CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The UNICEF, Plan International and UN Women report, A New Era for Girls: Taking stock of 25 years of progress, finds that while girls’ lives are better today than they were 25 years ago, the gains are uneven across regions and countries. This is particularly true for adolescent girls.

Detailed explanation-2: -Female Literacy Rate in India (2010-2021, %) Between 2010-2021, the female literacy rate in India has increased by 14.4%. In 2021, the rate was 91.95%. On a year-on-year basis, the literacy rate increased by 0.6% in 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -In western India, Jyotiba Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule became pioneers of female education when they started a school for girls in 1848 in Pune.