Naangal Vaayaadigalae

About the book

This book is a collection of essays written by Santha Sheela reflecting on her teaching experience. Europeans who started their formal education here have seen many changes in education in their respective countries over time. Shouldn't we see such changes? Although significant change has been seen here, moving to a child-centred focus can give us better intensive education. Educationally developed countries practice child-centred education as the best education and give us proof. At a time when education is undergoing a child-centric transformation, girls' education staggers with the weight of social assumptions and restrictions. The progress, emancipation and development of women lie in the education they receive. All of the above can be made possible only when girls' education improves. In short development of women solely depends on girls' education. The chief task of a teacher who truly desires and acts on women's equality is to study and eliminate all barriers to women's education.

Therefore in this book, the author has attempted to understand the field of women's education by examining the experiences she encountered as obstacles to women's education through critical thinking. This book will be a handy guide for activists, teachers and parents who want to break the shackles that society has woven around the girl child. She also has recorded the exemplary lives of women through the complexities of women's education. Not only should women remove myths and barriers, but they should also lead a free life!

About the author

Santha Sheela has been working as a teacher in a government school for 18 years. She tries to understand children and works to better their lives. The school where she works is a school for marginalized children at the State's border with no transport facilities. She lives in the same town as the school. In collaboration with fellow teachers in the school, she pays great attention to children's education, health, overall development, mental health, soliciting advice from psychologists for their behavioral changes, and looking after other developmental needs of the children. Even if the school-going children leave school and go to secondary school, he monitors them and provides them with educational assistance if they need it. Her students are learning many arts such as singing, parayattam, and silambam, and excelling celling in them.