Girl to be educated earlier retaking a course in India (5)
I believe the answer is:
raita
'girl to be educated' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'earlier retaking a course in india' is the wordplay.
'earlier' indicates taking the first letters (I've seen 'earliest of' mean this).
'course in india' becomes 'ita' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The initial letter of 'retaking' is 'r'.
'r'+'a'+'ita'='RAITA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raita that I've seen before include "Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumber" , "food dish" , "Indian recipe" , "Something with yoghurt" , "Cucumber and mint Indian dip" .)