Telangana becomes first State to make gender education compulsory at graduate level
Telangana has become the first State in the country to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level. In this regard, state government has introduced bilingual textbook titled Towards a World of Equals on a pilot basis in engineering colleges.
These engineering colleges are affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU-Hyderabad).
Features of gender education textbook
It discusses gender in its composite form without limiting itself to crime against women without repeating gender stereotypes.
It touches upon complex subjects like male-female relationships and female-centric history. It has been structured into simple language to suit under-graduates.
It also covers different strands of women’s movements across the world along with political movements of Afro-American, African, Caribbean, minority and Dalit women.
Current Affairs: 11th January, 2016 Current Affairs Round up December, 2015.
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