Study on Stipend Program and Girls’ Education in Public Schools of Sindh

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Women empowerment through education process is the key element for the national development by providing basic resources & facilities. Every country has taken systemic initiatives for the development of girls’ education at all levels, to empower women, Pakistan has also started number of motivational steps for girls’ education especially in Sindh. Consequently government of Sindh has taken numerous initiatives to promote girls’ education, in this connection girls’ stipend program started was from 2001 for girls’ students studying from VI to X level in public schools of Sindh. Keeping in view, the primary purpose of this study was to know the effectiveness of girls’ stipend program in public schools of Sindh on the enrollment , attendance of girls , encouragement of parents’ motivational & interest level of parents’ towards continuity of education process as per the perception of head teachers . Current study was descriptive in nature and quantitative by method. Population of this study was all head teachers of elementary, middle and secondary schools of Sindh. Targeted population of this study was all head teachers of elementary, middle and secondary schools of district Shaheed Benazir Abad. Seventy percent head teachers of elementary, middle and secondary schools was selected by convenient random sampling from the targeted population of the study. Questionnaire with five points Likert scale was developed for exploring the perception of head teachers’ about effectiveness of girls’ stipend program. Data was analyzed by the help of percentage. Findings of this study identified that girls’ stipend program proved as motivational factor for the enrolment, attendance, continuity and encouragement of parents and for girls who were studying in 6th to10th classes in public schools.