3 Jan 1831 Jahr - Savitribhai Phule
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Savitribai Phule, the first Indian female teacher was born
Phule was born on January 3, 1831 into a family of farmers in the Naigaon district of Maharashtra. At the tender age of nine, Savitribai was married to a 12-year-old Jyotirao Phule.
Impressed by her thirst for learning, Savitribai's husband, Jyotirao, taught her to read and write. Becoming fond of teaching, Savitribai trained at Ms. Farar's Institution in Ahmednagar and in Ms. Mitchell's school in Pune to become the first female teacher who inspired young girls of her time to pursue education.
At a time when the rights of women were almost non-existent, she, along with her husband, started the first women's school at Bhide Wada in Pune. It was the year 1848 and the women's school had only eight girls belonging to different castes.
In the same year, she also founded other schools for women. For her, education was not simply alphabetical learning, but rather, an evolution of the mind itself. Her innovative methods of teaching slowly attracted the common people, as number of girls increased from twenty five to seventy during 1849-50. By 1851, she was running three schools with around 150 female students.
To prevent children from dropping out of school, Savitribai offered them stipends.
She is also said to have inspired a young student to ask for a library for the school at an award ceremony instead of gifts for herself. She inspired the young girls to take up painting, writing, and other activities. An essay written by a young girl, Mukta, at that time became the face of Dalit literature.
Source:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/savitribai-phule/1/848289.html
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