Human rights education among women teachers in india: awareness, challenges, and welfare implications

Education plays a significant role in assimilating and disseminating knowledge, and it has become a powerful weapon in educating the human rights across the globe. Awareness among women teachers to access education plays a huge role in society. The Indian education system depends heavily on the role of the teachers in promoting the social inclusivity of the education for marginalized and depressed children in the society. The Indian education system relies heavily on its teachers who are central to the process of teaching and learning. More particularly, women teachers play an important role in educating the human rights to the student community, and making them to live more humane. Childhood has the paramount reciprocity, and they have the ability to become a productive adult, and a socially responsible citizen. Teachers’ plays a crucial role in cultivating the social behaviour of the students in the schools, and their behaviour is largely influenced the social environment. In this context, Human Rights Education appears to be an effective means to impart human values in their attitudes and social behaviours. The ultimate agenda of establishing social solidarity, and social order can only be accomplished when the Teachers and students imbibe the spirit of Human Rights education. This article attempts to highlight the issues and challenges related to the awareness levels among the women teachers in Indian context. This article also argues for development of awareness among school teachers about Human rights in order to develop the moral, physical, social, economic and spiritual domains in the educational system.