Socio-Cultural Constraints Faced by Girls Regarding Access to their Secondary Education in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa
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Abstract
The study was aimed to explore the socio-cultural constraints (SCCs) faced by girls regarding access to secondary education (SE) in Mardan District, Khyber Pukhtoonkhuwa for which a five point likert type rating scale, consisted of 36 items was developed by following the systematic procedure. The value of Alpha Reliability coefficient was .722. A sample of one hundred and twenty (120) girls with the age limit of fifteen to thirty five (15-35) was taken through snow-ball sampling technique. Parent’s education, and family income were the demographic variables of the research. The data after analysis demonstrated that girls in Mardan are far behind in education because of the distance from schools, family permission, low family income, sexual harassment, purdah restrictions, preference of male education over female education, concept of honor, early marriages, lack of awareness regarding the importance of female education, wrong perception about the investment on female education and inferior position of females in the society. It has been recommended that comprehensive awareness raising programs may be incorporated at community level to promote positive attitude among the community regarding the girl’s education.
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Socio-Cultural, Constraints Faced, Girls Regarding, Secondary Educatio
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