Effects of Problems on Female Education at Secondary School Level Innorth Wazirsitan Agency

Abstract

There are always negative effects of problems on female education at Secondary school level in the whole Pakistan but in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa especially in North Waziristan Agency (FATA), female students confront multifarious problems and dilemmas in their education. Most of the female students in North Waziristan Agency face the problems of social insecurity, limited opportunities to avail, economical problems and psychological harassment etc. Almost all the female students are passing through the trails and problems of cultural barriers, disempowerment, strict religious boundaries, domestic violence, ancestral-rites and suppression from illiterate saliferous community. Many female students are disturbed from fundamentalist groups in North Waziristan Agency and very limited female students avail the opportunities of tuition facilities. Gender differences and far flung and mountainous schools are also among big challenges for female students in North Waziristan Agency. The major purpose of the study was to examine the effects of problems on female education at Secondary school level in North Waziristan Agency.  The main objective of the study was to determine the social, cultural, financial and religious problems faced by female students at Secondary level in North Waziristan Agency.The population of the study consisted of all female students at Secondary school level in North Waziristan Agency. Simple random sample technique was used for taking data from respondents. The population was divided into two strata i.e. rural and urban. 130 respondents were taken as sample from 10 Girls High Schools in North Waziristan Agency in which 65 respondents were selected from each stratum respectively. Data was collected by using five points Likert scale having options ‘Strongly Disagree’, ‘Disagree’, ‘Undecided’, ‘Agree’ and ‘Strongly Agree’ with values 5,4,3,2 and I respectively. The collected data was analyzed through simple percentage. The study was delimited to Secondary schools female students only. Major findings and results of the research study showed that there are negative effects of social, cultural, financial and religious problems on female students at Secondary school level in North Waziristan Agency. For better improvement, some recommendations were also given.

Keywords: Problems, Female Education, Secondary Level & North Waziristan Agency.