Question

The poem 'Go, Get Education' was written by: 
1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Jyotiba Phule
3. Savitribai Phule
4. Swami Vivekanand

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Savitribai Phule

The correct answer is Savitribai Phule.

 

• Savitribai Phule was born on 3 January 1831 at Naigaum (Satara, Maharashtra).
• She was married to Jyotiba Phule at the age of nine.
• Savitribai received early education from her husband and started teaching other women in society.
• After completing her teacher's training, she along with her husband established the first women's school in 1848.
• She worked against gender and caste-based discrimination and was a great advocate of women's education. 
• She became a prolific writer and published two books:

1. Kavya Phule (1854)
2. Bavan Kashi Subodh Ratnakar (1892).

• She also wrote the poem entitled, 'Go, Get Education' to inspire the oppressed section of the Indian population to obtain a basic formal education.