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Education is a tool to enable citizens to make all rounded participation in the development process. The participation of females in socio-economic programs especially depends on their educational background. Educating girls and women are critical to achieve the benefits as well as the improvement in the areas of health, fertility and nutrition. Girls´ education also plays a key role in the development of a nation. There are various barriers to girls´ education that prevent them from being given an equal opportunity as their male counterparts. As a result they are not enabled with the skills or knowledge that they require further themselves, their families, their communities and their nation. Thus, females must be treated equally with males to attain educational access, which is necessary to increase their participation in different development programs. International treaties, conventions, laws & policies set a legal commitment on the gender equity in education.

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Dr. Showkeen Bilal Ahmad Gul completed his (M.A & M.ED) from P.G Department of Education, University of Kashmir. He did his M.Phil. and Ph.D in Education from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P). Besides that he qualified UGC-NET and JK-SET. The Author is presently UGC Post Doctorial Fellow at the University of Kashmir.

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