Impact of Education in Women Empowerment of in Bagalkot District, Karnataka

Education is milestone of women empowerment because it enables them to responds to the challenges, to confront their traditional role and change their life. It helps in reducing inequalities and functions as a means for improving their status within the family. Education of women in India has also been a major issue for both the government and civil society as the educational women play a very important role in the development of the country. So we cannot neglect the importance of education in the reference to women empowerment in India. The growth of women’s education in rural areas is very slow. This obviously means that still large womenfolk of our country are illiterate, the weak, backward and exploited. The present study explores the role of education in women empowerment and the status of women education in rural India.