03 Exploring Gender Neutrality in Education (A Case Study of Village Zandra in Balochistan)

Abstract

This research paper “Gender Neutrality in Education” shows local perception of parents regarding their daughters’ education. In spite of the fact that the people are aware of the importance of literacy, there is gender gap. People are still relectant to send their daughters to the schools. This study identifies the factors influencing parental attitude towards their daughters’ education. The focus of study is to find the actual reason of low participation rate of female education with reference to gender empowerment. The efforts have been made to find out the culture perception of parents regarding their daughter’s education and gender discrimination between the sons and daughters. There is no financial benefits for parents to literate their daughters. The main focus of the study is to explore the changes in perception and attitude of parents towards literacy with reference to gender. This research was conducted in Village Zandra District Ziarat.