DU SOL B.A PROG Q2 DISCUSS THE EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS OF ROKEYA SULTAN

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Q 2 :- DISCUSS THE EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS OF ROKEYA SULTAN

 

Rokeya was by heart and soul an educationalist.She got a little support from the British

Government for running her school.But she was not a person to be defeated so easily.She used

her private income in order to run her school.There was not only economical hindrance but also

hindrances in other areas.She faced religious criticisms and countered them by writing many

articles,essays to differentiate between true religion and man-made religion.Her aim in this

regard was to convince the parents about the need of education in the life of their daughters.She

saw how the Muslim women submitted themselves to their husbands and had no chance to

question inequality inherent in the Muslim society.Rokeya wanted to break the religious dogma

and also wanted to inform the women that Islam did not promote inequality between man and

woman.

For the true understanding of the religious doctrine in the Quran,she recommended the

translation of the Holy book into provincial languages. She recommended the reading of Quaran

.But she did not support the parrot like recitation of the Holy Book.She told that the very truth

exposed by the Quran should be understood by the Muslim girls.

She emphasised on physical education because she believed that it would make the women

physically stronger,fit and confident.She also gave importance to vocational training because she

thought that it would make the women economically independent.

She also recommended the value oriented education for making the girls ideal daughters, wives

and mothers or obedient daughters,loving sisters,dutiful wives and instructive mothers.

Rokeya dared to go against the norms of the Muslim society for the inspiration she got seeing the

efforts made by the British Rulers and the educationalist like Vidyasagar in the expansion of

women education.She was also affected immensely by the rationalism of Raja Ram Mohan

Roy,Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar and Keshab Chandra Sen.

She felt the need of good teachers for providing the best education to the girl students of

Bengal.There was a lack of female teachers at that time.For creating good female teachers she

ownself used to train them.

Begum Rokeya was a benefactor of women education in undivided Bengal.In spite of being the

counterpart of Muslim society,she wanted to change the age old outlook regarding the status of

the Muslim women who were being deprived of even the right of the human beings. She

observed that the so called orthodox male of the society misled community for their own benefit

and in this way the growth of women as human beings was hampered. She truly realised that

education has the power which can show women the way to be self-reliant, conquerer of

groundless fear of false prejudicial belief and establish themselves as proper human beings in the

society.With this vision in mind,she set up a school for the girl students of Bengal.She wrote

several books both in Bengali and English in support of the education for the Muslim girls.She

selected the curriculum to improve the mental faculty of her pupils. Her emphasis on vocational

efficiency is similar to the „Basic education‟ concept adopted by Mahatma Gandhi.Her support to

„open air schooling‟ is also another side of her progressive modern educational thoughts.

In the History of Women education of India,Rokeya is a legendary figure who supported and

fought for women‟s independence and education.She was a seer.She felt that the women would

be equal to the men in respect of knowledge,vision,productive-thinking and intelligence if they

are given the opportunities.To provide them opportunities and awaken their inner soul for

freedom,her struggle for the educational opportunities of the women especially of the Muslim

women was very notable in the History of Women Education of Bengal.Her educational ideal

was the mixture of pragmatism and progressiveness.This made her a prominent educationalist in

the British dominated India.The initiative of women education was first taken up by the Christian

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