STATUS OF INDIAN

WOMEN IN ENGINEERING

EDUCATION AND

EMPLOYMENT

PROSPECTS FOR RURAL

WOMEN IN INDIA

Current position in India

• Profession only for men

• Enrolment:- 1%(1970)-15%(2009)

• Outrun- 10,000(approx.)

Status of women engineers

• Restrict higher education

• Job opportunities

• Male-dominated profession

• discrimination against women

• Sexual Molestation

A quick glance

Women enrolment as Engineers 16.2%

Graduates 15.43%

Electronics Engineering 37.1%

Employed 54.9%

Technical educational institutions 29.8%

Teaching 31.8%

A quick Glance

• Mostly in teaching jobs

• Very low presence in other capacities

• Lacking

Upper Level Managerial positions

Prestigious awards.

Head of professional bodies

Prospects For Rural

Women?

Literacy and education in rural

India

• The general enrolment rate(2001)

Rural area - 8.99%

Urban area-24.52%

• completion of High Secondary

Enrolment and retention

• Low enrolment

• Low retention

• Higher drop out rate

• High Gender gap at higher levels.

problems

• Long Distance

• Lack of hostel facilities

• Safety and security concerns

• Socio cultural factors

• Restricted benefits

Consequences of Gender disparity

in engineering education

• HUMAN RESOURSE DEVELOPMENT

• TECHNOLOGOCAL DIVIDE

• INFORMATION DIVIDE

The status Concludes…....

Urgent need to address and redress this problem

THANK YOU

Himani Bali

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