Har subah sirf utho mat Jaago Re TATA TEA

Women Teachers Empowered in India:

Teacher Training Through A Gender Lens

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE

CONTENTS

GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...........................................................................................................I

RÉSUMÉ ANALYTIQUE ...........................................................................................................V

RESUMEN EJECUTIVO ............................................................................................................X

BACKGROUND/CONTEXT ...................................................................................................... 1

A NEW VISION IN EDUCATION..........................................................................................................1

THE ROLE OF TEACHERS..................................................................................................................2

I. THE INDIAN CONTEXT....................................................................................................... 4

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, TRADITION AND INNOVATION.........................4

HISTORICALLINKS BETWEEN WOMEN'S TEACHER TRAINING AND GIRLS' EDUCATION......................4

POLICY REFORM FOLLOWS INDEPENDENCE.....................................................................................5

THE STRUGGLE TO NARROW THE GAP BETWEEN POLICY AND PRACTICE.........................................6

II. THE TEACHER EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME:...................................................... 7

TEP'S BEGINNINGS........................................................................................................................7

JOYFUL LEARNING IN PRACTICE .....................................................................................................8

III. THE TEP AND THE GENDER LENS.............................................................................. 11

THE GENDER LENS:FEMINIST PRINCIPLES DEMONSTRATE CRITICAL AND CONTINUING REALITIES....11

LOOKING GENDER IN THE EYE - LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF WOMEN TEACHERS..........................14

LOOKING GENDER IN THE EYE - THE TEP IN PRACTICE....................................................................17

THE EVOLUTION OF A GENDER EXPLICIT FOCUS .............................................................................18

CREATING A CRITICAL MASS OF WOMEN TEACHERS.......................................................................18

PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES BREAK DOWN GENDER WALLS..............................20

PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES: GENDER CONSCIOUSNESS TO COMBAT STEREOTYPES............................24

'IF SHE CAN DO IT,WHY CAN'T I?':EMPOWERED WOMEN TRAINERS SERVE ASROLE MODELS .........25

CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................... 29

Courtesy: www.unicef.org

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