A Study on Parent’s Attitudes towards the Education of their Daughters

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There have been different factors causing the inequality between male and female in access to education. Among all, the cultural and religious traditions and practices in favor of male domination in ruling the societies or states combined with the poor economy have been the most prominent elements. Girl’s enrolment also makes almost half of that of boys in primary level and around one fourth in secondary level as well university. By disaggregating rural, the facts become more shocking, as the girl’s enrolment in secondary levels makes one-tenth of boys in rural population. The low percentage is meant to be due to Co-education and different factors, cultural barriers, economical condition, distance to schools, parents favoring boys to education and so on. Educational theories and past related researches also defined the gap between male and female education in different parental attitude to get a status in the societies. The present study designed to recognize the factors, which do affect the parents’ attitudes towards their daughters’ education. The analysis of data and testing hypotheses was enhanced the research check the validity and reliability in the data. As conclusion to the research was found out that more co-educational institution in society higher will be the unfavorable attitude of parents towards their daughters’ education, it was found out that mother are more expecting their daughter’s education than fathers and it was found out that less income parents have the lack interest of their daughter’s education.