Educational status and decision making pattern for education across land holding category

Pages: 434-440
Anju (I.C. Collage of Home Science,CCSHAU,HISAR Haryana)
Rajesh Dahiya (I.C. Collage of Home Science,CCSHAU,HISAR Haryana)
Ekta (I.C. Collage of Home Science,CCSHAU,HISAR Haryana)

The reality of gender inequality in India is very complex and diversified, because it is present in many ways, many fields and many classes. Fields like education, employment opportunities, where men are always preferred over women. Consider the case – a girl taking admission in mechanical engineering. Doesn’t it sound a bit awkward because it’s always considered a man’s field.Present study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state in randomly selected two blocks. Total 180 rural households (i.e. 60 from each small, medium and large land holding category) were taken as sample for present study.The large numbers of females were illiterate in all land holding category. In the small land holding male (1.3%) and female (0.8%) whereas medium and large land holding category fewer higher percentage of male and female post graduate. Only male members (10.0%) were dropout before primary. The reasons of dropoutwas lack of resources male (30.0%) female (8.3%). More numbers of female enrolled in art in small and medium land holding category. Whereas in large land holding category female (29.4%) enrolled in non medical and technical education. And more number of male (33.3%) in small and large (45.0%) enrolled in technical education. In the small land holding category more than half of the male (56.6%) and female (60.3%) enrolled in government school. And the english speaking class join by only large land holding category male (0.9%) and female (1.5%). In the decision making pattern for child education more number of male (75.0%) taken the decision of child education whereas in medium and large land holding category decision taken by both.