Transformation through women's education

Transformation through women's education

 "No nation or country can develop without the education of its women and men." Our guardian in terms of education, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, realized that Muslim women and men could not advance without education.

Therefore, he established the Aligarh Muslim University to meet the current need. Quaid-e-Azam stated, "No war of independence can be fought by keeping fifty percent of the population under house arrest," during the Pakistani independence movement. Fatima Jinnah, Quaid-e-Azam's sister, was always with him. Women's modern education was another focus of the independence movement.

On the other hand, Islam has made it abundantly clear that women should be educated. Islam's teachings state that a child begins their education on their mother's lap. which demonstrates the significance of a woman's education. However, the fact of the matter is that women make up half of the population in our society. As a result, we cannot even contemplate development unless the other half is equally involved in the country's affairs.

Women must receive education and training in order to achieve equality in political, social, and economic development. Education is the first step, particularly in terms of social awareness. It is impossible to comprehend the significance of educated women to the country's development unless we view women as equals and responsible citizens.

In this regard, if we examine the global revolution's history, it demonstrates that; The majority of girls' schools opened right after the Russian Revolution. Every school, college, and university offered girls equal admission. In addition to education, the women's corner was designated for women working in important fields like engineering, science, and medicine.

Later on, the nations that acknowledged the revolution adopted the same strategy.

After the Industrial Revolution in Europe, the modern world recognized the significance of women and included them in every aspect of life. In each of his speeches before and after Pakistan's creation, Quaid-i-Azam emphasized women's education. He also said that Pakistani women should participate in national development alongside men. However, this will only be possible if women are considered productive members of society. We, as a Muslim society, strongly believe that Islam is a revolutionary religion beyond the world. However, there is a pressing need to properly explain and comprehend Islam in our society.

If we examine the gloomy chapters of the history we have come to know, it is pertinent to go back in time here; Before Islam, girls were buried alive in the name of honor in a tribal society, had no rights, and were considered the property of their male relatives. After Islam, women were granted equal rights.

The Islamic world has 1.2 billion people today, half of whom are women. Women in Muslim societies are shown to be very different from women everywhere else. A significant portion of the country's population is excluded from education and development as a result of efforts made in the name of Islam to separate women's and men's spheres.

This, in my opinion, is the reason why these nations are so far behind in the development race. If education is not curricular but based on training and self-accountability in a developing and agricultural nation like ours, then there will be more sources of knowledge and education. Not just learning to read, education also aims to eradicate poverty, ignorance, disease, filth, and our society's animal instincts.

Both Islam and Pakistan were founded on a foundation of education. As a result, it is past due for our society to recognize that; Women's education is an extremely important means of establishing a universally cohesive social order.