• Dr. Roselin Basumatary

Literacy is a key measure and a key skill of a population's education. Gender inequality in literacy rate is an obstacle for the society's development. Using secondary data the study examines the gender gap in adult (aged 15+ years) literacy rate in different regions of the world in 1990, 2000, 2011 and 2016, gender gap in adult (aged 15+ years) literacy rate in different countries of South Asia in 2015 and gender gap in literacy rate (aged 7+ years) in the states and union territories of India in 1991, 2001, 2011. Gender inequality in adult literacy rate where females lag behind males is observed in all the regions of the world. The gender inequality in adult literacy rate where females lag behind males is found to be the highest in the Southern Asia amongst the different regions of the world in 2016. In 2015, in South Asia, Afghanistan is seen to have the highest gender inequality in adult literacy rate followed by Pakistan, Nepal and India. However, Maldives is seen to have the lowest gender inequality in adult literacy rate. In India, although the inequality declined in almost all the states and union territories, gender inequality in literacy rate can be observed in all the states and union territories in 2011.

gender, literacy, regions, world

"Gender Dimension of Literacy in Different Regions of the World with special reference to India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no.796-804, April-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004609.pdf

"Gender Dimension of Literacy in Different Regions of the World with special reference to India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no. pp796-804, April-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004609.pdf