Universalization of elementary education cannot be realised without enabling the girl-child to access and retention of schools. Today participation of girls is considerably lower than that of boys and drop-out rates are invariably much higher. Education and economic development are not only interrelated but one precedes the other. Education became an engine searching for economic development. A rupee invested in education of the society leads more returns and production and productivities than a rupee invested in physical assets. The basic problem of most of the underdeveloped countries is...