Girls and boys have the same rights to get a quality education. But the ‘gender gap’ becomes painfully evident when looking at who is in the classroom. Girls lag behind than boys at all levels of formal education in Haryana. Enrolment,
retention, transition and achievement rates for girls are always lower than that of boys. This means that even many of the girls who are enrolled in school do not complete Secondary School education. There is the strong belief that negative parental attitude must be blamed for the low level education of girls. The purpose of the present study was, therefore, to assessing current parental attitude towards the education of girls children. The study analyzed the data from 50 parents, who had one or more than one school going children. Out of these, 20 parents belonged to upper caste families, 15 parents belonged to middle caste families and 15 parents belonged to lower caste families. The age range of the sample was 18-50 years, and they all
belonged to Bohar village of Rohtak District. 20-item questionnaire schedule was used for collecting data. The findings showed that the overall attitude of the respondents was moderately favorable and positive towards schooling and education of their children. The study reflects that generally parents would want to educate both boys and girls, however when there are other demands on the family's resources that the education of the girl child is considered a secondary issue. |
