A good mother can produce a good citizen. In order to have good citizens, female education is a must. Female education is not a new thing in our country. Islam has encouraged education and training to women folk. The prophet of Islam has made education compulsory for both men and women. Once Napoleon said. "Give me a good mother and I will give you a good citizen". A good mother obviously means an educated mother. So it needs no telling the importance of female education.
No nation can make real progress keeping a full half of its population in the dark. Without the uplift of women, the progress of the nation is not at all possible. Again without education women can not be elevated. So all out education should be imparted to the women folk so that they may come forward and work hand in hand with men in all development programmes.
Mothers women play an important part in moulding the character of their children. There is a saying in English that the hands that rocks the cradle rules the world. So every woman is a potential mother.
A mother exercises an undeliable influence in the formation of children's character and in shaping their future destiny. Lives of many great men of the world show that their greatness was due to their mother's influence. The things that they learn at home take a firm root in them. And it goes without saying that this learning they get mostly from their mother as they live under her direct supervision and constant care. If a mother fails to bring up her children properly. the mother is held responsible for this failure, not the child. So it can be said that it is a mother who plays a vital role in forming the character and deciding the future of her children. From this point of view an educated mother is an asset and it is more necessary to educate women folk.
An educated husband can never have free exchange of ideas with an ignorant wife. Life would be dull and unhappy for them. Frequent quarrels may result from such a lack of understanding. So female education is essential from this point of view also.
All necessary steps should be taken to encourage universal female education. It is a happy news for us that our government has recently declared free and compulsory education for rural girls upto S. S.C. A country can not prosper if its women are kept ignorant. We need good wives and good mothers to make our nation great.
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