Girls Access To Education In Rural Ghazni Afghanistan An Analytical Study

Abstract

More than a decade after the Taliban were deposed, only 20% of women aged 15 newlineto 24 are literate, with the number being three times lower in rural areas. Only 30% of newlineadult women with some primary education in Afghanistan are literate. According to newlinecluster surveys, increase in the number of Afghan girls attending school will not be newlinesufficient in itself to address systemic inequities in women s educational outcomes. newlineSeveral research studies identified the key barriers to girls access to education in newlineAfghanistan. These barriers include: insecurity, poverty, lack of schools in remote areas, newlinelong walking distance to schools, harassment of children on the way to schools, low newlinequality of education etc. There are also other specific barriers like shortage of female newlineteachers, especially in higher grades, cultural beliefs about girls education, early newlinemarriages, lack of necessary facilities in schools such as toilets, drinking water and newlineboundary walls, lack of security for girls etc. impede girls access to education in the newlinerural provinces of Afghanistan. newlineThe present investigation is an attempt to study the attitude of Religious Scholars, newlineParents and Educational Experts towards girls access to Education in 30 selected villages newlinefrom Andar district in the rural Ghazni, Afghanistan. Further, the investigator studied the newlineinfluence of different demographical variables such as age and Educational qualifications newlineof Religious Scholars; Gender, Age, Educational Qualifications and Occupation of newlineParents; and Age and Educational Qualification of Educational Experts on their attitude newlinetowards girls access to Education in rural Ghazni, Afghanistan. newline