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Issues of Girls Education in Pakistan

Written By Unknown on Friday, 25 January 2013 | 09:36

Our education system has many problems and these have been well documented and researched in education literature in the country and are well known. We are not enough schools, facilities are poor, the level of education, in the majority of public schools and even in the majority of low rate private schools, are low, our state not grant education the priority it deserves and not spend enough in the education sector, teachers are poorly paid and little incentive and motivated, and the list goes on.
Most of the problems mentioned above are generic to the system and affects both sexes. But it is true that girls, in our educational system, are affected differently. Also there are many girls still do not go to school in Pakistan, the gender gap remains important, albeit a bit more narrow, and although we have had some successes in the enrolment of girls in primary schools, many of them do not terminate or do not go to schools in mid-level or higher education. There is a strong geographical, from rural to urban areas, based on income and the disparities too.
Therefore, the issues of government, with respect to the girls, you need a special attention. Always be parents who feel that the actual cost, in comparison with the benefit, to make educated girls is too high or the opportunity cost of having the girls went to school, when they could be doing chores or the care of younger siblings or working in the fields, it is simply too high. Some of these issues could have been resolved with prosperity and economic growth, the creation of job opportunities and the opening of markets for labor. But some of these issues, and some cultural preference issues (keeping girls out of the employment markets) could remain. But this is not the main problem of women's education. It is not the case we have empty schools and classrooms in expected of girls that are not showing up.
Our problem is still one to ensure the effective, efficient and equitable supply in the face of significant unmet demand. The above problems mainly supply side of our educational system are difficult to resolve. But without dealing with them is difficult to see how we can have universal education for all girls in Pakistan.
There are clear reasons why girls might not be in school, you may exit, or may not be able to transition to the next level of education, from elementary school to middle school, and from the center to the secondary school. Some of these are listed below:

(i) If the school is too far away, and/or girls do not have safe transport, had not been abandoned or the lack of registration. There are three different issues. If the school is too far away, you will have a cost of transportation. There is also the issue of transport safety and security of the environment that has been walking through the school. If all or any of the elements impose a high cost to the parents, or go to the detriment of the child's safety significantly, the parents are not going to endanger the safety of their children for education and that can't afford too high a price. Primary schools are much more numerous than the medium or high schools. Primary school might be in the same village, while the middle school is in a nearby town and school, even further. Registration will decrease as a result, directly related to the distance, to alien-ness of the environment and to the lack of security in the travel;
(ii) if the school does not have a secure environment, as a good boundary wall, a door and some guarantee of protection, this may also lead us to neglect or lack of enrollment. Lack of boundary wall, or the placement of the school in an environment that is not safe, is hostile or even has the perception of lack of security will be connected to the children as the parents wary. Some public schools in the country have chowkidars and/or effective security measures in place. Also many lack basic infrastructure facilities such as walls, injection and effective facilities and procedures;
(iii) If the school does not have basic infrastructure, such as a toilet that works, it will be difficult for students to go to the school and this may also lead us to dropout iv) if the parents do not feel what is being taught is relevant or right for their children, we will have the deserters and/or low enrollment. Why do parents send their children to school? Literature shows that the parents don't want the kids to learn to read and write, and master the skills necessary
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