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