FACTORS AFFECTING THE FEMALE EDUCATION AT VILLAGE MANO DEHRI TEHSIL, UTMAN KHEL, DISTRICT BAJAUR AGENCY FATA PAKISTAN

Abstract

Female education plays a significant role in every sphere of life. This dissertation investigated the factors affecting the female education at village Mano Dehri district Bajaur Agency. The literature shows that in the Pashtun area of Pakistan the main barriers infemale education are the belief in traditional norms, conservative religious mind set, patriarchal society, Pashtunwali, poverty and early marriage and lack of institutions. The liberal feminist theory as an individualist theory struggles to provide the basic right offemale and maintain their equality through their choice and action. A quantitative research method was used to know the barriers to female education. In the quantitative research approach, the purposive sampling technique was used for data collection. The researcher had selected 100 respondents from the whole population. The findings show that the basic factors which are affecting the female education are the lack of female educational institutions, lack of female teaching staff, inadequate transport system, poor quality of education system, government week education policies and early marriage. The Majority of people have the positive attitude towards female education.