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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2024)
The International "Journal of Academic Research for Humanities"

Research Articles

An Analysis of Parents’ Investment Choices on Female Education and its Outcomes in Pakistan

Published 18-07-2024

  • Dr. Romena
    • ,
  • Dr Muhammad Aqeel Raza
    • ,
  • Dr. VaGiha Naz

Dr. Romena
Department of Education, Emerson University, Multan-Pakistan

Dr Muhammad Aqeel Raza
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, NCBA & E Lahore, Multan Campus, Pakistan.

Dr. VaGiha Naz
Lecturer, Department of Education, Govt. Zainab Graduate College Chowk Shaheedan, Multan, Pakistan

Abstract

  Female education plays an important role in societal progress and development. A significant barrier to girls' education in underdeveloped nations like Pakistan is the prevailing attitude toward women's education. Analysis of Pakistani parents' educational investment decisions and their results was the goal of the current study. In this study, an effort was made to explore the effect of traditional attitudes on the educational attainment of the female’s education. The current study was carried out in the Multan district. The objectives of the study were to study the parent’s perception of female education as well as to compare the opinion of rural and urban parents about female education. The population of the study was the Secondary school girl’s parents. The total sample of the study was two hundred and twenty-seven (227) rural and urban parents which were selected with the help of convenient sampling techniques. For the collection of data simple random sampling was used to select schools and convenient sampling techniques were used to select parents. A questionnaire based on the Likert scale was administered to collect data. Various statistical approaches were employed to analyze the data, including the mean, percentage, and t-test. The finding reveals that the parents of urban females invest more in female education as compared to the parents of females in rural areas.

Keywords

Investment, , Female, , Perception, , Traditional, , attitude

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Author Biography

Dr. Romena

Dr. Romena is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Education in Emerson University Multan. She did her PhD from Bahauddin Zakariya Uniersity Multan

Dr. VaGiha Naz

Dr. VaGiha Naz is working as a lecturer in Govt. Zainab Associate College, Chowl Shaheedan, Multan. She did her PhD from Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan

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