The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c6.83

c6.83

As far as the secondary and college education is concerned, we have to solve two thorny and difficult problems. The first is about co-education and the second is about the curriculum. The exigencies of the situation have in a way forced us to reconcile ourselves to co-education, and therefore to a common curriculum. Outside big cities, there are few schools and colleges intended for girls, and so guardians are practically forced to send their daughters to institutions primarily intended for boys. The curriculum also is therefore a more or less common one. Even when there are special schools and colleges for girls, they usually follow the course laid down for boys. For, the institutions have to send their students for examinations to universities, which have so far, with rare exceptions, failed to introduce a different curriculum for lady students.