Gender Discrimination in English Textbook of Class VII of CBSE Board

Abstract

The aim of education is not only to impart knowledge to learners, but to develop their holistic and wholesome personality. In order to achieve this goal, education should be given to each and every child irrespective of caste, creed, race and gender. Right to education can be achieved if there is gender equality. Gender equality is an important component of quality education. As the curriculum is transacted via textbooks and so whatever the image of gender is printed in textbooks will have an impact on a child's thinking. A textbook should be learner-centered and nurture the minds of young people, without strengthening stereotypes and gender biases. The researcher found that girls/women are underrepresented, and third gender have never been mentioned in the textbooks. The purpose of this project is to analyze the data that reveal that gender discrimination is very evident in the textbooks.

Keywords: Gender, Discrimination, Textbook, Curriculum, CBSE