LITERACY AND EDUCATION IN MATRIARCHY

This article deals with understanding the aspects related to literacy and education in matriarchy. Literacy and Education are the indicators of development of a society. A society or a nation can use education as a tool for its progress. Providing education as a right is not sufficient. Implication of the act and providing access as well as equal opportunities of education to all irrespective of the dynamics of socio-cultural, economical and regional factors is required for achieving the goal of making an egalitarian and progressive society. Education itself has very broad and diverse meanings, but here the question is of finding out the access and achievement of education in matriarchal societies existing in diverse regions of the world. Whether the females have better educational standards in matriarchal communities or not, it’s one of the important question that comes in our mind when we talk about socio-economic status of women in matriarchal societies. The accessibility and attainment of education by males and females are studied in this article. And the influence of education on other aspects of life has also been explored. The present article is a theoretical exploration with the help of discourse analysis on the theme discussed above which includes books, articles and researches available in the concerned field.