Special Syllabus In Schools

Should we have special syllabus in schools? 

Delhi rape incident has shook the entire nation. People are hitting roads across the country demanding justice to the victim by hanging the guilty at the earliest. Yes, the victim will get justice with that (lets presume) but will it ensure that no such incidents take place in near or later future? May be yes, to some extent. While supporting stringent laws and more than capital punishment to the rapists, let us also demand something else wherein girls/women should not be in a position to seek justice. Such justice should be given well in advance not to victims but every woman for that matter. How will that be possible?

Andhra Wishesh tried speaking to many eminent educationists, feminists and social activists over women safety. All of them had one point in common-instil better morals among the people when they are in schools itself. Interestingly, we found that their point had so much of merit. Why not come out with a special subject - Women Studies at the school itself, they questioned.

These are some important topics that can be included in Woman Studies at school level:

• Importance of women in all mythologies
  
• The pain and risks mothers undergo during their pregnancy
  
• The way mother converts her blood into milk to feeds the baby for months together
  
• Heinous crimes that took place across the globe
  
• Punishments that every country implements over various offences against women
  
• Educating that dowry is a crime and could not be treated as a social norm/tradition
  
• Women are not tools of pleasure
  

Only when this subject is included in schools, all school going children will get complete knowledge as to how woman/girl should not be treated. Parents should not just focus on their children becoming business magnates, doctors or engineers but aim at designing their children into perfect people. Never skip an hour 'moral science' class/lecture to your son only to devout the same time towards some math or science.  Andhra Wishesh strongly advocates this ideology. Are you with us?

(AW Phani)