Discontinuation of Education of the Teen Age Female’s Population in Pakistan

Abstract

Education plays an important role in the socio-economic development of any country. Discontinuation of education at female’s side is a problem that has a serious concern with the progress and prosperity of the country. This study presents the results of a recent investigation that attempted to identify those factors which affected the female’s continuation in education considering a case of Union Council Kathala, District Gujrat. The major source of income of this locality is agriculture and the people of this area believe highly in their cultural and traditional values and customs regarding the female education. A time based cluster sampling was used for the selection of sample and collection of information. Through questioner the data from the respondents were collected. Path Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were performed to test the relationship among the factors. Finding indicates that the factors “Traditions” and “Poverty” have direct affect on female’s continuation in education. Also it has been observed that factors “Family Financial Setup” and “Insecurity Problems” indirectly affect the “Female’s Continuation in Education” through the factor “Cultural Behavior”.