GENDER EQUITY AND EQUALITY IN CLASSROOM

The issue of gender inequality is one which has been publicly reverberating through society for decades. The problem of inequality in employment being one of the most pressing issues today. In order to examine this situation, one must try to get the root of the problem and must understand the sociological factors that cause women to have a much more difficult time getting the same benefits, wages and job opportunities as their male counterparts. Savitribai Phule, the first female teacher of first women school in India is a pioneer figure. She demanded a dignity for all women, for which she along with her husband worked their entire lives. The principles of humanity, equality, liberty and justice were of utmost important to her. Gender equity is a process of being fair to women and men. Equity leads to equality. Gender equality requires equal enjoyment by women and men of socially valued goods, opportunities, resources and rewards