Gender Issues in Educational Administration Systems. Gender and Contemporary Issues in Educational Practice in Pakistan. Gender Issues in Higher Level Education

1. Gender Issues in
Educational
Administration Systems
Topic: Gender and Contemporary Issues
in Educational Practice in Pakistan
Presented By: Muhammad Umair
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2. Content
 Gender Contemporary Issues in
Education
 Gender Issues in Primary/Secondary
Level
 Gender Issues in Higher Level
Education
 Other Gender Issues in Educational
Practice
 Recommendations
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3. Contemporary Issues in
Education
 The word Contemporary means modern , current ,
present day or existing.
 Contemporary issues in education refers to the
various events polices and developments of the
educational nature which exist in modern world.
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4. What are some contemporary
issues in educational system ?
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5. Some important contemporary
issues in Educational System
 Gender issues
 Health and Child Development
 Peace issues
 Bullying
 No Child Left Behind
 Economical Issues
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6. Gender Contemporary Issues
& Importance
 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
everywhere(SDG5)
 Progress and Remaining Challenges to gender parity and
gender equality in Education(EFA)
 The role of women cannot be overlooked in the
progress of any nation. Almost half of Pakistan’s
population consists of women.
 The National Education Policy 2009 itself has
highlighted the failure of the previous policies in
eliminating gender disparity from the primary to
higher education level.
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7. Gender Issues in
Primary/Secondary Level
 An important human rights issue, gender equality means equal
empowerment and participation for both men and women in all
spheres of life.
 The new government, elected in July 2018, stated in their
manifesto that nearly 22.5 million children are out of school. Girls
are particularly affected.
 Thirty-two percent of primary school age girls are out of school in
Pakistan, compared to 21 percent of boys. By grade six, 59
percent of girls are out of school, versus 49 percent of boys.
Only 13 percent of girls are still in school by ninth grade.
 Both boys and girls are missing out on education in
unacceptable numbers, but girls are worst affected.
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8. Gender Issues in
Primary/Secondary Level
 Social Norms
 Lack of Investment
 High Cost of Education
 Poor Quality of Education
 Household Chores
 Harassment
 No Separate Institute
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9. Gender Issues in
Primary/Secondary Level
 Social Norms. Some families do not believe that girls should be
educated or believe girls should not study beyond a certain age.
 Low Budget. Schools are in shorter supply specially for girls and
when girls go to next level they are unable to continue their studies
because of less availability of secondary schools than primary
schools.
 High Cost of Education. Poor families struggle to meet the costs of
sending their children to school. The many poor families who cannot
access a government school left with no option.
 Poor Quality of Education. Teachers in both government and
private schools are untrained and parents are compelled to pay for
out-of-school tutoring.
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10. Gender Issues in
Primary/Secondary Level
 Household Chores. Girls are considered as a house jobber.
So, after 6 to 7 years of education they are pull out from the
schools.
 Harassment. Globally, it is estimated that 246 million girls and
boys are harassed and abused in and around school every
year. Some countries have already taken steps towards the
creation of non-violent environment.
 No Separate Institute. Parents do not send their boys/girls in
coeducation institutions. That is why both genders remain
deprived of education.
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11. Gender Issues in Higher
Education
 The social and economic development of a country is directly
related to quality and quantity of its education. And specifically
higher education plays a very crucial role in this regard.
 Today most of the developing countries are neglecting role of
women in higher education and that is one of the reasons why
they still remain as underdeveloped
 Focus on access to higher education for women came with the
National Education Policy, 1998-2010, but there are still
number of issues which I am going to present.
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12. Gender Issues in Higher
Education
 Male Partiality. Whenever there is a tradeoff between son and
daughter to send them for higher education, parents always prefer
to spend on son’s education.
 Fear of Extremists. Different terrorist groups are not in the favor
of girls’ education. A problem girls are facing in some areas.
 Early Marriages. Early marriages of the girls between the age of
15-18 stops them to go into higher education.
 Problems of Separate Higher Educational Institutions. There
are not sufficient separate higher educational institutions for
women in Pakistan. It is a big hindrance in women higher
education. Girls have much insecurity about co-educational
institutions.
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13. Gender Issues in Higher
Education
 Lack of Hostel facilities. Hostel off campuses are ill reputed and
most women and families avoid them.
 Financial Constraints. Parents’ below the average salary is one
of the reason that restricts the enrolment in higher education.
Both male and female are equally effected by this constraint.
 Unstable Educational Policies. Repeatedly changing
educational policies and the lack of scholarship/incentive
programs is a problem for both the genders.
 Also 37% of Pakistani population is urbanized and 63% is rural
population and there are no facilities of higher education
available in rural areas which is effecting both males and
females.
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14. Other Gender Issues in
Educational Practice
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 Women are less likely to achieve managerial positions in
educational institutions.
 Most of the female teachers are getting less salary than their
male peers.
 Men: Sciences, Math, Women: Education, Language
Engineering, Business, Arts, Literature, Domestic Skills

15. Other Gender Issues in
Educational Practice
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 Lack of daycare facilities
 Visibility of women is very low as compared to men’s
appearance in the textbooks.
 Our childhood textbooks are full of pictures of distinguishing
gender roles; women doing household chores while men are
doing outside businesses.
 Teachers provide more opportunities to boys to respond and
practice outdoor tasks.
 Boys receive more harsh reprimands for minor offences every
where.

16. Recommendations
 Government should spend more on education; currently they
are spending 2% of the GDP on education, they should
increase it to 7% of GDP.
 Build more schools and train more teachers.
 Make primary education free and compulsory for both boys
and girls.
 Introduce flexible school timing and regional-specific school
calendar.
 Improve advocacy
 Establish a monitoring/evaluation mechanism.
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17. Recommendations
 Ensure policies that should support equal opportunities of
employment for both males and females in educational
institutes.
 Improve Co-ordination
 Make separate universities.
 Social awareness
 Ample opportunities
 Campus hostels
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18. Recommendations
 Fees should be affordable
 Career counseling and job placement centers
 Transportation
 Safety and Security
 Formulate new policies
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19. Thank
You
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