Role of schools in challenging gender inequalities
- 1. Role of schools in challenging gender inequalities Mumthaz PP
- 2. School is an important agency of formal education. It play a major role in gender inequalities.
- 3. Mixed schools Mixed schools must be promoted to develop a healthy relationship between all the genders. This will not only ensure gender equality but will also helpful in developing respect for the other gender in future.
- 4. Infrastructure School should provide equal infrastructural facilities to all the students without doing any discrimination based on the gender. Special attention must be given for students with special needs.
- 5. Admission to all School should take care of giving admission to the students of all categories without considering any differences based on caste or gender. As part of inclusive policy school can take initiatives to accommodate all types of learners including transgender.
- 6. Providing textbooks Care must be taken to provide textbooks to all the students equally without considering their gender.
- 7. Scholarships Scholarships must be provided to the needful without considering their gender, caste, or their high status in the society. Their economical background can be considered.
- 8. Sports Equipment Nodiscrimination should be there in distributing or making available of the sports equipments to the students.
- 9. School Programs Equal participation must be given to all the genders in all the activities in the schools. Equal responsibilities like leadership must be given to all the genders in school programs.
- 10. Promote Education for girls in rural and remote areas In most of the remote and rural parts of our nation, there is a huge restriction for girl children to go to school. This must be taken up as serious issue and steps must be taken to make them accessible to education.
- 11. Awareness programs School can arrange awareness programs for teachers, students as well as for the parents on gender equality and also for the need of educating female children.
- 12. Mumthaz PP Keyi Sahib Training College