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How Can Schools Maintain Gender Equality?

    • kumar.saurav2@timesgroup.com
    • Publish Date: Jan 24 2017 12:43PM
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    • Updated Date: Jan 24 2017 1:43PM
How Can Schools Maintain Gender Equality?

Just like our homes, even schools are our training ground — a place where the future gives shape too. On the occasion of National Girl Child Day, we would like you to discuss ways in which our schools can become a role model of gender equality. And by gender equality we do not mean, male bashing. Here are a few tips by Dr.Renu Golwalkar, Head- Gender Equity and Diversity, CARE India, which can give you an idea about the point we want to get across. 

  • It’s not only about numbers: Gender equality in schools is not only about equal numbers of girls and boys in classrooms, it is also about equal opportunities and avenues available to both resulting in equal participation and achievements. 
  • Gender role stereotyping: Schools should avoid negative gender role stereotyping in any form and should promote both girls and boys for all types of sports, vocational courses and subjects.
  • Integrating Life Skills and gender equality: Age relevant gender and life skills orientation for both girls and boys, helps in building emotional resilience, emotional intelligence, decision making, mutual respect, assertive skills and leadership skills.
  • Safety and security: Schools need to promote and nurture safe and secure environment especially for girls so that they can exercise their constitutional right to education.
  • Gender equitable print rich environment in schools: Recognizing, promoting and displaying the contribution of both women and men in nation building, art, culture, science, sports and various fields by means of equal display of pictures and information on both women and men achievers and contributors. This also helps girls in understanding that there are women role models at par in our society and that girls should also dream big and achieve high. 
  • Gender responsive text books and libraries: Parity in the number of books on women and men achievers and on themes around positive gender roles should make up the library. Schools can do a “Gender Audit” of their libraries to see how they promote gender equality through books. Text books should be reviewed from a gender lens to ensure that they promote positive gender role and messages of equality and mutual respect. 
  • Teachers- the torch bearers of gender equality: Teachers should promote equal participation and motivation of girls and boys in classroom activities, raising personal aspiration for a career among girls and their parents. Developing and nurturing leadership and initiative among children, especially girls so that they can prevent gender based violence and promote gender equity in their own lives.

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Safraz Muzamil Amalorpavam Higher Secondary School - Puducherry

yeah Its the school response to see the gender equality by giving equal sports motivating girls also in sports and in some extra curricular activity live NCC and MARCHPAST etc and number students is not a important matter whether more number of boys are girls in the school

Aditi Mishra The Khaitan School

Gender equality has been a prime concern for us. It''s true that teachers are the torch bearers, but they should also keep in mind that they don''t unknowingly give an opinion which is not appropriate or does not support gender equality. The male students also have their part to behave respectfully with their female counterparts.

Bhavana Jaison Atomic Energy Central School No 2

Schools are supposed to build up a healthy friendly relation between girls and boys, but, in day to day scenario one can notice that school administrators are the one differentiate these two genders. If a boy or a girl happens to talk or play, she/he is viewed with a suspicious eye. According to me teachers should be given a special training to understand present generation.

Aastha ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL

In the age we are living girls & women are emerging as the leaders of the world but not in the number as expected.So, we need to ensure gender equality in learning institutions by providing equal oppurtunities to girls in every terms.This would help us to meet the demand of women as the leaders of change.

Aastha ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL

In the age we are living girls & women are emerging as the leaders of the world but not in the number as expected.So, we need to ensure gender equality in learning institutions by providing equal oppurtunities to girls in every terms.This would help us to meet the demand of women as the leaders of change.

Vinamra Malhotra The Millennium School Surat

Every School of India should give rights to all the girls in equal participation of school activities. The girls should be treated equally compared to boys. Teachers of different schools needs to make a friendly scenario with girls and boy. Boys need to respect girls and behave properly with them.

Arshini .B Amalorpavam Higher Secondary School - Puducherry

schools can maintain gender equality by giving equal chances for both boys and girls

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

arushi AKSIPS 45,Smart School

Yes!!As school plays a important role in every aspect of a child''s life. Same way a school is also responsible for building a strong society. It can play a very imp role in generating feeling of gender equality in chlodren who are our comming future😀😀

N.Darani Amalorpavam Higher Secondary School

Girls need the freedom to choose their own destinies.Education is the key to achieve it.So there should be a equality in gender in all activities.Girls should be allowed to involve in all activities.Girls should be treated equal with boys which give them confidence.Girls should not be discouraged.

Pragadeesh Rj Amalorpavam Higher Secondary School - Puducherry

schools have to give the equal responsibilties to both gender.It means not in equal number of students in classes only, also in the sports, and other extra curricular activities. in NSS activities both male and female should have to be participated.these educational institutions should equal chances to both.

Safraz Muzamil Amalorpavam Higher Secondary School - Puducherry

yeah Its the school response to see the gender equality by giving equal chances motivating girls also in sports and in some extra curricular activity and number of students is not an important matter whether more number of boys or girls in the school and girls should treated equally with boys that may give confidence to them.......

Soumitri Debroy Ryan International School Kharghar

We all know that gender equality is not a woman issue but a human issue, we have to stride together to remove gender bias.Girls should be allowed active participation in all masculine activities like sports. Teachers are our first mentors, so they should make it friendly for boys to interact with girls and vice-versa. Also girls should get safe environment in school for stugying.

Aakash Amalorpavam Higher Secondary School

Giving equal importance to both should be an important aspect to be followed in schools.Treating girls superior in the name of protection and uplifting them make boys feel miserable.Placing boys and girls in different classes makes the students think of the need for separation which leads them in a wrong way.Both boys and girls should be given equal importance in the way that do not affect their personal feelings.

Kushagr Pandey Air Force Bal Bharti School

Obviously, the genders should be equal and not only boys every girl have a bad habits . Teachers believe that girls are always right. So every school should have gender equality.

Anusha Dhar RUKMINI DEVI PUB. SCHOOL(PITAMPURA)

It all boils down to the teachers and parents. The thoughts they pass down are the ones that stay.

Adrija De D.A.V Public School, Thane

Schools can play a significant role in promoting gender equality among students.This can be done by encouraging students to participate in group activities.Such steps will not only help to develop team spirit but also gender equality among them .

M. Nivedhitha Velammal Vidyalaya Mel Ayanambakkam

The choice of words matters a lot. For instance, when a boy cries, is shy or talks about beauty and stuff, the response he gets is’ Don’t act like a girl’. On the other hand, when a girl plays male dominant games or doesn’t bother about her looks, the response she gets is ‘Don’t act like a boy’ .Why? Crying is a way of expressing emotions. Shyness is character. Bothering about one’s own looks has nothing to do with gender. Sports is one’s own interests

komal KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA (SR.)(AGCR ENCL)

Yeah..of course all above points are correct. safe and security is always been a barrear for girls. parents or teachers or any well wisher always use to advice girls not to go out after 9 . no outdoor activities at night . why? why we dont say our boys not to go out after 9 we should think seriously about this

Manyata Ralli international school

yes, school can play an initial role in gender equality among children by providing equal opportunities to participate in any kind of competition whether it can be sports, academics, etc.

Manyata Ralli international school

yes, school can play an initial role in providing gender equality among children by providing equal opportunities to participate in any kind of competition whether it can be sports, academics, co-curricular activities and etc.

Siddhi Gothivrekar S M SHETTY H SCH - POWAI

Gender can never be a factor to influence discrimination or domination . All are entitled to equal respect , honour and status. Schools can probably try and teach the students to broaden and overcome their narrow mindedness with respect to gender equality and ensure participation in every sector of personality development, irrespective of gender.

PAVITHARADEVY.I Amalorpavam Higher Secondary School - Puducherry

Yeah, they should promote equal participation for boys and girls.Equality not only refers to the equal number of girls and boys in a class,it refers about the opportunities provided to the girls as compared to boys.In my opinion no one seems to be different as all are human beings.

Albinus Sanjeevan NSN Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chitlap

well Promoting equity in the classroom does not necessarily mean treating all students equally. That is, though it does mean giving all students equal opportunities to succeed, it may also mean giving some students more encouragement to perform in class.

Albinus Sanjeevan NSN Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chitlap

well, Promoting equity in the classroom does not necessarily mean treating all students equally. That is, though it does mean giving all students equal opportunities to succeed, it may also mean giving some students more encouragement to perform in class

Resham Agarwal G.D. GOENAKA PASCHIM VIHAR

While we’re all exposed to gender stereotypes, young people are particularly susceptible to them when forming an understanding of their place in society and their potential. The classroom is an ideal environment to raise their awareness of these stereotypes and encourage critical analysis in students so they’re equipped to come to their own informed conclusions.

Resham Agarwal G.D. GOENAKA PASCHIM VIHAR

While we’re all exposed to gender stereotypes, young people are particularly susceptible to them when forming an understanding of their place in society and their potential. The classroom is an ideal environment to raise their awareness of these stereotypes and encourage critical analysis in students so they’re equipped to come to their own informed conclusions.

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