A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ATTITUDES OF EDUCATED AND UNEDUCATED PARENTS TOWARDS FEMALE EDUCATION IN DISTRICT DERA ISMAIL KHAN

Abstract

The problem under study was the comparative effectiveness of educated and uneducated parents towards female education in district Dera Ismail khan. The study was significant because it helpful in determining the attitudes of parent towards the education of girls. A representative sample of 50 fathers and 50 mothers was selected randomly from rural and urban areas of District Dera Ismail Khan. Out of these 50 fathers 25 were illiterate and 25 were educated. Similar was the case of females. Likert type attitude scale was used in the study as instrument. The t-statistics was used as the analysis of data.