Abstract
The significant factors for the increased gender disparity within Pakistan are the parental unequal treatment towards the different genders of their children, girls, and boys under normal routine. Furthermore, societal aspirations can also be stated as the leading cause of gender disparity. This study aimed to focus on addressing the area of gender disparity in primary school education in the country. Employing an in-depth analysis method, semi-structured interviews were conducted from the parents living in Landhi Town, having two or more male and female children aged between five and ten years. Several themes and sub-themes, supposed to be the leading factors for gender disparity in the country, emerged in the result of data analysis gathered via the interviews. The most significant identified factors include poverty, school proximity, security issues, social issues and perception of parents regarding the importance of girls’ education. Therefore, policy makers and educationists are recommended to pay attention to parental awareness programs and the social issues associated with gender disparity in primary education.
Highlights
In the last few decades, the literacy rate of Pakistan at primary level educational institutes has increased from 42 to 52 per cent (Choudhry, 2006)
The objective of the present study is to address the gender disparity in primary school education to answer the following questions: yy How parents perceive the importance of education based on the different genders of their children?
The discrimination starts in the form of nutrition and food later in the form of basic primary education as compared to males, a socio-cultural and economic condition play an important role in drop out in the early stage of primary education. The finding of this qualitative research study indicated that the respondents considered the education of both male and female as important; they have social issues lead them towards the gender disparity in the educational setting
Summary
In the last few decades, the literacy rate of Pakistan at primary level educational institutes has increased from 42 to 52 per cent (Choudhry, 2006). Despite this increase in the literacy rate, certain disparities in the educational setting including gender disparity that prevents the students to gain the education. According to Chaudhry and Rahman (2009), “Pakistan exhibits considerable gender inequality in education. Strong gender disparities exist in rural and urban areas and among the provinces. In the rural areas of the country, the condition is even worse.
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