iith th>3 Tribal Welfare department is running 89 Junior Primat'v lichoals, 131^ PritTiary schools, 14 Ashram schools and ^^93 Non

Fori'nal centres tor imparting education to the children of age group 6/-11. In addition to these, they are in e^i-stence 119 recognised and 14 aided primary schoolsrun tay private registered bodies and one primary school run by local body at Chanderi.

These institutions are imparting primary education to 22,^396 boys and 17,176 girls in urban area and to Bi>,53G boys and ? 1 . B90 girl s 1 n ru. r a 1 a r e a .

Out of 1,09,134 boyf.i and 69,066 girls enrolled in above

j nst 1 tution's, ther^ are 16,5I'Z boys and 12^916 girls totalling

31,428 belonging to scheduled caste and 9,321 boys and 4,377

girls totalling to 14,698 belonging to r>cheduled tribes. But

still 17,038 boys and 42, 137 girls are u.n able to get acc e ss to

the primiiry education due to sundry reasons. There are 772

habitations devoid of any kind of educational facilities.

Table 1.13

Block wise Literacy Rates District Buna

S. E.Uock Literacy rates No. Male Female Total

0 1. 52.49 14.73 34 . B'S 02. Chanderi 40.59 09.23 2-ii. 18 03. Bomon i 37.43 08.09 23.63 04. Guna 41.00 09.94 26.69 05. Ashoknagar 48.ei 11.82 31,71 Ot,. R a ’hogarh 40.66 ll.!37 27.2^ 07, fiungaoli 48.73 14.S7 33.17 <■8. Chachaura 32.79 0^.66 2'.'. 1 7 C'9 . Ar'on 3*5 - 92 07 . 4 3 22 . 96

Source : Census of India , 1991 BLOCK WISE LITERACY KATE DISTRICT : GUNA

B o w m cmNDKRI BOMOm a-MMDERI 37.43 40.59 GUR4 GUNA 41 ISC.ARH ISGARIl 14.73

asho?:nagar A S H O h O ^ A G 4 a 01 ANON 11.0:^ 35. 9 2 / 7.43 ' CHACIiAUIL^ R A G H O a A R H aiACILMJTi.A RAGHOaAJRH 5.66 40.66 32.79 11/57 i^flJNGAOLI MITNGAOU 48.73 14.57 MALE FEMALE

SOlfRCE : CENSUS OF INDLA 1991 BLOCK WISE LITERACY RATE DISTRICT : GUNA

BOMOMl CILANDERI 8.09 9.23 GUNA 9.94 ISGARH 14.73

ASHOKNAGAR 1L82

ClTACIiAMRA RAJHOGARH 5.66 1 1 . 5 ? MUNGAOI.l 14.57 FEMALE

SOimCE : CENSUS OF INDW 300J The teacher pupil ratio in Buna district i3 t:51 comprising

1:59 in rural 3.r>3a'5 and 1:35 in urban areas.

Besides the primary schools there are 20 micJdle s c h ools for girls only and 256 tor coeducation totalling to 276 schools in which 26,983 boys and 8,609 girls are getting their education.

The ratio of primary and middle school is that of 1:6.

Table 1.14

COMPARATIVE LITERACY RATE

Total <%) Male (V.) Female (V,)

01. India 52.21 64.13 39.29

02. r-"adhya Pradesh 43.45 57.43 28.39

Gun a District 17-99 34.58 48.86

^jou.rce : Statistical Department, Govt, of Madhya Pradesh

Table 1.15

RURAL POPULATION AND NUMBER OF LITERATES

S. STATE/DISTRICT POPULATION 1991 - LITERATES 1991 No. (in I a k h ) (in 1 ak h )

1. flADHYA PRADESH 507.88 144.64 2. GUNA 10.54 2,25

SGUP.CE : CENSUS OF INDIA - 1991 Table 1.16 Blockwise Poulatian. No of Habitation: and Literacy Rate

B l o c k Fzz - 1 3.1 1. on Number of I. 1 t e r a c y Rate ( " - I C e n s 'j 3 ) V ill ages

Inhabited Un-Inhab- M a L •? F e iT\ a 1 e T o t 3.1 11" d

1 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 .

1 .GUNA 34314 270 3 G 4 0 . 7 5 1 7 . 7 4 3 0 . 5 3 2.BAMQRI j4048 216 3 5 2 9 . 0 6 . 9 . I 7 2 5 . 6<> 7.ISAGARH 1 1 C'C'O 174 1 4 4 1 . 68 11 . ;■ 1 2 7 . 4 2 B .MUNGAOLI 31 235 2 1 3 G . 4 7 1 1 , 5 0 2 5 . 7 9 9.CHANDERI 36744 134 31 3 0 . 9 1 6 . 1 8 1 . 3 7

Total for 54251 2063 2 1 0 3 3 . 1 3 / . 8 2 A . I « ^ r Li r a I

Aggregate for 255200 10 - 6 2 , 5 9 4 0 . 2 0 5 2 . \ I Urban areas

Grand Total for I3094':i I 2073 2 1 0 3 8 , 8 6 1 4 . 1 5 the D 1 s t r ). c I

There ar? 2G High school 5 and 25 Higher Secondary Vjchools

running in tr.e district out of which 5 High schools and 4 • Higher

Secondary c-ols are running by private bodies. The rest are

?'un by schczl education department. Out of these 3 fh.gh schools

and 6 Higher 5•?condary schooIs are for g i r J s of» Iy .

All bIoC'= have degree colleges except Isanagar and Bamori.

Gun a has in iC-ition a p,6.col lege and one girls degree college.

There 1 = zne Government Polytechanic situated at AshoVianagar

and one IT I £.:*jated at Raghogarh. UNIVERSAL PARTICIPATION:

The folIc'xinQ table 'shaws the break up of G'-o b s en I'o i ei'n*?n t rati a and retention rate ca^te '»ise and •3e:< ufxse -^or district G'-'.na and its blocks.

Table 1-17 GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO

P4AME OF 6 P. block;

Total SC ST

B G T B G B G T fiUNA 101 70 89 90 69 90 63 34 49 BAnORI 97 56 / / 94 46 69 61 32 43 ARON 104 61 83 108 63 88 90 55 75 r a g h g g a r h 95 50 73 97 45 72 7 6 36 5 7 CHANCHGDA loe “7 "7 92 105 77 91 85 *7 '7 78 A .NAGAR 103 74 92 106 70 88 87 85 G<:» ISAGAR.GH 106 Q2 95 105 93 99 85 66 71 f'lUNGAWL I. 99 87 97 90 92 B7 / *7 GRANDERI 108 69 89 98 89 79 36 •;i S DISTT. 104 71.5 08.5 97 / 86 87 41 64

Table 1.18 RETENTION RATE

NAME OF RR BLOCh'.

Total SC B 0 T E’ C T B G T

GUNA 66 47 58 60 "r-“\ 49 31 11 24 BAMGR I 53 19 41 11 19 1 3 '20 ARON 58 33 4'’ 39 18 3 i 4 1 '2.0 Z O

RAGH06ARH 64 38 56 57 •-/ / 51 y / 20 26 c h a c h o d a 47 33 4-2 "T O 28 35 47 21 39 , ASHOK NAGAR 67 56 63 54 37 48 52 39 48 ISA6ARH 57 47 39 3'' 25 1 1 21 MUNGAWLI 64 47 57 49 34 41 34 18 29 CHANDERI 58 31 49 34 29 15 19 DISTT, 64 41 52 61 35 48 45 31 38 Table 1.19 Trend of GER and RR over 1988-93

A=, on Sept of

I n d I c a t o V G r ou.p 19BG 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

1. BCR 1.Over-all BZ 84 85 87 88 88.5 2.BOVH 84 86 89 9r.) 95 104 3 . GI f' i s 65 68 68 70 71 71 .5 4, SC a) Over-3 11 64 6 Z 65 70 -T —/ 86 b ) B>Dy 3 80 83 83 >35 9(1' 97 c ) Girls *L ^ •"> ,C 24 29 41 5 . ST a) Over-aJ. i 4<:< 4.S 43 45 49 64 b ) Boys 62 6^5 7 2 75 79 f-)7 iz) G 1. r i 5 ''N ~r 26 24 "'O 41

2. RR 1 .Over-all 38 41 40 45 48 52 2. B ovtj 42 45 48 50 58 63 •rr -r'n 3.Girls 30 v J s - / 36 38 41 4. SC a)Over-alI 29 31 35 38 48 b ) Boys 40 43 41 45 50 /.A c)Girl3 19 23 2-i 2 6 35 , ST a )Ove r- a 11 14 16 15 18 21 31.0 2 9 b ) Boy"5 20 •JL w-/ 25 26 45 c ■' 6 1 r 13 12 14 14 16 23 31

Table 1.20 b l o c k ; WISE POSITION G. E. R. Retent ion Rat io Al 1 SC ST

1 .GUNA 58 49 24 BAI'IOR I 71 41 19 20 ■2i m ARON 76 47 31 30 4. RAGHOGARH 70 56 48 26 5. CHACHOdA 78 42 35 39 6. ASHOJv NAGAR 77 63 48 48 "f ISAGARH 83 47 21 8. i-IUNGAGL I 75 5 4 1 9 . C M A N D E R [ 74 49 19

(BB) TREND OF GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO (1988-93 DISTRICT : GUNA

100 r -

GO

6 0

40

2 0

0 1969 1990 1991 199;^ 1993

SOimSE : D.P.ELP. GIFNA TREND OF RETENTION RATE (1988-93) DISTRICT : GUNA

60

5 0

•40

30

!0

10

0 1 9 8 a 1 9 0 9 1990 1991 1992

S O U m K : D.P.E.P, GIJWA COMPARATIVE BLOCK WISE G.E.R. AND R.R. DISTRICT : GUNA

ARON ARON 47 rM.-rr-Ar-AOo BAWORI fiAMORI RAGHOCiARH -? i ragh c<;a r h '0 v< 5 ^ : : OG c 5 r i:S ? S ^ GIJNA 72.2 aiAC\K)T

K ■/ aiANL^IiIRI \ /»x-i>5C / CmNDEI

SOIIRCB: : D.P.EIR GUNA CHAPTER - II

THE STUDY LOCALE : OBSERVATION AND INTERACTION

The District D ’^itnary education praQfamme (DT-'E-P) is a vnajor attempt tp actualisa the constitutloaal prooaamise of equaliity and more (proteetive diseaiminations> to girls and women, especially those tie longing to the d i = advaut aged groups of population and uncer developed region of the couantry mainly, lout feamals dist-:ct3 have been taken up for DP£P

!':e ra 1 5 > in 6 ^ ta 11 = ,

Guna 13 one of the 19 districts of first ph3?^e. Guna is one of the district ujith less than 20V, feuals literacy in the country according ‘;o 1991 c?at'u3«Quna raWs 39th in fearls ] ; teracy in fiadhye prade'ih uutr 17.99V. compared-for the state as a uihole. The cural fewdls literacy for Guna is a vieager 1C>.12V< (42ndin M.P) lugher only to Rajqarh ('b.83>. Rural urle?.n divided 1 in fearalr literacy being 49.^7V. five times that of the rural fearales.

Education '‘iill fostes ne^j values though redesigned curricula, text tooks, trainag and arreatation of treachers, decision ma!-e rs . anc administrative and active i avo I vemeat of all educational i n 51 1 t t ions , '.nomens studies are expected to play a vital role in promoting a ction aimed at ducat ion ad development of u'omen.

The villagers '.>/ere = : lec ted from among lists of four types viz,

(1> villages uase--ed by a primary school. y?) v 1 L I ac es ti 11^•'. e p r i m a r;y . sch.oo 1 cn 1 y .

< 3 ) 'v' ill a g e s w i t h i .t. i d d 1 e s c h oo I .

<4) Villages i*iitf* £ high /higher secou.ndry school. In an earl i at study < NCERT ^ 1991 ) ° a t factors a” con 11 ku an-.: •?

and d .1 v.co'jn t 1 uanc e of q : r-1 s in e 1 ea r e»n t ary richoo 1 i.f ^ s t r :i, t'i 11 v:.'d

radom 3anrplin>j done to t'ap lu.rEi th*? continue of Tjraall to

large villaQe^i. this uias b^sed on the a = sjiTip 11 on that

a V a i I ab I 1 1 1 1 y o f d k uc a 11 on a 1 an d d e v e L op m»? n t i n f r a 5 1 r u c t v.• r 5 '*( .i 5

related f»o3 j. tu. i 5 I y urith Ropes J. at ion This 3tudy four«d that yirls were v'illaQe bound and ut i I i zededu.cat ion a 1 faciliity

available, within tt^e village only and parentn avcjided inter

village of couinn 111 f» tg of girls grounds of lack th?re per^onxal

'j e f e t y .

In .the preasent study again, ilrat. ilid random sampling u>a?5

employed u?iing the 51 rat i f lea tory varriable of leaval of

education i.e. primary, mlddlf*, high/ higher secondary, \r'.'3tead

o f p opu 1 a t i cjn s ie o f t e v i 1 1 ag e .

Thi. (node of purposive strut ified ro adorn soaipLing gnve u

the papulation size contir>u.ne uneta u.nserv-r'd villages of small

population and availability ofbetter schooling fadities in

larger vlll iges.

Main features of sample villages. unse r V ed v ill ag e s

1. VIl.LAfSE KHIRIRY f-.ALAN

Khiriry K.alan is located at a distance of about 10 kai from

the. Block headquarters and 1.5 km frotP the ir.etal road. The

Village hadonly 21 hou.rsehoIds at 1991 cearus, u;ith a total

population 111, ^'2 .•nales and 49 fe.nales. Ther'e <>jere children

in the ago oroup years, 14 boy?3 i3.nd a gir Is. th.^ri a 1 f

(.62) the population belongs to iicheduI^'J castes. Only 23 males <37!;) an*:! 2 females <4%) were found literate, overall, crude IiTerg-cy rate for the village is 22.'5% .

The economic ccnciiticn of the villages is poor, with majority of the.r, marking as agncul tur^^l labour for *;he few

loaded famlies. Wages area pittace and these loadless labaures are without any erployement in off reasons of agricultural.

The village ‘‘.as been provided a NFE center very receatly.

Theseis no Anganw = :!:/ Ba Iwad x/Creche, a Mahila Mandal on a health center. THese is 3 single well at a distance of 1.5 km from the village across th?.^etal road. Women andgirls cover this distance

four to five times daily to fethe water for daily needs and also collect fire wood ■'or cooking. The link road is dusty, narrow

and uneven and brz-ccmes ur.useable durings rains, making movement

e :. t re an e 1 y d i f f i cu ; t .

In this small villages, these were several childrea wfio u/ere

suffering from an eye lafection, most looked malaourished and f^rad not been laiawaized. Eldu.cation was a low priority in the

lives of this 3ub=i5teace group of people. Bharatpu.ra is s i 3 t>3d at a distanceaf 'i? I-iti from th*’ BJock h e adq*.'r t >3 r s and abo'.'*. 1. km from the metal road. These i*iere 4<> houBehaldsin all '•nth a popvjl. ation of 1G <91 males and G9 females. ) The number of children in the age 'jroup O - h years was 54, 27 taoys and 2^ girl-s. It is priaisily a tribal village

(12B) gndsame QBCs. Only 9 (9.89%) males and 8 (6.98:0 femais literate, giving crude literecy rate of 9.41'/. for the village as a '.whole. THe cultivahl-o Load is o'.*!ned by single exteaded family ofThaku.rii u)heat, ua i z e and j owe r .

The village hasno health facilities. fledic.al help

isavailable on I y at th-? Block head quarters ai.‘i3,y). These uiereat least five children 'oith a paralytic foot in thisvillage.

These is no Anganwadi or any other ECCE structuse, nor a riahila

Mandal. Curreuthy, no other development programmars or scheme were operative except in NFE center which also did not seear to

a11ract chi 1dren very much.

Ther-e is only cne hand pump if»' the village luhich is

insufficient tomeet th-? crater needs of 40 households, Gn

irrigation reserviors is located at a distance of about 2 k»n

villages face water scaicity. The link road becomes unu.seable

dur 1 ng r a m s as i n Kh i r 1 v a Ka 1 an .

The nearest school is located about 3-4 l^:m a'^/ay. flotivaticjn

to re.id children ^z-oal especidlly girls is not high nor do

par'ents have the capacity to buy clothes and books for their children. Girls are sees perforauiag domesticwork, goat grazing, h'llpvng mothers and loot-ung after younger brothers and sisters.

Girls are married off early but e x c e p t for Thakurs, women don't abserve Purdah. There islittie evideac af discri aula t ion aga.inst girls expect in the care of education. Some ofthe school boys are being sent to near by villages f orschool ing, althiu.gh even their num ber vs very small. Parental illiteracy and lack of owners are lathibiting factors but theseare rooted largely in poventy,with gender becoming the basis for discr i aminat ion oihen development inputs (like education) are introducated is a subsisteacs but relatively egalitarrain cultural groupof tubab. Bamouri I'.hutiya has a papulation sine of 720 (417 males and

3'33 fenialeii ) residing in 113 hou.sehaids. No ECCE facilities <

AganwadiFj, Balwadies, Creche;, Preschool ) »;

5i;< y-^ars of age children. Scheduled castea constitute about of the village population (69 males, 59 females ) and the vest majority belong to other backward castes and are loadless uforking

as daily uiage laboures in agr icul tu.re. Cash crops groM»n in

agr icul thure are 'Aiheat and grams. Hale literates number 22'?

<53.9*i?y,) and there are only 34 ft?mj.les literate (9.6,'ZV.,) giving

o Ve ra 11 1 11 e i'acy r ate of 36

Thc*re is only one coeducational primary school in the

v\lVage and the aearest'midd1e school is located at a distance of

1-5 km and the nearest high school is C km a«

The parents do not consider it sate to send there d lughter'S

outsides thevillage, therefore, girJ.s do not utilize post primary

education facilities. Even we ther'tt’iev i I lage, bulk of

tf-sepopul at ion being ioadless and poor girls from

thesehousehoIdsareinvQIved fully in domestic work, fetching of

i-iiater, fodder' and fuel and taking care of younger siblings, under

siaiular circuaistoaces boys are sent toschool as physical

distance is not seea as a deterreat. i t u>as interesting to nate

during discussions with scheduled castes, households that they

appeare:! to conceatrate on education of sous in the hope of

getting a job under resena^xon policy. They were totlly ignoroat

that these jobs are resciv^d for both sence and not only for men.

they ujore not owner of the a.':; t nature of th i

I Hc e a 11 V e 5 o v i 1 ab 1 e f or schedu led caste ch i 1 d r er’l and s0(ne reported very late and erratic distribution of these laceatives.

Th>= = -= are no health care facilitie. The village faces water

Bcaicity, hasno deaioaqe systemand people contiana to live i.n uahygilr.ac conditions, blissfully u.nawiare ofthe conection between stage at water,fifth and disease, Malaiua, jauadice and

typehoid, plague the villages in suanmers. There is no Mahila

Mandal :n the villag>3. Also.there is no other development schme

in operation like DWCRA, TRYSEM etc. Purdah, dowary, early iTiarriye and violeace against »»0(Tien are constraiaing factors in

the deV€ 1opment of girls.

teachers comaute from outside the village as these is

resideatial accomanodation available. Village chaupal is the

.T.eeting pl;-ce for village mea and local owaV varsion of Ramay^in

l i very oopuiar. WoiTien have no such meeting place. 4. VILLAGE SAJANMAU KACAN Sajanroau. h'.acrani:^ located at a distance of J. km from the in<;tal roid and 9 km from th^? Block hoij qu.art^?r3. I'here ar^.’ a total of

72h.ou3eho Id r., 227 males and 21- females. The number of children

in 0 ” 6 group was 44 boys and girls.

Ihe village has only one co-edu.c a t ion a 1 primary school and

JRY facility is also provided. There is no NFC. center,

Aganwad 1 , Ba lu;ad I , Creche, a Mahila Mandal or a health center.

There is scarcity of Kjater in the village and only

OZ h andpu.mp L-i are insu. f f i c. i rn t to meet the uiater needs of tfie 72 households. The link road is uneven and dusty ind becomes worse during monsoon thus mailing mov ements d i f f icu 11 .

The caste system still seears to persist in this village.

The so culled upper castes maintain their soc io-ecof\omic status

i.n the village and is follM/er castes.

Usually girls takes dt'op after completing prinvary education.

Middle and high schools are 8 km from their village thus parents

don't allooi their daughters to go to such a distance. Achalgarh is situated at distance of 3 ken from the metal

road. The population totals 1955, 1039 males and 916 females

residing in 304 households. The nufnber of children under 6 years of age in 411, 215 girls and 196 boys. Scheduled castes

(chanas) comprise 28*/. of the population and consis^ts of 275 males and 244 females. Scheduled tribes (Rawats) consfitute 12.3% of the total population of the village

These are 471 male <45.3*/) literates against 147 females- (16*/)

literates. The overall literacy rate is 31.6*/. . Besides 5c and St population these are Brahamins, Thakurs and Sahu households. The villager sare mostlly faranes, agricultural laboures and

tailors.

The village has a primaryschoo1 and a middle school, both co-educaIlonaI. Parents are selucla at to read their daughters to

CO-educatlonal schools as the fear free mixing of boys and girls ealead to harmful consequeaces fea the latter. Also ," girls become too bold and disobedieat." There are no ECCE facilities

in this village,nor any health center or a riahila Mandal.

PooreconoiT.ic condition of majoirty of parents forces them

to beep the girls away,as they are very helpful in shaing the economic and domistic budea of the parents. Also,such parents feel that girls are best at home so that they bara tiaditional home making skills and seitable attitudes that will help the a in 0 their futher life. THey do not see much use of education for girls. The system of pundah e:

180 household 3 Miith a total population of 1763 (91.3 miieis and S'?*'.' fetHAles). There are Z7'S1 c:hildr€‘f> in the gro(.ip of O - 6 ye^irs,

191 boyii and IGl girls. Scheduled carter, constitute IB'A of the total population (169 males and 151 females) and schudeled tribe fro»Ti 9 . 5 8 5 ’/. (84 -T^aleii and 85 female^), Se;< rat 10 amoung Sc Z’. Gt in highly favouriable. There are 409 mvile literates (44.8*/.) compau.nds to 194 fei'nales literates (22.8%) giving overall literacy rateof 34*/. . The main occupation of thev 1 1 lage 1 sf ara j.ng , iTiajority of them being loadles'ii, daily wage lataourres.

The village has a primary school and middle schoo, both arvT cQ-educa t lona 1 , The nearest high school is * k(n ai**ay. The parents have a problem reading their daughters to a mixed school especially after the age of 10 or 11 (or after the start of me as t ruat ion ) . School timing clash with thehousehold and econo.me activeties in v*(hich olJergirls areinvolved. Purdah is practised, so is early marrige and the system of dowery in all groups except the tribab.

The villages has a health center but all othersseuire like

Anganwadi, Balwadi, Mahila Jiandal , TRYSEfi, NFE etc. are absent. Sehral village is situatedclose to the metal road in Block

Mu.ngaoli. Thereare a total of 416 households with apopulation cf

2447, 1301 males and 1146 females. The number of children in below si;< years age in 485, 243 boys and 242 girls (there is se:< parity in this age group). Scheduled castes constitute 12!< of the population of »*jhom 147 are males and 151 are females. The St population forar.=5 6*/. , 77males and6Q females. (Se;< parity e:

in these group above). There are is all 804 male literates

(61.8%) and 400 females literates (34.9%) in the village us a crude literacy of 49Vi for the village-

The caste composition of the village cosist of Ahirv^jar,

Dhobi, Kushuiaha, Sahu, Vadav, Basore and C'heemar. Agriculture is

main 'occupation of the villagers with majoirty employed as agricultu.rel 1 aboure r s f ac ing economic handship, p a n tail emploment and seasonal neigration which • effects education af their children ingatively. The betteroff section with stable incomes all seading their children, both boys and girls to

= c h o o l .

There are two seperte primary schools for girls and boys ane coed,. Middle school and one private coed. High school is the village. The off lueats of the village read their children to the private fee paying school and the poor loadless are unable to utilise even free education on account of economic compulsion, the burdea of the povei ty falling .i^n the teachershou Ide of the

9 iris more than the boys. The village has a health center and a creche for small children. JRY is operational but thereis no

Anganwadi, Balwadi, nfe center or a Mahila Mandal. Social evels like u a touch ab i I i <:y , ^iarly m-arf^iQe and doi^)t?ry

are noticeded an i => the cons t ra i a i ny factc3r of purdah amon'jest

'xoi-nen . Wa 1 u =iho i I ag e , poor 3 an 11 a 1 1 on and o ah y9 1 e ac 11 v i n 9 a r e other hazads. D j. sc ri a 1 a 1 1 on among boy:, and <.jirli5 is very ponauaced even thought not adaitted openly. Village Malhargarh is situateda1ong the metal road. It has a

tDt alpopu 1 at ion 2522, 1394 i-nales and 1128 fevT>ale'3. There are 4G9

cnildrj?n below 6 years of age conprising 257 boys and 232 girls.

Scheduled castes account for 16.8% of the papu.lation, 233 males

and 111190 females and scheduled tribe consititute 6.347« , 66 fT.ales and 74 females. There are 802 male literates (57.5Vi) and

400 fevna 1 es 111erates <,35.5V»; giving an overall literacy rate of

^ ,

The population consists of Brahamins, ThaVurs, Jains,

Yadavs, H.arijains and tribab. The economic condition of

1 oadoti/ne rs is decidedly better than that ofthe loadless t»>ho hand

to struggle extremely hand to keep their body and soul together.

Scsonal igration is a regular feature.

The village is v»je 11 provided educationally. There are t»;o primary schools, one each for boys and girls. There is a co­

education middle school and a co-ed high school, all institutions

are, goverment reea. Thereare tu

^4llayanl in the village but there are no Anganwadis, Balwadis,

^4FE center or Mahila Mandals.

The villagers an orthodoK. in their outlook as far as women

and giris are concened. They are not in favore of seading giris

to co-educatlonal institutions. Early marrige is practised.

Dowery system and purdah operates. Supers1itions and traditional belliefs lead to discrimutvon against girls as boys are more valuaed, even by the mothers. In poor households especially girls

are kept a«i»ay from school due to pressure of domestic '.ijork and child care asboth parents have to keep these feauliis alive. Education i5 a low prionity these parentns, tA

Dheei-nar Mahal la 15 laeated n^jar the main road and has about

50 householdsr belonging to Dheemar and hajhi castes. The appox iiT^at e population of this aluan is 300, The resideats are eithers working as daily wage earners on as c l a s s IV goveri-nent ei'nployees. There is school close to th«ir sluam.

The iccass to this slun> is not pleasant and one has to crcss iT.any narrow lanes and by leans full of rotting vegetables,

fruits and gaebage- This is situted behind a vegetable market and thus becomes the duaping ground for waste and garbagsthat gives rise to unberable stench. To add to this, the municipal corporation lorn 3 after collecting garbags from other areas^ come and dump the same around the shan. Life in their slam is m I S'3n ab I e . GROUP DISCUSS I Or4S AND OBSERVATION.

Broup d 1 HCU.33 ion 5 and in te rac t ion«iii th the village and urban sluan CQi7>iT>un 11 1.►:>3 bring out the major issuse of girls education

and womens empou/erened. Th-_> paitiapat was very vacal their both iT.en and woiTivpn and along with tistiag their ura^ problems, also placed befor the sessach tiam their considued opiaion on wayis to over come these difficulties.Gir1s education on even education i‘»a-5 not as overriding concern but the group diseusion sueccded in

focussiag on this area. But it i-s also tsut that a'wasenes in begianif^g to be aeea and needs to be sy 31 e a t i e a 1 1 y laeseased, The groups gearally talked more in theses of v*ihat they need from the government and focused little on what they could do for

th(?asu.e leas, for their conmuaities for their children.

(i :« As is evideat from the village prof lien and discussion the

11 t e ac y s a t e s o f t e popu t a 1 1 on a r e c ommc a 5u.s a t oi i t h . t I'l e

£iv a i 1 ab lb 1 ty of educational and other development input male

feale dispasities are wide is liiteacy rates. Hiteracy rates are

subs tat 1ally higher in longer villages,

(li) smalla villages an 1 smalla population are economicelly

».‘»eaka and have p o o r i af easuc t are 1 facilitier compand to 1 aong

villages. Wateeer society is masked in the ire and takes au'ay a

j.at of time of girls and twomen. collection of fuel and folder is

also a feuale task, as in all domestic worJ« and child care. Poore

the house Id,greater is the burdea on the girls child whose

parents, are out seeking a living. She has no time for school,

(ill.) Sauitation is poor segasdJ.ess of the size of the

village:;; and is the wonst in the usbba slue as, Women aeof not

consicus of the hasdships and ha-ta id they face for lact'. of any pablicar private facilities, they accept it as a natural law in

3.S much 33 they accept child marriage, donery, violeace agaiast i-/0)-nen. prudah as a fait acco/npli.

(iv)' There was sesitance tc coeducation in these villages and discussion lead to the conclusion that it was not the presance of boys in the same classroom so much,.but the abseaceof female tich»3rs tiia*3 the premiue issue»

v) E:

They have no idea about other positive effects on their % matural and family roles.

(vi) A hear teeing note i»as the 3.rt icatat ion of their dev i ads. for water, for health care, for child ceatres, for schools.The uasst’rved commatie want a school those having primary schools

•*(ant a middle school. Vi 11 age rswi th middle schools e;

(Vii) The diseussions and obseurations brought out very clearly that while pareat did exprss some reservation about regularity of teachers and poor teaching as factors for low retention among all children they were categouical that girls are needed at home for domestic work care of sibling and for fetching water and fuel wood, to say the least further at becomes evident that girls are conisedred less importantand any spendingon them in infruticns considering the nature of their temporires in the pareutal home". What will she do after studing. Her fate is to ujork and bear children." In poverty households, food its*? If is a basic problem, expras*? on boosts, stationery, uniforms for children iis a liablility, consider»?d nou 50 for Qirls.The boy's are expected to grow up as breadwiners and as a »Tiajor support system for old age by parrats.“Money if there, is neaded for the marriages of these girls and for their do»>>ries."

(viii) Most discussion, broadly speaking, concluded on a positive note as regards education of girls with provisons like free uniforms, free books and stationary and child care services. The more educated dominated the discussions at times but the less advantagedwerefaor;u vocai. There was clear resistance on issues os early marr;iage, dowry, purdah and equal property as rights for qirls or on the issues of equal freedom, sharing of domestic work

and decision making. Men areclear they are superior and women are

lesser brings and »»iomen tend to agree i»»ith this image of thears. CHAPTER 3 ANALYSIS OF DATA 3.1 The Household Context

In all 270 households, to represent the cross section of cofnmin i t i es living in a village or in an urban slum area were visited. Four ytypes of villages were selected basecj on lists obtained tram the Block Education Offic-er i.e.

0 1 . Tw»n villages unserved by a pri>-nary school or having a

single teacher.

02. Two villages with only primary school facility.

03 . Tu)o v I 1 1 ag e s u; 11 h middle schoo I .

04. Two villages with high / higher secondary school.

Table 3.1.1 The sample households

Sr . ; Type of Location : No.of : hal es ; Fe*T!a 1 es lAverage size No . : : Hhou.se-: :of household rholds ;

01 . ; K.hurja Kalan : 30 : 78 : 71 : 5.1

02. : Bharat Pura : ZO ; 70 7 0 5.1

03. : B a mou r 1 f vu 11 y a : 30 71 : 89 : 4.9

04. : Saj arimau : 30 ; 69 : 61 : 5.3

05. : Bibheru ; 30 : 82 : B3 5.2

(:-'6. : Achalgarh : .30 : 93 : 89 : ^ . 0

07. : Hathagarh : 30 ; 71 : 76 : 4.9

08. : Sehrai : 30 ; 59 : 69 : 5.2

09. : Dheemar f'lohalla : 30 117 : 90 5.1 Infor.-nat ion u/as obtained about the educational, occupational and other background variable v i . caste, I'-coiDi’, age, ?inc) level of basic ameniti.es like? potable (water, fuel etc. Effort »*/a3 «nade, through discussions, to dravo cj t the parental perceptions about '.why some garlis continue in school, others drop out and several remained unenrolled. It was i»T^portant to seek parental views about the usefulness of educating girls and on issues of Gender Equality and their educational and the occupatlana1 aspirations for sons and daughters.

Although, formally, the respondent was usually the male parent, cjach interview tuened into a group discussion with other family members and often neighboure joining in the investing above report.

As we would enter a household, ail members, male and female, young and old wo'.ild join the discussion. t4o Purdn v»ias observed «*»hen we visited the household, not even by the daughter-in-law or by the younge. brother's wife. This situation was surprising and intriguing. Our first entry was invariably facilitated by a local person, in most cases the village teicher.

As we moved to the next sample household, a member of the first household wvould accompany us to the next and the next household chatting all the way. They would talk about a range of pradlems

such as water scarcity, lack of medical help, teacher

absenteeism, unsuitable school timings, poor learning achievement of their wards. In due course our group would acquire the shape

of procession with additional persons joining in for.-n each s'..!b £iec,uen t household visited. Our visit twas nn event itsel*. "

(1 oe ) Although, data has been processed villagswise (See appendices), initial analysis be presented in the tolloudng pages tor eight villages and one urban slum put together. We can see inter - village variations, as between a large or a small

Vi11 age,between rural and urban areas in many instances. However, keeping in view exigency of the study results for district project planning, the nine locales of the study are being clubbed at the moment. The four type of villages and an urban slum in one block of the district, gives us a cross range as well as a continuuin of population size and all deve lop;-nental inf rast rue tui'e. As the study is the district specific, the gene r sU I i 2 ab i 11 ty of the findings should be done with a note of caution.

As IS evident from Table 3.1.1, there M>ere a total of 1406 members in the 270 sample households giving an average household size or a little more five <5.21). Ninety one percent of the households were Hindus and the rest belonged to other religens.

Hindi ujas the mother tongue in all sample households.

TABLE 3.1.2 DRINKING WATER

* Source of Drinking Water N o . y.

Well 121 44.81

Handpump 149 55. 19

♦ Distance of Source of Drinking No.

Close by 39 14. 44

. 5 ^'.m . 9 3 34.44

1 fviTt. and above 138 ^1 . I I Fourty five percent households drew »*>at^?r trom the v ill age w.'e 1 Is and fifty five percent had access to the har.dpump . At times there uias only a single handpu.ovp in a village catering to large numbers and, hence, inadequately. The uiells in the village i.nere shallow and often go dey during peak of sui^imer. Only fourteen percent households had drinking water available close by, thirty four percent had to cover a distance of about half a kilometer to get water and for fifty one percent households, it meant a ujalk of over one !:ilometer (a utalk which undertaken only by v*iomen and g I r I Ei J . " Mo'.'ihere, did '*ie come across a single male doing this chore. " As is evident, this ardouv task is time consuming and energy consuming both. Women use up several hundered body calories this important 'use value' work and rely heavily an daughters for assistance. Girls are the thus the drawers of w a t e r an d n» i ss ou t on sc h oo ling. And , abo v e all f e t h i ng i*i a ter i s a domestic chore and thus not 'work'as per economic definition where a wage or a price is what gives goods and services, e c on om i c wo r t h.

Table 3,1.3

Fuel and Electricity

* Main Sources of Fuel

r-4o. %

Wood 219 Sl-U,

CowDung Cakes 51 18.89

* Availability of Eletricity

N o . A

14y 54.B1 FUEL,ELEC1\DRAINAGE ,TOILET FACILITY DISTRICT : GUNA

PERCENTAGE

100

ao

60

40

z o

0 '7 y" 'ZZ. ¥00D C.DCTNC YES NO GOOD POOR PREVATE PUBLIC OPEN FUEL .ELECTRICITY , DRAINAGE TOILET

SOURCE : Si\MPl£D 9 VIIiAtiE DATA There is heavy reliance on use of Mjood for fuel (6iy«>. Thi = has t ‘*JO implications

(&> IS another hunderance to female particxpaticn in education as this task also falls to them. Only fifty percent sample households were electrified.

Table 3.1.4

Sanitation

No. %

Good

Poor 270 100.00

Toilet facilities

f'4o.

Private O 0.00

Public O 0.00

Open 270 100.00

The sanitary conditions in and around these households fi.’er e apalling . Open drains garbage, defecation by humans and

animals, flies and mosquitoes posed a serious threat to hygenic, healthy living. All sample households used open spaces for defecation. Women and young girls look for darkness and some privacy and hence ga out only before sunrise or sunset. This condition is both a health hazard aswell as a social hazard for girls and teamen »^)ho face sexual harausment and social stigma.

(Ill) DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS ACCORDING TO AGE GROUPS AND SEX

Age Group P'i r son 5

O - 5 096 06. 060» 08.45 0 3 6 05 . 1 6

6-11 440 31.25 16'9 26.62 251 35.96

12 -- 14 19V3 14.06 0 7 6 10, 70 17. 48

15 + 674 47.87 3 8 5 54.23 2S9 41 . 4‘>

Total 1400 1 - OO 71 r' 1 o<:*. 0

CloBt* to 52 percent haasehold i-netnbers uiere b^Lo'^i t h e age of fourteen and hence entitled to ECCE and elementary education under the Constitution (Article 45). About 45 percent a r e in the coinpu.lsory primary education age group of 6-14 years.

TABLE 3.1.6 (A)

DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE POPULATION BY SEX AND EDUCATIONAL LEVEL

Educ a 1 1on a1 Level Pe rson3 A Mai e *♦ ^ e m a I e

111i terate 752 53.41 317 44,65 435 62,33 Literate below primary 3-07 21.80 146 20.57 161 23.07 Pr imary 150 10.65 096 13,52 <:>5 4 0 7 , 7 4 Middle 130 09.23 096 13.52 034 04.87 High School 025 01 .78 016 02,25 009 01 .29 Higher Secondary 027 01 .92 025 03.52 0<>2 0 0 .28 Degree (6radt.

Total 1408. 1 C'0.00 7 1 100.00 698 I0 0 . 0 0

Table 3.1.6 bI^o w s the follo«>ung : i. More than 53 percent of household meinbers are illiterate and

of these illiterates, 58 percent are female. (The figures

include children below 6 years of age)

5,1. About 22 , percent household members fire literate but do not

have primary level qualifications ii:. After primary level, the male female differentials are

enot'mou.5 especially at the higher .secondary and degree

level .

TABLE 3.1.6 (B)

DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE OF SCHOOL GOING CHILD POPULATION BY

AGE AND SEX

Aoe Group Total Male y. Female ♦ #

P r1mary

6 - 10 56.74 111 50.68 112 64, 37 11 - 14 077 19.59 48 21.92 29 16.67 15 - 18 005 01 .27 05 0'2.23 00 0 0 .00

Midd I e

6 - 10 003 00. 76 0 0 0 0.00 03 01 . 72 11-14 05 I 12.98 29 13.24 22 12.64 - IQ 021 05 .34 le O S .22 03 01 .72

High School «

11 - 14 o<;:'2 0 0 . 5 1 C'O (■)<>. O O C'2 0 1 . 1 5 - 1 8 0 1 1 0 2 . QO 0 8 0 3.65 03 01.72

Total 393 1 (JO. 00 219 100.00 174 100.0 0

In the sample hous e h o l d s , there are 174 school going girls c omp a r e d to 21.9 boys . This 1s significant because on Iv­ those hou.seho Ids ufhere there •>}ere one or more daughters, were included in the sample. Male female disparity increases after the age of ten uihen girls are either withdra'»n on account of social reasons

(attainment of puberty or early marriage) or are unable to go beyond primary on account of non availability of middle and high schools 'Mithin the village. Considering there is only one middle school per six primary schools in riadhya Pradesh, access will continue to be a major problem unless steps are taken to increase availability of middle / high achool education through Non Formal

Education < r*4FE ) or through distance education mode.

TABLE 3.1.6 (C)

DISTRIBUTION OF NEVER ENROLLED SAMPLE CHILD POPULATION BY

AGE AND SEX.

Age Group Tot a I f*1 a 1 e ♦/« / Female A

6 - 10 134 60, 9 1 50 65.79 84 56.33

11 - 14 7 0 31 .82 16 21 .05 54 37.50

15 - 18 16 07 .27 10 13.16 06 04. 17

Tot a 1 220 1 o<;>. 00 76 10 0 . 0 0 144 1 <>0.00

In the age group 6 - 10 year?5, there ar<3 84 girl-;; who '.u-jr'? never enrolled compared to 50 boys. L i V:e»*Ji5e , there are 54 non

school going girls comared to 16 boys in the age group 11 - 14

years. This differential speaks of the general apathy to girls'

e d u c a t i o n .

TABLE 3.1.7

OCCUPATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS

Occupation Persons /♦ Male V* Female %

Agriculture Culti. 320 ^ 'n “7 220 30.98 100 14.33 Service 310 20'1 14.28 109 15.62 Casual Labour 305 2 I . 66 070 04.97 235 33.67 House Wife 106 07.53 000 00 . 0 0 106 15. 19 Qthe rs 019 01 .35 016 01 .14 003 00.43 Non Workers 348 2^.71 203 14.42 145 20.76

Total 1408 IVO .00 710 100. OC' 698 100.00 DISTRIBUTIOrj OF HOUSEHOLDS BY INCOME e (Rs. ) No. of Household /i to Total

1 . 12,000 + 48 17.78

2, 9, OOO 42 15.56

1/ • 6,000 53 19.63

4 . 3 , 0 0 0 125 46.30

5 . 3,000 below 02 00.74

Total 270 100.00

r'4ea.rb> two third o f hoaseholds had less than Rupees sl;< thousand as annual income and only about 18 percent have an annual incarne - of Rupeei; t'»elve thousand and above poor cash

I ncotr.e/earn mg s force familieis ».*>ithou.t any assets to resort to usexng very young children for both income saving and income generating u/ork. Further, they are unable to bear extra tut ion costs.

Table 3.1.9

SEXWISE EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS FOR CHILDREN

L e V e 1 Sons Daughters

P rimary 20 07.41 23 08. 5 2 hidd 1 e 30 11.11 20 07.41 High school 31 11 .48 25 0 9 . 6 0 Hr. Secondary 55 20.37 21 07.78 Graduation General 64 23.70 39 14.44 Graduation Professional 01 00.37 00 00 - 00 P.G. and above 08 02,96 00 0

Total 270 10 0 .00 270 10< j . 00 TABLE 3.1.10 SEXWISE OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATIONS FOR CHILDREN

Occupation Sons •/. Daucjh t e rs

T eacher 25 C'9. 2 6 2 1 0 7 . 7 8 D o c to r 1 9 o7.oe <1'9 03.33 F'olice Officer 11 04.07 02 00. 74 Tailoring 30 11.11 00 0 0 . 0 0 Nurse 0 0 . <>o 24 08. G9 House Wife 00 0 0 . 0C» 31 11 . 48 Govt. Service 67 24.81 15 05.56 Enginee r 00 00. OO 00 0 0 .00 No Aspiration 118 43. 70 168 62.22

lota I 2 70 1 0 ‘1: . 0C> 2 7 0 1 OC'. OC'

TABLE 3,1.11

PERCEPTION OF PARENTS ABOUT REASONS FOR CONTINUANCE OF GIRLS IN SCHOOL

Responses Respondents (n-270) in Rank Order No, %

Parental motivation 197 72.96

Self motivation of the girl 172 63. 70 c h 1 1d ,

Better economic standing 140 5 1 .85 of household

Parental education 1 <:>o 37.04

Parental Support like:

I. Provision of adequate 46 17 , food and clothing

li. Provision of books 41 1 , 19 and stationery

iii. Creating space and time 41 15. 19 for studies at hoaie e iv. Payment of fees other 39 14.44 than tuition fees

9. V. Provision of academic 05 0 1 . S'S Support (themselves or paid) flotivation of parents and the girls themselves are cited as

t>i»o iT.ain reason's ufith economic standinQ of the household receive

th>3 third higher response fol lo«>fed by 'parental education'.

And, better econoiT>ic situation o f a fa

for parents to pay for e:

adequate food and clothing and provide time and space for studies

at hotT>e, Actual interviews with parents and their school going

9 1 r 1 did mark out these families. They displayed more selb confidence and a sense of pride in therr daughters

(She can study as much as she Miants. But it is not »possible to

send her ealsufhere after class V. Get more schools opened for

girls in the v i 1 1 agu? . )

Tfiere are occasional cases noticed '.where the above positive

configuration existed and girls belonging to better off families

even being sent to another village by a Tonga (horse cart>.

Girls tend to continue their education if the middle / high

school IS located in the village or even in a nearby village. PARE^4TAL RESPONSES ABOUT MAIN REASONS FOR GIRLS DROPPING OUT FROM SCHOOL

Re a son' Re 5ponden 15 (n-270>

N o . y*

Inability of parents to pay 17 6.30 extra tuition fee/fund Inability of parents to 67 24.81 provide clothes and shoe'^ Inability of parents to h 7 24.81 provide books Inability of parents to 29 10.74 provide stationery Inability of parents to 2 00. 74 provide food 6 Helping parents in occupation 131 48.52 Engaged in remunerative 3 01.11 employment e. Domes tic u»o r k 95.56 9, Care of siblings 100 37.04 10 Absence of support services 83 30.74 VIZ. Angan w a d i , Ba lu>adi , Creches 11 Early marriage 92 34.07 12 Social taboo : onset of poberty 115 42.59 13 Parental lack of motivation 180 66. 6 7 14 Parental illiteracy 45 16.67 Itj Lack of academic support/heIp, 18 06.67 from parents/family members,others 1 6 School far a^iay 4t 17.78 17 Un-attractive school environment 27 10. C'O 18 Un-suitable school timings O 00.00 19 Lack of relevance of curriculum 22 08. 15 20 No uiomen teachers 118 43.70 1 Lack of separate schools 45 16.67 Teachers’ negative attitude 9 . 33 7 . Z Failure 06 02. 96 24 Illness of family meratiers 07 02.59

T en M.ajor R.esponses ;

<:> 1 . Domesti c work <96*/.> - 0 2 . Paren t a 1 lack of motivat ion (6 7V,) 0 3 . He 1ping parents in o c c u p a t io n ( 4 9 ’/,) 0 4 . No M^ome n t e ache rs < 4 4 V . ) 0 5 . S o c 1 I taboo ; onset of pobe r t>' (4 3 V . ) 0 6 . C a r a f siblings ( 3 7 ’^) 0 7 . Early m a ?' r I ag e < 34/'.) 0 8 . Ab s e n c e of support s-ervices (‘r I % ) I n ab1 1 it y of parents to p rov Id 0 books (25%) I r.). I nab 111 t y of parents to p rov 1 d ►7 cl o t e Involvem-2nt of girls in domestic work is cited a.3 the chief cauHh? for Qirls beirv^g withdrawn fraoi school or their dropping o >j t.

3iT,all?3i' children who she look after.)

fWhat use she going to put her studies to ? She has finally to f'ior^ ,, here in our house and after fivamage in her husband's

house ;■ .

store for her in future).

(She helps in our work too. When it is time for harvesting, my

whole family, M)ife and children leave our home to seai<: ujork at

times 1 n a d 1-31ant V 1 11 age ) .

Prominent social reasons that surfaced were lack of a women

teacher, onset of puberty, early marriage.

time bet'ijeen 6 and 10 years but we send her to her husband’

house only after sV\e i-s S-iKteen or eighteen). ” A woman teacher is best tar girls. Th-? 5chaoJ i^^ster

IB alone in the school and on days he does not turn up. Who will bo responsible vf somethiny untoward happens— •• PARENTAL PERCEPT I Or4 OF REASONS FOR f40N-ENR0LMENT OF GIRLS IN SCHOOL.

Reasonij Respondents

1 . Inability of parents to pay extra 18 6.67 tuition fsQ / fund Inability cf parents to provide clothes 70 25 .93 and shoes 3. Inability of parents to provide books 75 27. 78 4 . Inability of parents to provide 35 12. 96 stationery Inability of parents to provide food 08 02.96 and medicines 6 Helping parents in occupation 145 53.70 -/ Engaged in remunerative employr^ent 03 01.11 e Domestic work 252 93.33 9 Care of siblings l.l I 41.11 10, Parental lack of motivation 193 71 .48 1 1 , Parental illiteracy 53 19.63 12 Non-ava I 1a b 1 I Ity of school / NFE centre; 59 21 .85 c 1ose to hab i t at i on 13 IJn-su j. t ab 1 e school ti-TiinQS 01 00.37 14 No female teachers 99 36.67 1‘3 No separate school for girls 26 09 . 6 3 U-.. Lack of support services such as 115 42.59 anganwadies,baIwad i es,creches 17, Cultural factors such as early 121 44.81 marriage, social taboo s and customs, segregation of women, purdah etc.

Top TEN main reasons for non-enrolment of girls in school:

01 Domes tic Wo r k (93/C > . 02 Parental lack of motivation (72ti). 03 Helping parents in occupation (54V4) 04 Cultural factors such as early marriage, social taboo's and customs, segregation of women, purdah etc. (45%) 05. Lack of support services such as angan<*iadies, balwadies,creches (43%)

0 6 . Care of sibling (41V, > .

0 7 . L ack o f iAJomen te ach e ~ < 37V«) 08. Inability of parents to provide books (28%).

0 9 . Inability of parents to provide clothes and shoes (26%). 10. Non availabilitv of school / NFE close to habitation (22%) Economic compulsions of dire povprty forces the entire family to 5eak work for wages and girl's fac»? the triple geopardy of caste, class and gender. Domestic work and care of sibling falls entif'ely on the shoulder of girls and there is a lack of support services like Anganwadis, creches, day care centres for working women. Early marriage is prevalent in this area and married girls, how so ever small in age, are held back as parents feel they have to e:

< 59 households). Mtore then a third demanded a woman teacher.

Only about 10 of parents wanted separate school for girls. Twenty eight percent parents indicated that they cannot provide clothes and shoes to their children.

It was, however, interesting to note that SC boys

{ belonging to the poorest sections ) receive parental preference in matters of schooling. They would be willing to go all out^ even incur debt, to put a male child through school as they are now fully aware about job reservations for scheduled castes \n the public sector. This sort of awareness was totally absent in the tribal dominated districts in the study. PARENTAL PERCEPTIONS 0^4 UTILITY OF GIRLS EDUCATION ,

Re sponse-s R espondents

Develops a positive self image and 165 61.11 confidence among girls

Prepares gjrls for economic 203 75 .19 contr ibut ion

Can improve health and nutritional 31 1 1 .48. status of children and other family members

Will ensure education of future 93 36.30 9 e n e r a 1 1ons

Will make girls and women aware 65 24.07 of their rights

Helps in raising age of marriage and reduce 4S' 18. 15 maternal , infant and child mortality

Helps in reducing the family size 98 36.30

Will prepare girls for leadership 51 18.69 roles in society

9 Will prepare girls for participation 77 28.52 and decision making process in all walks of life e.g. f aitvi ly , panchayats , municipalities and legislature

Major Responses of parents on utility of girls education;

1. Prepare Girls for economic contribution (75%).

2. Develops a positive self image confidence among girls l.hVAt .

3. Helps in reducing the family size (36'/.),

4. Will ensure education of future generations (36*/).

5. Will prepare girls for participation and decision process in all lijorks of life <29V.). 6. Will make girls and women aoiare of their rights (24%) An ove r»»he l«n ing response on usefulness of girlo education was i.Sj/he mi i I 1 b*? able to earn if she is educated.'. This was perhaps a shidied response; on seeing and meeting a band of young girls and boys whc were all educated and earning, *'

More than one third parents could see a relationship between education and a small family and education of future gener 11 ons . ’*

If she gets educated she can teach and help her children. We can't do that being

illiterate ouracIves.

Many parents see education helping their daughters to become aware of their rights and perform leadersaip roles. Thf*re is an uneasiness in the air when women's and express therr feelings

about the usefulness of such measures.

( We work like animals. Politics is meant for men who do not work

at home ). Men give cautions remarks in a tone of resignation. RANK ORDER OF GENDER EGALITARIAN RESPONSES OF PARENTS

Both need to be given equal amount of food < 9 9 ’/,)

‘1)2 Both need to be given equal health care and medical attention when needed (.^7%'}

0 3 GirJs and b o y s need equal education (69%)

Both can be assigned same duties / re spons ita 1 1 j t i es <63y«>

,05 hen and Women should be paid equal wages for equal work (57y«)

06 Husband and wife should take all decisions jointly (54*/.)

07 Household work must be shared by all members of the household (54*4) OS Both have same intelligence and abilities (43*4)

0 9 Both should be given an equal time to play ( 4 2 y . )

1 0 Both cin have similar occupations <39*4)

1 1 Both can perform all tasks equally well (37*4)

1 2 Joint registration of family assets by husband and wife (34%)

IZ Both should be given the same freedom (24*4)

Parents tend to agree w h o ^ l l y on equal food and equal health

care for sons and daughters but do not (76*4) support same freedom

for girls as boys. Hore than two third parents (69*4) favour equal

education and assigning of same duties and responsibi1ity to both girls and boys (63*4). (lore than half favour equal wages for equal i^.'ork, joint decission making by both spouses and sharing of household work by all family members. Majority do not think both sexes can have similar intelligence and abilities, can have similer occupations, need equal time to play and can perform all tasks equally well. Joint ownership of assets is favoured only by 34 p>?rcent parents -and only 24 percent support same freedom for boys and girl^. A h Table 14 and 15 shew, parents have lov»ier educational and occupational aspirations tor daughters. The concept of equality of all hun>an beings itself i5 alien to the villages wher»? the stangle hold of caste an»d tradition permits no equality. That scheduled caste-s/tribcs have been given some special ieghts (protective d iscrimin^tion> by the constribution to make them equal to non scheduled populations is u»ell known to the sc communities (not so mush among ST) gender equality is a totally alien idea. They will like to give girls food,health care and even education but not equal rights improperty and equal freedom. Get the fact that 40 percent aind more favour equal wages, grant equal ability and equal responsibility to both sen-:s and even similar occupations, shows a movement in the positive direct ion .

It can also be agreed that mostly parents were* giving

0 socially desirable responses to impress the investigators. even

if one were to discount a lot they say, their perceptions regarding gender roles are behaviours. In social sciences, we have the law of self fulfilling prophecy- You start some thing as as idea and over a period it gets intesualized by more and more people and becomes a fact- Equality in a mu.lti start ified society

like ours is still at the ideational level of a feu and not a mass value. Of source masses are made to / vote, both men and women but then who rules ? protective measures like reservention

of se a t ' ^ i n v i 1 I a,ge district level local bodies for women, would

require dissemination, canvassing and training erf both women l<

men . Table 3,1.16 FACTORS WHICH C M i ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO SEND THEIR DAUGHTERS TO SCHOOL

. No Fac tors Respondent5 <270) r4o. %

Changing s c h o o l timing/ calender satiable 005 01 .85 Availability of school/NFE centre 101 37.41 . within / close to habitation Free uniforms 252 92.96 4. Free books 247 91 . 48 5. Free stationery 86.30 6. Appointing more fi?male teachers 115 42.59 7. Free meals 186 68.89 S. Pre schools / Day care centre / Anganwadi 115 42.59 9. Separate school for girls 034 12.59 10. Provision of women escort/school mother 0 0 1 O O . 37 fiajor responses 1. Free uniforms <93!v). 2. Free books (92%). 3. Free stationery (86%). 4. Free meals (69/iJ. 5. P re-schools/day care cen t re / anganu/ad i (4-37.). 6. Appointing more women teachers (43%). 7. Availability of school/NF£ centre •.*» i th i n/c lose to habitation (37%)

rJearly all parents would like the facility of free uniform, free books and stationery be made available to girls as these are items, they can ill affort 69% asked for free meals. About 43% e:jhe Iming pr>it*3rnce f a ^ income

QenaratinQ p rag ramme s for q i r 1 a in the villagif?. Literacy p r o9 ramine3/f'4FE centres were a second '•.'d O*A'> . and only a little j-nore thyan one third of parents al'Tio asl*;ed for p rogramnui s/c amps on health and nutrition.

On overall picture of 270 set of parents is positive and encouraging. They are conscious of their own lack of education and would like their children not to suffer the 3a«i\e state. Even

in poverty situtation , gender di5crimin at Ion operates as freely as in nearly any other setting. While the parents are 'nulling and also making soiDe sacrifies to get their 50«T\e on to the school utagon, they mould like that food, clothes, books, s t a t i o n e r y are given to girls gratis and additionally free child care services.

Con :?i 1 de r I ng the cost of not doing girls education t*>i 1 I tae greater

than doing the same thi3 requireinent by parents for their fernale urards I'nay have to be tugalea as an investment in to the girl chold and the future of human kind she holds ujithin her womls. DISTmBUTION OF RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO AGE GROUP DISTOICr : GUNA

PERCENTAGE

60

50

40

30

20

10

0 6 - 8 9 11 \2 - 14

DROPOUT QIRIB

SOUFJCE: : S m r -W D 9 \nLLAQ£ DATA DISTRIBUTION OF GIRLS ACCORDING TO ClA SS L^ST ATTENDED DISTRICT : GUNA

PERCEOTAGE 35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0 V llh 4

DROPOUT GIRIiS

SOUr^^K : SvUIPIJT-D 9 YllLAGV?. DATA CHAPTER 3.2 ANALYSIS OF DROPOUT GIRLS

In all rjrop out girls in t e r v i a vedb as ic a 1 1 y for

ascetaininy the reasone for hair dropping au.t and find out

,i5heth>?r they wiould be uiillbeing gaun the -chart nonfoeurwl programme at any print.

Table 3.2.1

A. AGE WISE DISTRIBUTION

SL Numb e r percentase

1 . 6-S years 5 11 .90

9"11 years 13 30.95

•Jj % 12-14 years 24 57. 14

Total 42 100.00

Table 3.2.2 B. Class uiise distribution

Class f'4u»'nber percentase

1 12 28.57 2 7 16.67 3. 4 9,5 2 4 S 11.90 5 7 16.67 6 7 16.67

Total 42 100.00

Among thess 42 drop out girls only 12*/. had dropped out bet«>;e?n 6-8 years, 31 */. between the age of 9-11 years and 57/i between 12 and 14 years This conferme the pereutal respozsas

indicating early maiuage and onset of paberty as constrinir.g

factor and the fact that a 9-»- girl becomes almcst adept at doi-nest’c choves and sivling care and little old she helps fsarents in their ex_ono»T>ic actxvetes It IT, intreating to note that the *Tna:< i mutn nuonber of drops

out Qirl'3 left great itself girls are last to bo sent to -school

an-rJ earlest to «>» i thd rafin by th>? families .

saveral proving question '^»€;re a^ked from drop out girls in

order to assess »>iere the magor folt lay , school related factor

or extra school valiables over u/hich edoca t iona I planners and

administration have little control. "

Table 3.2.3 Respouses of Drop out girls

SI. Que 31 i on Y es No Fig PerC'w Fig. Per(*/,)

1. Would you li^-c to resume studies or 54.76V. 19 45 .247, Would your parents like to you to Go to school again 10 23.eiy, 76. 197. 3. Did you like your school 54.76% 19 45 ,247, 4. Did you like your teachers 27 /•/4 15 35 . 7 17, 5 . Did you enjoy learning i.n the C 1 assroom 54.767, 19 45 .247, . . Did you get your teachers help When required 21 50 .007, 21 50.0(>7, 7. Was there any diffculty in doing Your home work 4.767. 40 95.247, 8. Did you ever fail in any class ’ 1 2.387. 41 97.627, 9. Were you regular in going toschool 32 76. 197, 10 23.617, 10.Were yoy punctual 30 71 .43% 12 28.577.

Analysis of above resposes shows:

1 . 55V. dropout girls are willing to resume studies, if they are given an opportunity. ii. As against this,only 24V; fell confident that they parents ujould like their going back to school, ill- 55/i Qirls had like their school. IV. 6>37. girls had liked their teachers. V 5 5 a enjoyed learning in the classroom . vi. 507. girls stated they go their teacher's help when ever they needed, the other half give a negative answer. vii. Only 5*i e;pIeting their

homework. . VI ii. Only one girl (2.36*/.) out of 4'Z had failed ina class, the rest did not fail ever, but gj'ket loft \ or »i/ere M»ith drann drop on to had . 1 ;< . 76*/. girls drop onto had attended school r,egulary . :<, 72V. girls reported, they «*iei'e punctual. Table 3.2.4. Responses of Drop out girls on Reasons for Dropping out

O 1 8 >? a 5on s for d r op ping out r-‘O of re 3 p on s e 5 In fig. In per.

Inability of parentsto pay extra tution Fee \ fund. 0 0.00 Inability of parents to provide clothes And shoes. 18 42. 86 "r• Inability of parents to provide books. 13 30.95 4 . Inability of parents to provide stationery. 1- 2.38 -b . Inability of parents to provide food and fi ■= d 1 c I rt e 5. 0 0 . 0 0 1. Helping parents in occupation 19 ^5 .24 Engaged in remunerative employment <1) 0, OO l_'o • Domestic uforV: 39 92. B h 9 ^ Care ofsiblings. 17 40. 48 1 0. Absence of supportse rvicas viz. Anvganbadi, B a 11» a>:l i , creches 8 19.05 1 1 . Early marriage 1 2.38 1 2. Social taboo on onset of puberty. 7 16.67 1 3. Parental lack of motivation. 29 69.05 1 4 . P a r e ri t a 1 illiteracy. R 19.05 LaVvi^of academic support \help from fatherv f^ami 1 ymembe r 5 \ others. 1 2.38 1 6 , School far auiay. 5 1 1 .90 1 7 . U n - a t t r a c t 1Ve school environment. 7 . 1 4 1i. o’-m' * Un-suitable school timing. 0 . < j>0 1 ^ • . Lack of relevance of curriculum. 1 2.38 ( 1 No ti.'omen teacher. 27 64. 29 ■* Lack of separate schools. 7.14 Teachers negative attitude. 7 16.67 3. Fa il u r e . 1 2.38 2^ . Illnessof family members. 1 2.38 25 . Own 1 11n e s s . 0 0. 0<'-> 2 6 . Any other. 9 21 . 43

L 13 t out some major reasons. 1 . Domestic «>Jork. (93!'C) Parental lack of motivation. (69%) •jj m r-4o women teacher. <64!’i) Helping parents i noccupat ion . <45^4) *5 . Inability of parents to provide clothes and s h o e s . (43%) 6. Care of siblings (41 %) -y/ • Inability of parents to provide booWs. <3ir») 8. P a r e n t a i 1 11 i t e r ac y. <19% ) Q Absence of support services. (mainaly chi Id come ) (19% ) 1 <;<. Teachers negative attiude. '17% )

Discussions with drop out girls brought out the fact that it

extra -school/ sccio ecor.oiT.ic factone, chief among them being domestic pjork load and p aren txl apathy to education ofdaughtsrs.

Girls are held back at ho.T\e at the shiijhtsst pretent, a, guest or

A Visitor or sickness of a fa«'nily inembers.

(We are kept back fro»T\ school.) There is only one male teacher and no i*iofnen teacher so I was withdra<*/n from school.

I&'esides Qirls help parents in makings both ends meet and

■also look after your get siiblings. Inability of parents to provide clothes and shoes and books are cited as other reasons for droping out.

Table 3.2.5. Work done by girl at home : responses-of the drop out girls.

SI . I terns no of responses In figures in percentage

1 . Fetching wather 33 78.57

*1. • Fething fodder and fuel 1 2.38

3. Care and livesstock 1 2 . 38

4, r*1 a k 1 n g cowdun g c a I<: e s 19 45 . 24 5. Care of sibling 17 40.46 6. Cooking 16 38. 10

/ - Washing /clearing utensils * 52.38

8. Grazing cattle 5 11 . 90 9. Wage earning activities 0 0 .00 10, Agriculture operations 4 9.52 11 . Home based prodccation 0 0.00

Fetching water (79V*y , washing, cleaning utensils <52y«), making coMidung cakes <45/i), care of sibling (41*/.) and cooking

(38VO IS done by there girls. As noticed us earlier, water has to be fetched from a distance of half to one kilometer or ever more

in the sawple villages. Some of the drop out girls are also

involned in grazing cattle and helping parents in agriculture ope rtions.

The drop out girls were uriable toans'.wer any questions

regardung useful Iness of education for girls or equality between se:

3.9ainv23t them in matters of food, clothes, tiixie for play and

ooinq out to markt^t or fiinii.

There girls had no regret leaving school allthorgh fr.ore than half would gobackif allowed. Educational and occupational

a s p r 1 ratccnstiiere nil. •

In sum, these girls had not been “pushed out "by school but

'->ere "pull out" du- to do>T>estic/ family compulsions of ponerty

and parentaIi11teracyand apathy. In these cases, there was

relative lack af motivation both on thesideof the parents and the

girls, the parents more to blame. The ma;.;imu.m response of these girls u»as for leasning some income generatuinq skills,

literacy, education and health programmers wer» not all that

p o p u 1 a r .

C o n 3 j d e s 1 r.g th^3re peinraly p riddle school drop out girls

V i.'o u 1 d soon land up into unsafe preu.rature motherhood and alhed of

fnatemal andinfant mor t al i ty , edi/cat ion programmers should comprise

incom>? genenatu. sk i 1 Is , I i teracy and helth education. The

outofschool adolescent girls likely to go in the mass of adult

illiterat^^s which are ah ready an alasi7>ing proportion. CHAPTER 3.3 ANALYSIS OF NEVER ENROLLED GIRLS

In all 120 nover enrol girls uiere interviewed to elicit reasons for not having gone to school.

Table 3.3.1

AGE DISTRIBUTION OF NEVER ENROLLED GIRLS.

AGE 6 -- 0 years 40 T-r TT 9-11 years 23 19. 17 12 " 1 4 years 45 37,50 15 -H 12 10. i>0

TOTAL 120 100.00

As table 3.3.1 shows 90V. of the non enrol I ecjg i r I s fall In

the coi-npu).sovy e Iementaryeducat ion age group of 6 - l-'V years and.

lO*/i are lf> year's orolder. This indicates immediate action tosee

that they are either brought tothe femal schoolor a NFC center to

aVo I ed their g ro?*' ing up to i I I 11 e t'at e s . DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO AGE CROUP DISTCICT : OUNA

PERCENTAGE

NE\T':R ENKOU.ED GIRIS st.)iir«.;E ; sam plp:!) o ’.'ullage data Table 3.3.2 Reasons for non enrolment : perceptionsof never enrolled girls.

F? ^ 1 cr. H ‘ r; o o f T' .3 3pon <= s In f 1 Q 2 r ' 'A >

I ” -5 S i 11 1 y D f par to pay Gtra T u, t j o n fee / uu n . 0 0 . 0 0 Inability of pare to provide clothes And shoes. 79 65 .83 to provide books. 5 9 4?. 1 7 4. to provide stationery 5 4. 17 to p r0V 1de faod and 3 2 . 5 0 cup av i o n . c; T 42 .50 ve emp lOiT.epf t. 1 0 . 83 y. Domestic work. l‘>6 e e . 33 9 . Ca V'e of siblings. 46 3Q. 33 \0. Parental lact:; of V a 1 1o n . 103 85 . 83 11. P ^ r e tT t a 1 i 1 1 1 1 e r a : . 25 2 0 . 8 3 1 2 . N o n - aV a i. I ab i 1 i t > - fscf'.col/ nfe c e n t e r C 1 o s « t o habitat : r . 4 3 35 . 83 1 T . Un -- 5u. i t ab 1 e sc ho - 1 t ii-ninos. 1 0 . 8 3 14. TMo u)Q.T>en teacher^. 60 50. 0<‘> 1 5 . No L e p e r a t e h ool ar cj 1 r 1 s * 1 . 6 7 l ick of S-'pport ■.■Vc. e H s u c h a ?i b a 1 •>> a d i e s ^ r-ti3 f'.»>i ad 1 e s , c r e c ^ r = . 47 3 9 . I ’’ a s e -i r 1 y :t. 3 r r 1 a 9 e , H to m s . 24 2*I>. 0 0 ------______------

I . D-3tT>■? s 1 1 c MO r 'r. 88*'. > 2 . Parental lac:!-; of "-ct i vat ion. (G6%) 3. Inability of par>rr-:3 to provi*:}.? clothes and shoes. (66%) t. Mo »‘(Oi-nen teacher-. . I rrab I I 11 y o f p a r ar. *: s t o ‘ p rov i d e boo!-:s . ( 49% ; 6 . f I e I p in 9 parents i • dc c '.:.p at:, on . < 43y,) . Lo'c^: of support 3-?-vices. <39/4* S:. C. s r -j a f s 1 b 1 1 n o < 38 V. > . Non A V j 1 1 ab I 1 1 t - of school/ nte center close to h 31 11 3 t; c n ^ 3 6 % ) I . rrl ar 1 yfoarr 1 c e , soc : i i c u stome /1 abco t 20''

Do-Tiestic work there girls away from school. Parental

lack of

V 1 II 39.V3. "parents do ~it nave iv.oney for our clothes, shoes and boorS." t'esides do.T.c*st*-i •-•■orK:, theseQirls help parents in their occupation and lookafter younger s ib I inQ'n. About one fifth of the non enrolled girls gave early marrige aa the reason. / "I a»n married and then m y parents have not learnt ho'*» to read and ricjht. About 20V. non enrolled girls ( the older ones ) felt that the illiteracy of their parents was a inajor reason, that these girls were not sent to school.

Table 3.3.3

Responses of never enroled girls on education

S1 . Yes no Fig per per

I. Did you ever w/ant to go to school 106 88.33 14 11.67 Ii. Did you ever talk to your parents About it 52 43.33 68 56.67 lii. Would your parents send youto scho>: 47 39. 17 73 60.83 Iv. Would you like to go to school now 9%^ B1 .67 18.33 V. Can you read / write '*/' 1 .67 1 IB 9B.33 Vi . Can you write your name 3 2.50 117 97-50 Vi. Can you count 19 15 .63 101 04. 17

Analysis of above responses is given below : i. 88/C non enroled girls had wanted to go to school. (but did not or could not.) ii. About 43V. had expressed their desire for schooling to their parents. ^ ill. About 40y« said their parents would perhaps agree to send them to school or an NFE centre . IV. G2y. are keen to go to a school now. V. Only 2 girls out 120 could read not write. VI. Only 3 girls knew how to uirite their name . vii. About 1 6 % girls knew how to count,1argely upto 10 or at the most upto 20.

Table 3.3,4. Progranvmes needed by n^ever enrolled girls

Gl. Target .group < never enrolled girl ) no of resposes In fig in per

1. Literacy programmes : nfe centers. G3 69-17 2. Income generating programmes. ‘ 104 B6.67 3. F’rogrammes /camps on health and nutrition. 33 27.50 4. Any other. 2 1.6 7 PERCEPTION ABOUT PROGRAMMES NEEDED FOR GIRLS EDUCATION IN DISTRICT GUNA

PERCENrAGE

D ROGFUMMES

PARENTS NON-ENK.GIRLS

SOURCE ; SAMP1.ED 9 VILL-AtjE DATA

As can be seen from table3.3.4:

Income generating pragramme-s re>zeived an overMihe Ining r>?-3pou'3e (87*i) followed, literacy programiTtes /nfe centeris (69/i), prografTiiT.es /camps on health andnu.rition were indicatedby < 2 8 ‘/«) of the non enrolled girls.

TABLE 3 . 3 . 5 . WORK DONE / NEVER EVROLLED GtRLS

SI. Target group (never enrolled v^irls) kO of responses fig. In per.

Fetching w a ter. 60.00 Fetching foodsr and fuel. 7 5.83 Care of livestock, 1 .67 Making cowdung cakes. 70 58.33 Care of sibling. 35 29. 17 Cook ing . 36 31 .67 Washing /cleaning utensils 42 35.00 S Grazing cattle. 39 32.50

Summary of responses : 1 . Fetching water (607.) . Mailing f: o d u n g c a k e s (58*/.) j • Washing /cleaning utens I Is (35:; 4 . Grazing cattle <32!-; 5 . C o q 'k: ing (32!; 6 . Cire of siblings (29!-;

The work day of the never enrolled girls is similar to that of the drop cut girl, Fetching water and reparing fuel, I coo*<;lng, washing and cleaning utensils, grazing cattle/goats and care of sibling are gobs done by there girls. Qn an average they spend about si;'.' to eight hours on these domestic chanes in addition to helping parents in their econimic activities / occup 1 1o n . TABLE 3.3.6 NEVER ENROLLED GIRL : HER PERCEPTION OF PARENTL DISCRIMIATIQN

.‘31, i n f 19 . 1 n p >;? r .

Food 36 30.00 Clothing 46 38.33 Toys/game 5 34 28.33 4. Pritu.als and social visits 102 85.00 5. Oppor tun 11 1 e» for pi ay 93 77. 7*3

Shy at first, the little girls interviewed would co»-ne out with their feeling about how parents treat them vis-a-vis sous, about 30V« feel ch isc r inuv i a t ed against in dispensation of food,

46/i in matter of clothing and 2ev. stated they were rarely given

toys or playthings whereat their brothers did get such things at

times. As majourty of the houslolds were pouerty households,

there was hardly enoughto go around. yet several girls

expressed the feelingthey get less. Rituals and social visits

(85y,) andopportun i t i esfor play < 78V*) were perceined as major

areas of d iscr immat ion .

("Brother is taken to another village or a fair. If I play, I am chided . I look after the smaller brother and the one older to me

on 1 y p 1 ay s , does no work . '*) CHAPTER 3.4 ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS SCHEDULE

In all 12 teacher were intervied, of these 5 ujere

female. The age of the-se teacher sangec! bebaeor 24-40 years ufith (T.ajority belonging to the age group 30-35. The service

length af these teachers sanged from 02 to J9 years.

Qualif1 at ion? averse Trained! untraine Meufal statue, Lnuba of

chi Id ran. Or. haved s i n g e -----, Das tan as from tain mace of us d ancs

Table 3,4.1. Main factors for the girls continuing teacher's perceptions.

SI . f-4o of respones Reasons in figures

1 Better economic standing of house hold 8 2 Parental education 12 T P arenta 1 mo 1 1V a 1 1 on 12 4 P aren t a 1 suppor t 1 I k e • payment of fees other thin Tut ion fees 9 Parent al suppor t like • proves ion of book and stationery 1 I O P arenta 1 support 1 Ike * provisionof adquate food and Cloth ing 4

7 P arenta I support 1 Ike • creating space and time for Studies at home A

B Parebta 1 support 1 ike • provision of academic support 9 • • Self motivation of girl child 9

Sumi-nary of responses :

1. Parental motivation (12) 2. Parental education <12) 3. Positive attitude of teachers (11) 4. Parental support, like; provision of book and t = t i on e r y (11 ) 5. Parental support like: payment of fee pther than tuition costs (9) 6. Self motivation of girl child (9) 7. Beher economic standing cf the house hold (8)

The teachers intesviewed stated that parental education and

parental motivation are. The key factors in girls continuing

their schooling This uras tusa linked to the econoiTiic standing of 3 house’ha Ld and their ability to pay for tno non tuition coasts, bookis, stationery etc This wnf igu.r at ion of positive f ictors are accorpanied by or cause hight self motivatiion among giri» .

TABLE 3.4.2. Main Reasons For Dropping out.

SI. Reasone n = 12 no of response In fig.

1 Inability of parents to pay e:

Major respones; 1. Domestic work. <12) 2- Social taboos or onset of puberty. (12) 3. Helping parents in occupation. <12) 4. Patental illiteracy-. <10) 5. Care of siblings. <10) 6>. Parental lack of motivation <9> 7. Fature <8) 8. £acly marrige <7) 9. Unattractive school enviroment. (7) 10. Lack of relevance-of curriculum- ‘) The teachers see domestxc work, helping parents on their

'Dccupatlon, sibling car-e as chief causes of girls chropping out. among social econonic factors. The girl child is saoldled with the entime sange of cJOiinestic and enter dornestic work. Parents one, ttiterate and hance are not greatly intereated in educating girls. They feel on use of leasnima not 3 P.s as they think the destmy of a girl is goun^ to change. She has to do all this ujork even after r.nassiag':^ . A very pramanment behaviours is thal girl^r^ are i>iithdra«xn as soon as puberty sets is. Girls are massned off very early in this distuck .It is indeed intereating to note

That Mlule the parents, the drop out and non enwlled girls very slrongly indicated they cannot offased th>? aaxtra tux ton costs, books , stationery, cloth^es and shose, teache rs. don t ' t thank so.

The teachers lac^ely attributed the responsibility for the ohop out ph€*nomeon on family cleted social, economic and cnltural factors. MAIN RESQNS FOR GIRLS NON-ENROLMENT TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS

SI. ReiBon n =12 no of responses In figures

1 Inability of parents to pay e;ar r-1 age , soc. i a 1 taboo's And customs. . 0

Major respones:

1. Parental lack m o t :L v a t i on .(12 Lack of support se rv ices b a 1 ui ad 1 e s ere c h e s . (11 ) 3, Paren tal i11i teracy. >o r k . (I 1 ) Ct . Helping paent ■5 in occupa t ion

Th e teachers see paren t 11 1 ac k

e r ac y, domestic work , s ibl m g s

ces, girls helpi ngs parenta I as

' no soon for girls not be ing san t SI. R.h?5ponse5 in ran^. order no of responsea In figure s

Raspon-ses;

1. Will prepare girls for leadership roles in siciety (12) 2. Helps in reducing the family size. (12) 3. iWiIl make girls and women aware of their rights. -(12) . 4. Will ensure education of future gene rat lonns. (1.2) 5. Prepare girls for economic. contri!3ut ion . (12) 6. Develops a positive self image ^r.d confidence among f ami I vs. (13.) 7. Will prepare girls for participation and deciscinmaking prass in all tiialks of life- (11) B. Can improve health and nutribution status of children and others family menbese. (7) 9. Helpsa raies are at marriage and reduce maternal, infant and child mor family. (5)

The teachers serellyt see a lot of mesit in educating jirls . They expect education to make girls in me self confident and a'.*r3re of their irght , prepare them for economic contribution and p 3.r t ic ipat ion In decision m3t*:ing processes in " and taking up teaderslip wole . Educated girls get married to education men ind have smalle families. They will ensure farther that their cluldra are educated and do behee than their inpwenment of hallk and untional states of family delyed marrige and t*tnse mortaty a-ong t->ere and children are the others gains, they see. B1 . Respond?5 in rank order agree F 1 •j €? r

1. 6irl3 and boys need equal education, 12 2. Both need the safne kind of food. 12 3. Botn need to be given equal health care. 12 4. Both can be aiisegued the same da ties and responsb i I i tye 3 12 5. Both can have siniilar occupation. 12 6,. Both can have similar intelligence andabilities 12 7. Men and women should be paid equal wages for equal work 12 8. Husband and wife should tal«:e all decisions jointly 12 9. Houaehold work must be shared by all members of h.hold 12 10. EJoth should be given equal time tim-? to play 11 11. Both cm perfaens all. tasks equally well 11 12. Assets of thefamily should be gointy registered by The husband and wife 10 13. Both should be given the same freedom 6

The teachers ga;v»e very egalitauan responses equa 1 equ 11 i ty between sexes aanearly every aspect tbu under access to

education,he a 1th, food, similar occupations, equal wages, joint decisionmaking by husband and wife. they see boys afui girls perfoiming all tales eprally wellwith thesame seasssseof

pwsibility, also, both both be given equal timeto play,The

responssseon joint oun»?sship Z: cuseto was alsohushly positive but

onlyhaff of them asneed that both boys andgirl could be given the

same freedom.

"Thesis not practical. Girls are after all vulnerable ",

expressed sci'ie.

The concept of freedora appeare class related andeantextual

in poverty houshold both parents are allMiays from home and girls

or t o chance .famular seightwasa small often ma Irouished babe in

arms of i Q to 9 ear old girJs, with a smaller brother or sister

•-(-likiPfj -ilong f r « e d ‘':jn'! rcr this girl men freedom t;o do to

educate to uiork for persorj (Kould of the main load we ’sa w a 10 year old girl grafing obou.t 2 0 goats and her younger brother li.'aU.ing alongher she had all ready collated a family lorge amount ct t'‘jivje=5 and had tied it in to the boundle. She asked an older i-nan to help her load the w o o d o n her head. He did that "on being asked*' if she was his doughter plonk cacne the reaply "She is

Icuier cast, lam a rajput. this people live out side the

i. 11 age . “ f reedomf or this girls perhapes means freeedom from want and hunger but- her relaxed non chalout gait and demeanour made one wonder that by getting or inducted in the middle class institution (the school) u/hether one would usto her freedom. CHAPTER 3.5 ANALYSIS OF INSTITUTINAL HEAD SCHEDULE

TABLE No. 3,5.1 PHYSICAL FACILITES IN SCHOOLS VISIT

SI. Item na.of porson in fig

PIayg raund 3 Laboaraty 0 Labrary 2 4. Tiolet" O 5. Seprate toilet for girls O - Health/ medical checkup in the school 5

Only there out of the si;< school viEJited had playground tMJO had a library (high school), health and medical checkup had been cairied out in fine of these si:< school No school had a

laboratory or a toilet , let alone a seperate talet for qirls.

TABLE No 3.5.2 INSTITUTION HEADS: MAIN FACTERS FOR THE GIRLS CONTINING SCHOOLING

SI. Keisponaes no of person in figr^r

1. E’et t e r economic standing of house hold 5 2. Paretal education 6 3. Parental motivation 6 4. Parental support payment of fee other then totion fees 1 ‘3. Parental support provision of book and stationery 6 6. Parental support pronision of adequate food and clothing 5 7. Parental supportcreating space ?y. time for stidies at home 2 G. Parental support provision of academic support 4 9 . Self mo 1 1 v a 11 on of g i r i ch i .1 d 1 10 . Pos i 1 1 Ve a 1 1 11ude of teache r 6

1. Positive attitude of teacher 2. Parental education ( 7. Parental support ; provision of academic support v4) CHP>.» of Qu a 1.5 cori*:iPue their schooling, par-ents rifid tesche^'^:, hath play a t-ori 11 1 v^? rol». Parental education -ind iTiotivation are high an^dthsir dstter ecanofnic capacity enablf?-3 ths.7> to provide necessary -supcvrjrt systems like books, stationery and their basics like adequate food and clothing andeven academic

Lvppo ^ t . Te = cr- i‘r ' s 5 r tenc esare repora ted s.s pos 11 i ve . ■

TABLE 3.5.3 INSITTUTIOWAL HEADS MAIN RESOr-JS FOR GIRLS ^40^4 - ENR0LMEr4T IN SCHOOL

Si.. ^ Responses no of responses In fig.

1. Inability of parents to pay e^.tra tutiqn fee\ f unod. O 2. Inability of parents to provide clothsand shoes. 1 3. Inability of par.:>nts to provifl^i booVvs. 0 . Inability of parents to provide stationery, 1 ■:> . Inability of paren t = to prov ide food and medicines. 1 6 . !-^ e 1 p i n q p 3 r e r. t a i n o •" c. u p a 1 1 on . ‘ '5 Engaged in r einun e r a t i v e employment. O S'. Dom I s 1 1 c w)o r-1 . 5 S-. Care ::f s lb J. ing . , . . . 4 10. Parental lake of it>o 1 1 v a t ion . 5 11. Parental i 1 1 1 t e r’ ac y . 6 12» ' Non-avai1abI 1 Ity of, school / nfe center close to Hab 11 at iC3n . O 1 3 . Un-SijLi t ab 1 e schoo i 1 1 i ngs . O 1 4 . Mo wofT.en t e ac h. e r = s . 1 r-!o seperate school -for girls. 2 Lacr of support services such as ang anwad 1 es , Ba liiiad I es ,crect"ie s . I 17. Cultural factors suet as early marrige, social Taboo's and cu.stoms ’ s . 5 1 >3 . An V o t her. Table 3.5.6 Institutional heads; Main reasons for girls dropping out

SI. Reasons no of r.?5pon=;e3 In figures

1. Inability of parents to p«iy extra tu.tion fee/fund, 1 2. Inability of parents to provide clothes andshoes 2 3. Inability of parents to provide books. 1 4. Inability of parents to provide stationery. 2 5. Inability of parents to provide and medicines. 1 6. Helping parents in occupation, 5 7. Engaged in remunerative e m p l o y m e n t . 0 G. DotTiestic work. h Q C ara of s lb 1 mg s . 4 10. Absence of support services v i z . ang an wad i , b a J.«.wad i , Creches 1 11. Earl I marriage. 2 12. Social taboo in onset of puberty 6 13. Parental lack of motivation. 4 14. Parental illiteracy. 5 15. Lake of academic support/help from father/ Family members/others 1 16. School far away. 1 17. Un-attract 1ve school environment. 2 18. Un-suitable school timings. 0 19. Lack of relevance of curriculum. 2 20. No women teacher. I 21- Lack of separate schools. 2. 22. Teachers negative attitude. 2 23. Failure. 2 24. Illhess of family members. 1 25. Own illness. 1 26. Any other 0

Summary of responses:

J. Social taboo on onset of puberty.

2. Domestic work.

3. Parental illiteracy,

4. Helping parents in occupation.

5. Parental lack of motivation.

The institutional heads prtmairly hold e:.»ard5 the education o f fcheir dangeres often, the compulsions of domestic ufork and the ne€*d for help by the parents in economic activities leads to the wtthdrawl of ^xrls from the school prematurely.

TABtE 3 , 5 . 7 INSTITUTIONAL H E A D S s

SI. P.espons>?rj no. Of responses In figure-:;

Develops a positive self image and confidence among girls. 6 Prepare girls for ecoriomic contribution. 6 Can improve health and nutritional status of children And other f am i1y. 3 Will ensure education of future* generations. 5 Will make girls and women aware of their.rights. 6 Helps raise are at marriage and reduce maternal.infant And child. 4 Helps in reducing the family s i z.e 5 R Will prepare girls for leadership roles in society 6 Will prepare girls for participation and decision Process in all work • 6

S;uiTim ary of r'esponses : 1. Will prepare girls for participation and decision process in all works in life,

2- Will mal<;e girls women aware of their rights.

3. Prepare girls for economic cont r ibu.t ion .

4. Develops a positive self image and confidence among girls.

5. Helps in reducing the family size.

The institutional heads percive great utility of educating

the girls. Education they expressed would certainly help develop

about their length and enable ther to participate in decision making in all walks of life ad develop ledership skills. They

also see education heading to reduced materinal, infart and child mortality and improved health and mutritonal status of children

and the other farmily n'kembers to an extent, TABLE NO. 3.5.8 INSTITUTI0r4AL HEADS: PERCETION OF GENDER EQUALITY

SI. I tecni no of respon rie r. In figures

1. Girls and boys need equal education 6 2. Both nee»:1 th>: Hsame kind of food 6 3. Both need to be given equal health care 6 4. Eioth c an be ansigned the same dut i e 5/respons ib i 111 1 e . 6 5. Both should be given the same freedoni 6 6. Both should be given an equal to play 6 7. Both can perfor*;* all taskvi equal ty well i*i B. Both can have similar occupations ^ 9. Both can have similar intelligence and abilities i:, 10. Men and wom;?n should be paid equal ».*>ages for equal ••lork 6 11. Husband and (*fife should take all decisions jointly 6 12. Houshold work must be shared by all members of h-hold 6 13. Assents of the faimly should be regist-ared

All institutional heads intervnwed appear to favour equality

,between the two sexes. Ever of one were to discount s'.*ch

QverwhelminQ responses for their enaggerati o n , the positi.jtre note

IS the fact that at least theoretically or publically they

support gender equality. This could be the starting paint for

positive themking and positive action in this area. CHAPTER 3.6 ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY LEADER SCHEDULE

TABLE 3.6.I UTILITY OF GIRLS EDUCATION

SI. Rank ord

Develops a positive self image and confidence among girls Prepare girls for economic con tr ibu.t i o n . Can improve health and nutritional status of children and fatT.ily 4 Will ensure education of future generations. 5 Will make girls and uiQinen a'xare of their ri'^hts 6 Helps raise at h a m age and reduce mat e rna I . inf ant and child mor Helps in reducing the fa-nily size. B Will prepare girls for leadership roles in society. Will prepare girls for participation and decision process inall ».a; o r l<: 3

Prepare girls for economic contribution (8>

Develops a positive selt image confidence among girls

Will prepare girls for participation and decision process in all <*/alks life (7)

Will ensure education of future generations. (7)

S Will prepare girl'S for leadership roles in society (6>_.

Will make them aware of their lights <5)

Helps in reducing the farmarly size (5)

P Helps rarse age at marriage and reduce maternal and child 17‘Ortality (2> Can improve health and mutuional status of children and other family members <11) Table 3.6.2 Percetion of gender equality

SI. Responaea in rank order no of fjg.

1. Both need the same k;ind of food. B 2. Both need to be given equal health care. 8 3. Both can have ■simple occupation. ^ B 4. Husband and wife should take all decisions jointly. 8 5. Men and women should be paid equal wages for equal work 8 6. Both can be assigned the same duties / responsibiIites. 8 7. Girls and b o y s ned equal education. 7 8. Both can perpoem all takes equally well. 7 9. Both have similar intelliqence a.nd at>ilites. 7 10. Both should be given equal time to play. 6 11. Assets of the family should be registered jointly in the ^4ames of husband and wife. 4 12. E*oth can be given equal freedom. 2

As the care of the teacher, the community leader

interviewed ar^j h<*ly reassusinq on most lissonsof gender,

equality equal time to play and joint own€*rship of are not appore of accepable to some. Only out comitiunity leaders? afjpore of

equal freedom on both.

Table 3 . 6 . 3

SI. Target grop (comm. Leader s~h.) fig.

Village panchayat meeting 5 Mah X1 A manda 1s . O Political or social organist ions. 1 4. Schedule caste. 5 5. Schedule tribe, ^ 6. Nfe scheme. 0

Alitative ancillary questions and their responses have not been

In this report since it contains indvidual and unique Responses

which requires special attention. Hence will be treated later. Chapter IV

District — Gun a

Major Findling and Recommendation

Findings

1.0 Mapping out gender disparities in access, enrollment and

retention. <

1.1 Ther'.* -urs 772 school less / totally unse rvsd h,abi tat ions in

t n 8 d 1 51 r 1 c t Gtj.n a.

1.2 Forty t!^>o percent (42.56) of those enrolled at primary

level are girls. Sc girls form 42.74'/. and st girls form

35.55V. of the total nt«.mt)er of sc and st children enrolled

at the stage indicating positive impact of special

incentives for sc ?.nd st children.

l . Z Dror>out Vat-? amongest girls is 'h2.00V. compared to 42.00*/.

for boys. Fo»’ s c girls dropout rate is 74.00% compared to

50.00% for taoys uih i 1 e the dropout rate of st girls is

B7.00V. compared to 71.00% for boys. Sc and st children

especially girls need to be given necessary support for

better r t e n t ion .

1-4 The p rob Iem o f see ess is 1 a rg eIy of v 1 11ag e s / h ab 11 a 1 1on s

!i;hich are schoo 1 1 e ss , and vary large villages ujhere the

school IS located in one corner and is over croujded.

1.5 In 270 sample household in Gu.na district there were 54%

girls in the age group ii-l4 years.

1.5.1 Gut of these 174 were attending school; 144

'.;ere never enrolled and 55 had dropped out. 1,5.2 Gut of the 174 enrolled cj i r 1 s , t^^ere uiere 1-1 Ci i r s in

p^l^^•a^y cla53e3, o*..i t ot '»hich 64 percent *>»ere in th>3

age group 6-10 vtjars arid 17 percent ivere in the aQ

11-14 yoars. This finding 13 lirgely in line with th«?

estimated over.ige phenomer\on of 4 percent at the primary

I e V e i .

1 .‘3 .3 Out of the l-i-4 never enroled qirls, ‘>>:i precent belono to

age group 6~10 yenra and SB percent i^ere bet*>jeen 10--14

years.

1.^3.4 Out of 55 dropout girlii, 72 precent dropped-out from the

primary clasrieri, 28 percent f rom t7>iddie stage. Of the

(ijho dropped-out 313 girls fiere of age grcjp

year^ and the rest 17 girij uiere in 1 1 - 1 •'i years of

age group. 2.0 Indentif icat ion of causes for non—enroItnent and drop out

of girls and propose effective districts / level specific

strategies for improved enrolment Ty, retention.

2 . 1 Factcirs con t r i bu. 1 1 no to girls' enrQlfr>«nt and ar*?;

2.1.1 P a r en t a I educ a 1 1. on

2.1.2 f^ativation cf parents

2.1.3 Better e c o n o T ^ i c standing of the household which enaDles

parents to mest extra tutic-n costs, give adequate food and

clothing, hcsoks, stationary, space and time for studies at

hOiT.e .

2.1.4 Parental support for acadetTiic wcrk.

2 . I . It Self (TO 1 1 V a 1 1 on of girls.

2.1.6 r'Gsitive attitude of the teachers.

2.2 ^4ever enrol Ied g i r 1 s .

2.2.1 Doiti'‘2S 1 1 c ufork , helping parents in occu.p a. 1 1 onr, care at

siblings and enQa.Q'Pir.en t in r«?mune ra 11 v e employ.T\ent have

9i7verg<»d as, the main factors in addition to parental

illiteracy and inability to bear the extra cost of

education.

2.2.2 Mostly mothers < 7 3 ' A ’f of the never enro led girls uiere

Illiterate, 69 percent fathers had only primary education. l';,2.3 B'j.li-. of non-enrolled girls belong to f air,i lies with annual

income of less than rs. 100/- Per annum, 45 percent came

from scheduled caste families and 3 9 percent came from

sifieduled tribe families.

2.2.4 These girls i.^jere largely from among older children first

born, second b o r n and third born. 2,2.5» Mostly i.'jen? froiTi mo>-Jiu>n -ind I i.r'-je «u.i;:ed rainilie-:-^

hou 3oho J. d ?j .

2.2.6 Mostly qirls invcilved in incoa'.*? Qtrn*'* r i.ruj

2 . 2 . 7 r'lajQi'ity of 9 1 r 1 ;3 felt discriminated ag

f ood , play and hoaJ th c e t c .

2.2.8 85 Percent «.»)Ouid Ilk*? to study and learn.

2.3 Dropout a m o n g girls.

2.3.1 Dort^eatic <*JorV; and eng a9f.‘mp » n t in rf*tT)u.ne r-3 1 1 ve loori I 1 f

wiood pickin'j, parental illiteracy, i acl« of p'.r>?ntal

iTio 1 1 V a. 1 1 on afid inability t a p ay •? •< t r a t u. 11 1 on c q 51 5 ,

books, stationery and clothing 1 >» ad to dropout amongst

gvrl'jv. Cart* o f siblings has emerag^^d a-5 a very .trong

f ac tor for d r op ou t o f g i r 1 = j. n Cv-jn a d 1 51 r i u-1 .

2.3.2 Ct.i.lturai factorn as >3arly n> a r i' 1 ag e and d 1 scr liah rtatory

attitude to*/»»ards -3: r 1.5 are r.rjticed in matt-sr-s of

distribution of f o o d health and medical care and provi-iion

of time far studying and play.

2.3.3 Lack of support services such as anganwadi, balw3.di jnd

c P'-'Che 3 13 rv?ported.

2.3.4 Majority of parentns of dropout girls u

(mothers 69. percent, f ather j 88 percent '•

2.3.5 Dropout phenotTienoo was largely found among older children.

2.3.6 Ciose to 50 percent dropout girls belonge-J to families

:.i/ith household ir.come ’ of less than rupees 10,000 per

annual. Even f p o »t; higher income group:i, nearly 40 percent

g 1 r I s had dr o p p e d ou t o t 5 c o o 1 d u. e ^ c u. 1 t u r a 1 f 3. c t o r is

such zs early marriage, social taboo;-:^. 7 fv'earJy percent dropo'.'t ‘^irrs form non- scheduled

c a =: t e f 3 fT. 1.1 1 e = .

,8 DrGpa'Jt appeared to have lit.ed ttisi r iieachers and their

schiGol and had enjoyed' learning Itked hindi the *T>ost and

disliked english as well as matt^cma t ics. The school has

not pushed thei-;> o a t in a s iTiuch as the pull out effect of

e;

dojie 3 t :.c con f iQu. rat i on .

.9 Majority (95 V,) at-nong dropouts would like t o go bacl<: tc

'School .

Situation of girls and women in Buna

3.1 Women form 50 percent of the tot al popal ation i ii

Gun a di-stri ct. ,

3.2 Se:< ratio is adverse in Guna district. There are 376

fe.-nales pe^ thouaand males. In 1981 3e:< ratio uias 882.

Se;< ratio range^5 from S56 in Aron .block to 899 in

Bamari block. In the age group 0—6 years, Where seK rati°o

15 1073 girl 5 per thousand boys in district, ranging from

910 in sarai lendha block to 955 in chanderi block.

3.3 The phenomenon of Esex selective abort lonn ha= been

reported' by some villagers. This excess of female

mortality o%*er male mortality in all age grou.p-s upt o the

age of 40 years. '

3.4 Decadal papulation grov^ith in 1961-1991 was 3<>.69 compared

to 27.G5 in 1971-81.

3.5 Total fertility rates in 1981 was 212 in »3una district.

3.6 Infant mortality rate ujas 150 for females in the year 1961.

3.7 Mean* age at marriage of currently married females of

Guna district was 15.00 in year 1981. Percentage of

all females in the age group of 15 —19 years '.*(ere found

5 7 p e r c r? n t in 1981 .

R It :»as found in Guna district that girls and women do

net have a good social standing. There is a total

environment of hurling indigrition on women. There is

prevalence of early msrrlages, dowry system, . purdah

system. It was observed that there is strong son

preference, g i r 1 get a second grade treatment. Due to p o v e r t y this further Qv?tn acc-sn tu-ated as bo/5 ar« cjxv^n

Hhar^ if> fcjod, health c.-^rs^ timo to p 1.-ty and •;? Kp en d i tur'^

o n c 1 o t^ 1 h . 'I'hT? Q 1 r .1 fi.r >? n>oh t ) y t*in ac i ht ed in t a 11 of»d

c 1 o t h fa , ta s y •*> 11 h ou. :i hold c h >.j r- e ^ , c a r of =51 b I j n ^3 ,

1001 1 9 after 1 I V n s t C5C W .

.9 The field data further ishouis that nu.c I ear i zat ion of

households addi. to the problei-ns of women who have to Isave

the you.n^ -zhildren often in the care of the oicfer

chjldren, >»)ho a r e in all ca:-;e^., .jirj.s.

, 1

equality in ttie (natters of food, edu.c at i Ofi, health care

and time to play. Nearly 13 percent percents percieve that

the bays and 'ji.rl3 are having similar intelligence and

abilities. Only 23 percent parent;-^ agreed to give equ.al

freedOi'JT to b o v :5 and girl=i and 34 percent would give equal

time -to both to play. Nearly 64 percent p?*rents do not

perceive that both b o y s and girl 3 can be given sa?Tie duties

and responsibI ) i t i e s and that they can perfor»T^ task?;

equally well nor do they favour joint registration of

assets in the name of husband and wife. More than 33

percent parents agree that household Miork should be rhared

by both. The study also depicts that parents had l>^v»er

educational and occupational cispi rat ions for daughte''s

than for sons.

3.11 Teachers e:

equal food, education, wages. They opined that girlb have

equal abilities and intelligence as taoys and that th.ey

should be" giver. sa«ne treedom, equal tune to play, can be assigned same responsibilities and Cs^n have same

occ'jpaticn. hajarity of teachers also aoreed that

tto'j,eho 1 d «.»!ark shculd be shared ‘by “Toth cnen a n d •‘)0>v.en. 12

T-?ac^»e^s out qt 1 ±, i n t e r ^ j. e»*»ed favour ^oint oujnership of

family assets.

12 All interviewed CQiTimunity leaders agreed that girls a.nd

b o y s should be giv-eh equal education, equal f o o d and equal

health care. - Th«ey were of the open ion that both have

equal intelligence and abilities <13 V; ) and can perform

all ta£4:s equally j>iell (13 % > and decisions should be

taken jointly by husband and wife (50 V. ). Though

responses like equal freedom, equal time to play, similar

occupation and joint o«i»nership of family assets in the

f-iames of h'0/=ib anci an j tin. fe, d o n>::^t f\nd favour i^jith 38

percent of commun r X y 1eade r s .

13 Of the people i n t e r v i e^ied , administrators were found to

iiave highly egalitarian vieuo. The opined that there

should be equality in the matters of education, food,

health, «MHges, famil/y decision making and ho».isehold u»orks.

They e::pressed v i e ‘»ts that both boys and girls must have

equal freedom ind that they have equal abilities and

intelligence. They also tend to favour jioint ownership of

family assests by hu.sba;nd and jy/ife. These responses are

heartening in that the educational leaders, who are the

educated people can bring about a social reawakening and ar

change in the favour of girls and women.

4.0 Collection of information on gender bias in (a) text book-s

curniculum transaction and (e) adwiin ist rators ' attitude.

4.1 It IS n»j>c^=H3.ry that text boolcs are scanned and

r«vit>«»?d to Identify render bias in the text and the

supparting pictorial presentatioa along with it.

4.2 There is a need tor sensitization of teachers and

1 n I 51 rato r=i.

5.0 Identification of supportive community structures such as

women groups, vecs, panchayats, ptas, teacher

organisations, youth clubs supportive of upe among girls,

‘3.1 Ther-e are a nu.cAber of 356 mahila mandals covering all

VI li. ages in gun a district. Mostly these were not

f'.'nc 11 o n mg properly. Psnchiyats u/ere di.:-53olved at the

1 1 ae of survey that :i :-;^y school buildings :..>ere quite

dilapidated. Vecs' to be started snd made functional

a. t t h e e a r 1 i e s t ,

6.0 Identification and facilitation of convergence of services

of different departments for upe amongst girls (focal

areas ecce health and support services).

. I At the ti.Tie of survey, there was a little connection

between the department of health and the school system.

It IS only once in a year whan medical team visits to

village schools for medical check ups. Also there is no

ccordination between angar.wadis and the school although at

the state lavel the t:>}0 depart»Tients have decided to work

t og ether. 6.2 In all there are ang i. 5 tar a chjld popuiHi:i on

of 3 0 9 0 9 0 ?0-6 group).

6.3 Blocic i.ijise partition of 5e:<: I'atjo c;overa>jo of ('.>-6 aCi‘.*

group range5 fraa> 94.9 percer^t in aron londha block to

95 .5 in b am a r1 b 1oc k.

6.4 it 15 proposed that the timings and praKimity of

anganiiiadis to ^ichools must be co—ord inat'i'd. It li ai;.o

suggented that the non-far»TiHl education centre for g i r I s

be opened next to the anganwad i r> with similar timings. 7.0 Avallabilit/ of educat;ional material < books, stationery,

uniforms) and other incentives (oiid-day meals, attendance

prizes, etc.)

7.1 Incentives like free te:

attendance scholarship / prizes s h o u l d be given to

scheduled caste and scheduled tribe Qtrls, Tnis will have

3 little visible impact on enrolment of both scheduled

c^5te and scheduled tribe girls at the primary stage.

7 . 1' M3.;

educational ad»nin is t rators and cai-njnun 1 1 y leaders) have

recommended that the aforesaid incentives should be given

to all girls irrespective of caste and creed.

8.0 Participation of v»omen in teaching and administration.

5-1 In Gun a 19 percent of the total prur.ary teachers

< 1993-94 > were f e.-r^ale.

It i-ias fo'.'.nd that there t*iere very f'?(<« (»;omen teachers in

retT’ot e areas. All discussions pointed to the nead for

atleast one woman teacher in every primary school.

Parents »*;ere reluctant to send their daughters to all male

teachers' schools as they felt that their daughters were

not safe especially when teacher is absence.

B.3 All the beo of the block u;ere males. Out of 6 head

teachers intervieia.-ed all !.*»ere males. In the district out

of 7 class li block level officers and 570 class iii

head teachers level, there were 75 females. At the s c h o o l

level, out of 570 class iii officers 1.5.2 V. t^^ere women and

at class IV, 9 cut of 35 were female. 9.0 Development of state/dxstrict level monitoring and

evaluation frame work.

9.1 On the analyaiG of data, indicatorii tor monitoring qirls

education and women's empoujerment sihail be developed under

management information 5y?item ( mis >. Suggested Interventions

Administrative measuaes

( I ) Ther-'? 15 an UJ'r.-’nt for ^choc-l 10 the unserv‘»2d vi II ages

a r» d p. b '.j r- p. area.

^2) NF£ c e n t e r s must opened for out of -HChooI g i r 1 =1.

<3/ {fiddle and hioh school

prifTiary and middle school respert 1 veiy .

(4) In r.he large villages school a>ust be ceppally. located.

>'5) Fo'^ scattered population, day boarding schools must be

<(6> All single teacher =iChoals oiust be rT>ade maltiple teachers

school.

7 ) ^ More female teacher must be appointed and posted in village.

< ) An honest an= sincere effort should tse made for the

1 n p 1 e 'Ti e n t a t i on o f compu 1. so r y p r 1 ma«r y e duc a t i o n e sp e c 1 a ]. 1 y

for the girls.

V9;* The school titnings should be adjusted so as to be suitable

during the harvesting and planting.

<10? Hostel facilities to,be provided to rural girls for

s e c on d a r y e d uc a t i on .

(II) T'r,^ panchayat and teachers who ujork for cent percent

enrolment of girts must be given aujard and publicity.

(12) It u»ould help to involve parentd in school administration.

Parents should be

various functions and givj^n the feedback about then

s as they

get inducted into the afflment families as servants. Then depriving th<2m of e>:iuc^tion.

«.14 ) Local edu.cat'id

V I I I Ji'je for h a%* i ng re• j 1 i r pe v' f or'mric>? a f • Ju 1' i ►.* 3 .

Teachers (1) There is requ i nii>3n t tor appointing rnare t '2 nCh t? rs .

<2) The villages have de*T. anded te«T>ale teachers hence more

females must be posted in t-^e vili.Rge;->.

(3) Teachers mu/st be provied with b*?ttt?r facilities IiJce

r-es I den t i a ] accomnod at ion , securty andl ►*nt-?rainr.'>ent .

<4) Orientation program:T)e of t each e r = 5 essential so to

^^enritize them regarding gender bias.

(5) Local educated »>»omen should be *?mp loved in the village

scihQO I

(6) Te:acher^s must be encomgod to f ifid out the reason-Ei for girls

absence from school.

(7) Women should be c.iven due reprerion ta t ion in administration

Gove^^m^?nt must ensne that out of two posts of DEPEO and

DEO, one posssst in given to a woman admxnistraters.

(8) Th»j teachers of primary school need to be made aware on

specccific issue related to girls evjuccation and u»omens

e m p r 1emen t.

(9) Teacher organisation c-suld be of grater importance in

implementing urniversa! primary education.

Incentives

(1) Government must allocate .rtore funds incentries.

(2) The incentives should be provided to all needy children,

especial lly those belonging to economically ujeaV.er families irrespertive of their caste and creed.

<3) There is need for enhancetrient of incentiver bol;h in quality

and qu. entity to ddr?i'-; q i r L 3 for poor familxea.

(4> To improve enu.dment of girls, the incatives must be

di 5 tr ib'jted timely,

(5> Uniterm, winter wear, stationcryes ahaald be given to all

rural children specially girls.

(6) The qirl5 should 9 iven nutritious midday ;7ieal= in the

schools.

^7) Cash prirea should be qiven to the Qirls -/ho are doing Me I. 1

in schools.

(8) Where schools are fan off, t ransperat ion facitil'ies must tae

provided .

C u r r i c u l u m

<1> Te:;t b o o ’r s should be evalnated and analysed, gender bias :.n

its contents identified and dim mated.

(2:* Examples of s u . c c e s f a l women in diffirent fields must tae

quoted in tant b o o k s and work books.

(3) To make the cussiculem more useful 1 and interesting more

enter c u s s i c u . a r activities m u s t be incorported.

<4> Vocational skiels as well as skiles related to day to day

activities should be taught to both boys and girIs.equally.

(5) Teachers should give sstudents specially girls enter time

and attention so that they can make up for their

deficiencies.

<6) There shouls be provision for tution to weak students

specially girls ho do not get any academic help from p a rent .

Support services

(1) There need for relieving girlstrocn the ‘liunder of

hou.S‘/h o I d work and ^jtalinfj c'i.ne . Th>^-y iihould not be involved

in incoi-ne sowing or encoo\e generating activities.

(2) More creacher^, inganwadis, balwadi^ tT^ast be ape red in the

village and mi i th 3 1 n» j. 1 ar tiiTiing as those a t schools*

Mobilisation of parents and cammunity for girls education and womens Empooverment,

(1) Adult Education center can prove to be frint 1u.l in making

the illiterate parents under ?itand the iinportanc? of

education.

(2) Media and Government cJep ar tmen ts -S'-'Ch as public velatic.ns

d epar tii-ken t , should be made to »i»ork an a coord ma t ed .rtinner

tor the betterment of girls and women,

<3) parents should be involved in slaving the problem of the

girls child at home wxth regards to shrdies, More contact

«*iith parent^3 car.' improve attendance. Frequent meeting with

p a rents of absentees can improve* attendance.

(4) I-rsuer? related to gender should be discussssed with the

member of flahila Mandal,VEL- and panchayat. Orientation

prograoimes should be conducted tor parents and comnunity

leaders? towards itapraving the status of girl child and

iwom'fn .

<'5 ) Fsavily plannmQ )r.ett^ords should be made arailable ir. the

villagers and th>r? importance of small families must b>?

highlighted. <6) The tradition of early marriage (nu-st be ended. Cammunity

should be made aware o f the legal age of mam age. The

psrant^ should be enplained the ill efferts of early

i7>arn=iQe5 5nd early child beaino.

<7/ Local voluntees muid be drained to achiev'e the targets of

UPE and attain gender equality and womens empowermenta(8)

District adm mist ration should • adopt study

X r 1 I agesas 1 e 3d V 1 11 ager for retT\oving gendr bias in education

-_n rj f r «-!o iTie n s e !T>p ov *? r e n t.

' 9 The governrrient should forovide legal help to djomen in

V 1 1 1 ag e 3 .

(10,' 5e-< de termin at ion cent--^r must be c loss sad and the tests

should b-3 banned. ' '

'tl> i-’ahilH Mandals can play avital and posv^:ive role in the

v:Il-:ge5. M=ih;ia handals should be given enough po'.'*ers to

supavise primary education. Hahila Vandal should be * energised ujith inca.uee generating and awanevers creating

p rog r Hmmes.

(12:' T. t should becoc.e t h e cciDoriun i 1 1 y duty to provide space for°

riahila M and a Is and NFE centers for girls.

(13 ;• E.ducation authorities should seek the caopeation of

villagers, social workers,in the villages for soluing the

problem of drop cut and no9n enrolment of girls.

«. 14) Village education commeitees should be started VEC' s can

prove very helpful in solving the problem of non-enrolment,

re 1 ant:on and achievement if they they are involved in

planning, implementation and envalnation of VEE.

<15) Teacher organisation can play an important role in ensure Gnra Indent and iSMccass of girls in pri^Tiarry •education.

(j.*/ Yof^th club, Nehi'u yt.i.va I-indra and rrianq ^tn anrjbranc^-^fi inust bo

open.2d in every v i I 1 jge and this o rgan i sat i or- should bp

•j : V >?o t h e r l< a f U . P . £f.. . Fo 11 o^f IPQ '"najor pro^rai'nr'e a>^e33 have etT^agi’d OL».t of the -jtudy.

SOCIAL MGBIL ICATIQf-4 0'-’ ISSUES OF THE GIRL CHILD AND N' S

EnPU'OER*^£N'T .

<1; CajTpaigns :ire rec=_ :. rad to bring about an a.f-^arsness and tT.o I X val IS and sol ic 1 1 ing community s u p p o r t .

(2) Members of VEC's , psnchayats, N V K S s h o a l d be orientedo

<3) St rang thsming and preparing fiahi.la t-landals for playing key

o i e T n u.n i v e r a T p : -i a ry •= du.c. a 1 1on » \ INCENTIVES TO BE GIVEfJ TO ALL GIRLS TEGARDLESS OF CASTE, CLASS,CREED ON TIME.

■ 1) Girls to be provid

<2.) The winter cloths, *.niform, iihoes should be provided to all girls.

'.3/ The girls c: an be given cereals an^-^ pulses as incdntives for r e g u 1 a r a 11 and anc e. f4) riid day aieals must be provjcicfd in the schools -:5p ecca 1 1 y to girl s w 1 1h the help of ‘Ha h i I a Mand a 1 s .

SERVING OUT OF SCHOOL GIRLS

^1' Non forma) educiaticn count res can be of vital ii-nportance specially for girls above eight years with ele.r.ent o f nco.Tie generating skills.

<2) Distance Education -ode.

(3> Balika Yojana < =che r,e ) f o r adolescsnt girls, Deport>T,ent of •i'omen and child deve 1 op.ren t.

Income genarating s-.ills nu.st be ii'nparted to the girls ~iO that they triay becoixe self reliant.

TOTAL LETERACY CAMPAIGNS

, anganwadis, balu/adls and should be provided.

(2? NFE centres can play a pivstal role in providing out c.f school girls contimvance of education.

(3 ) Art5 an*.»jad i ujor k s r'.eec t o b e s e n o 1 1 1 z e d . ' 1 •' Preparation of t e r i :i 1 for *: r :i in incj, c.urricutuiv d e V e i opmen t and t r ar>s ac 1 1 >jn .

(2> Orientation of teichors and teacher e d ‘.'.c a to r s .

(3) Orientation of educational planes and administrators.

(4) Preparation of gender inclusive materials forNFE bath for instructions and learnes. AE Adult Education EDO Block Development Officer BRC Block Resource Centre COPE Computerised Planning for Education CRS Cluster R e s o u r c e Centre CSS Centrally S p o n s o r e d Scheme DIET District Institute of E d u c a t i o n and Training DPEP District Primary E d u c a t i o n Programme ECCE Early C h i l d h o o d Care and E d u c a t i o n EE Elementary Education EFA Education For All G A M R G r o s s Achievement Ratio GAR Gross Access Ratio GER G r o s s Enrolment Ratio GP Gram Panchayat ICDS Integrated Child Development Services JP Janpad Panchayats MIS Management Information S y s t e m MLL Minimum Levels of Learning NCERT National Council of Educational Research Training NFE Non-Formal Education NGO Non-Government Organisation NIEPA National Institute of Educational -Planning * Administration NLM National Literacy M i s s i o n NPE National Policy on Education OB Operation Blackboard POA Programme of Action PRI Panchayati Raj Institution RES Rural Engineering Service RI Resource Institution RGPSM Rajiv Gandhi Prathmik Shiksha Mission RR Retention Rate SCERT State Council of Educational Research Zf. Training SDO Sub-Divisional Officer SIEMT State Council of Educational Management ^y. Training SK Shiksha Karmi SP State Plan SPG State Planning Group SPO State Project Office TRC Teacher R e s o u r c e Centre TE Teacher Education TLC Total Literacy Campaign TSP Tribal Sub-Plan TWO Scheduled Castes, S c h e d u l e d Tribes and Backward C l a s s e s Welfare CDeptt.) UEE Universalisation of Elementary Education UNICEF United Nations Children's F u n d VA Voluntary Agency VEC Village Education Committee WCD Women and Child Development (Deptt.) ZP Zila Panchayats

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