National Education Day: 7 inspirational quotes from women educators

Education is a quintessential pillar of an individual and a nation that enlightens and informs humans. To celebrate this, India chose birth date of Maulana Abul Kalam Az, November 11, to be India's National Education Day. Az was an Indian scholar, independence activist, and a senior leer of Indian National Congress during Indian independence movement. He also was first Education Minister of independent India, who served from 1947 until 1958. In a country, where women are often subject to a lot of transgressions, Government was bound to launch initiatives like 'Beti Bachao- Beti Phao'. Here are seven inspirational women educators and ir messages which will surely provide right direction to nation.

Savitribai Phule - India's first female teacher

Savitribai Phule was an Indian social reformer, educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra who is regarded as first female teacher of India. She played an important role in improving women's rights in India during British rule. 

On education, Savitri's strong message for nation was: “Sit idle no more. Go get education.” 

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Vimla Kaul 

Eighty one-year-old Vimla Kaul who teaches kids in Delhi even after 21 years of her retirement said: “I do not think age has anything to do with an individual’s passion. On contrary, desire to achieve increases as one can see that very little time is in hand to achieve one’s target. So, passion becomes acuter”.

Meenakshi Gurukkal 

Meenakshi Gurukkal who is oldest woman to practice and teach Kalaripayattu said: “Doing what is good for you is often a challenging task for women. But, since Kalari here was a family thing, I h full support from my family and people in locality to practice more. Luckily, today, re isn’t any discrimination to that extent”.

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Bharti Kumari 

“How will we get educated if we are scared?”, said Bharti Kumari, world’s youngest principal of a school.

Geetha Dharmarajan 

 “Stories don’t le to results. y le to questions. Stories help children ask question—why? se make children curious and critical thinkers. This thinking les to changes we see on ground,” said, Geetha Dharmarajan, writer, editor, educator and Executive Director of Katha, a nonprofit organization that she founded in 1988.

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Usha Kumari

“My life as a teacher, though fulfilling, is one that comes with many risks because of my journey. I get nothing else apart from salary. Sometimes, I put in my own money into running of school. y are my children and it’s my duty to care for ir wellbeing. entire settlement has so much of love and affection for me,” said Usha Kumari who treks several kilometers to teach kids in Kerala.

Safeena Hussain

"Our patriarchal societies, especially communities we work with, do not really appreciate ir mindsets being questioned. And re I was going home to home, investigating ir girls and talking about ir right to have an education! I remember having countless doors slammed in my face and mistreatments hurled at me and my team. y would call us m dogs!” said Safeena Hussain, an active social worker, is founder and Executive Director at Educate Girls – a non-profit organisation that is hequartered in Mumbai, India. 

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