Published on September 2020 | SOCIOLOGY

Changing Diminutions in Educational Empowerment among Women in Kashmir: A Sociological Note during

Education is the sustenance of the mind with knowledge and as such it helps in the formation of an integrated personality of an individual. Nowadays everybody is facing the same problem in education because of the global pandemic disease but before the spreading of this man-made disaster (COVID-19), India had made many strides in the field of education in the past few decades but still, the fact is that our country (India) is the home to the largest number of illiterate population in the world. The rate of illiteracy is mainly high in rural areas; especially among women that can also increase with the spreading of this global pandemic disease because of the shortage of facilities available. Women education is decisive to the overall development of any country whether developing or developed. In Kashmir, the female literacy rate is relatively low and stands at 65.48 percent according to the census of 2011. The present study examines the impact of covid-19 on the educational empowerment of women in Kashmir and seeks to address the challenges towards education during this critical condition. The study is based on reviewing secondary sources of data like articles, journals, newspapers etc.