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Prof. Vibhuti Patel On "Educational Reforms And Women’S Issues In Maharashtra", Professor Vibhuti Patel Nov 2014

Prof. Vibhuti Patel On "Educational Reforms And Women’S Issues In Maharashtra", Professor Vibhuti Patel

Professor Vibhuti Patel

Implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 in Maharashtra has brought massive changes in profile of education of girls. Many corporate have picked up ‘girls’ education’ as CSR activity as per Company’s Act. 2013. The mindset of educated professionals and opinion makers has also changed. Nobody is cribbing about 2% professional tax charged to sponsor Universalisation of Education under flagship programme of the GoI and implemented in the state of Maharashtra with gusto. During the death centenary year of Savitribai Phule, 1997, the State had made two-thirds of its girls and women population literate. Within 15 years of the …