Myths on Girl Child Education In India

Myth 1: More money will solve the problem

Over the last two decades public spending, especially on education for girls, has increased manifold. India spend 3.7% of its GDP on education. But still several Indian states are unable to spend their budgetary allocation every year. Less expenditure does affect girls more than boys as it often means less infrastructure. Yet higher spend has been unable to arrest drop - out rates and improve learning.

Myth 2: Technology will help us leapfrog poor school infrastructure

Children especially in younger years, learns a lot  from human interactions, collaborations, emotions, and verbal and non- verbal cues. Quality of teachers and teaching methods are the most important factors for learning outcomes. And what our school lacks is teachers. In future a teaching system will radically alter circumstances but for now the greatest challenges India's girls face have more to do with basic access than teaching technology.

Myth 3: This issue is limited to rural India 

Only 14 in every 100 girls in our cities reach class XII. While ahead of rural India, where only 1 in 100 reach class XII. This is not to take away from the dramatic improvements in enrollment, which  is almost 100% for girls at primary level with more girls enrolled in primary schools than boys.