Gender discrimination continues to be an enormous problem within Indian society. Traditional patriarchal norms have relegated women to secondary status within the household and workplace. This drastically affects women's health, financial status, education, and political involvement. The Global Gender Gap Report 2013, released by non-profit organization, World Economic Forum ranks India at 101 among 136 countries. The report ranks countries my measuring the size of the gender inequality gap in four areas — economic participation and opportunity, health and survival, educational attainment and political empowerment India accounts for 30% of the world’s total illiterate population and around 70% of these illiterates are women. As per 2001 Census data, women constitute 48% of the total population in India, but 46% of women were found to be illiterate. Problems of gender disparity and discrimination begin with access to schooling. This Gender disparity has been a major issue in pursuit for achieving the goal of universal elementary education to us. In order to overcome the problems faced by girls, several measures have been initiated by the government across the country. The paper presents a comprehensive review of sex ratio, status of female education in the country and participation rate of girls in schooling relative to boys. The paper also examines the impact of measures taken by government.