Government Led Educational Financing as the Real Driver of Women’s Workforce Empowerment Beyond Artificial Intelligence

Author(s)	Ajay Wilson Noah A, Dr. J. Arul Suresh
Country	India
Abstract	This study focuses on assessing the effectiveness of government-led educational financing in empowering women, using evidence from one-sample t-test analysis of the Pudhumai Penn Scheme in Tamil Nadu. The research adopts a descriptive research design and is based on primary data collected from 194 girl students enrolled in higher education. One-sample t-tests were applied to compare the mean scores of awareness, educational impact, and social empowerment against the neutral benchmark value. The results indicate that all three dimensions—awareness (Mean = 4.57), educational impact (Mean = 4.44), and social empowerment (Mean = 4.36)—are significantly higher than the test value, with p < 0.001 in all cases. These findings confirm that government educational financing plays a statistically significant role in reducing financial barriers, supporting educational continuity, and strengthening confidence and decision-making abilities among women students. The study implies that sustained public investment in education is a crucial driver of women’s workforce empowerment beyond technology-centric approaches such as Artificial Intelligence.
Keywords	Educational Financing, Women Empowerment, Pudhumai Penn Scheme, Workforce Preparedness, Human Capital Development, Workforce Empowerment.
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-02-23

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