Perception of People towards women's empowerment stepped up by higher Education (A case study of Patiala district) Kaur Sandeep1, Dr. Marwaha Amandeep Singh2 1Research Scholar, School of Management Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala 2Assistant Professor, School of Management Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala Online published on 8 August, 2018. Abstract India is second highest populated country in the world. There are approximately 49% of female in the total population of it. However, status of Indian women as compare to other countries of the world is not satisfactory. An Indian woman is facing all type of barriers to success like illiteracy, domestic violence and lack of motivations etc. Education is a milestone of women empowerment because educated women can play an important role in development of the country. The aim of this paper is to know the perception of people about role of higher education in empowerment of women and to analyze the role of higher education in empowerment of the women psychologically, economically and sociologically. Convenience sampling design is used and 100 respondents from Patiala district are taken for study. Five point Likert scale and descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), correlation and T test are used for data analysis. Finding and conclusion of this study reveal that higher education is playing vital role in process of upliftment of social, Psychological, economical status of women which have positive correlation with women empowerment. Top Keywords Economical, Higher Education, Psychological, Sociological, Women Empowerment. Top |