Telangana becomes first State to make gender education compulsory at graduate level

>> Telangana has become the first State in the country to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level.

>> State government has introduced a bilingual textbook titled ‘Towards a World of Equals’ on a pilot basis in engineering colleges.

>> These engineering colleges are affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU-Hyderabad).

About gender education

>> Textbook Discusses gender in its composite form without limiting itself to crime against women without repeating gender stereotypes.

>> It has been structured into simple language to suit under-graduates.

>> Textbook cover complex subjects like male-female relationships and female-centric history.

>> Textbook discusses about the women’s movements across the world along with political movements of Afro-American, African, Caribbean, minority and Dalit women.