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MAJOR CAUSES OF FEMALE DROPOUTS AT DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL LEVELS IN KARACHI

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).30      10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).30      Published : Mar 2021

Major Causes of Female Dropouts at Different Educational Levels in Karachi

Abstract

    This research revolves around the causes of female dropouts in Karachi at different educational levels, including primary, secondary, high school and university levels. In this research exploratory sequential mixed method has been used. After the literature review, the phenomenological research method for the qualitative phase of research has been adopted. In this regard, the interviews have been taken by different educationalists in Karachi on the basis of their experience and age via the convenience sampling method. All the hypotheses have been tested and accepted at this stage. Under the umbrella of results of the first phase, the questionnaire has been designed for quantitative research, i.e. the second phase of the research. The sample size for the second phase is 200; the data has been collected via quota sampling. The frequency of every element included in the quantitative phase has been detected separately by using descriptive analysis through SPSS. Finally, conclusions have been made on the basis of data analysis.

    Female Education, Female Dropouts, Education in Pakistan

    (1) Syeda Aliya Fatima
    Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Education, Greenwich University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Syeda Tasneem Fatima
    Department of Education (Retd.), Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (3) S. Khurram Khan Alwi
    Department of Education, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Fatima, S. A., Fatima, S. T., & Alwi, S. K. K. (2021). Major Causes of Female Dropouts at Different Educational Levels in Karachi. Global Educational Studies Review, VI(I), 293-305. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).30

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Fatima, Syeda Aliya, Syeda Tasneem Fatima, and S. Khurram Khan Alwi. 2021. "Major Causes of Female Dropouts at Different Educational Levels in Karachi." Global Educational Studies Review, VI (I): 293-305 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).30

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    HARVARD : FATIMA, S. A., FATIMA, S. T. & ALWI, S. K. K. 2021. Major Causes of Female Dropouts at Different Educational Levels in Karachi. Global Educational Studies Review, VI, 293-305.

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    MHRA : Fatima, Syeda Aliya, Syeda Tasneem Fatima, and S. Khurram Khan Alwi. 2021. "Major Causes of Female Dropouts at Different Educational Levels in Karachi." Global Educational Studies Review, VI: 293-305

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    MLA : Fatima, Syeda Aliya, Syeda Tasneem Fatima, and S. Khurram Khan Alwi. "Major Causes of Female Dropouts at Different Educational Levels in Karachi." Global Educational Studies Review, VI.I (2021): 293-305 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Fatima, Syeda Aliya, Fatima, Syeda Tasneem, and Alwi, S. Khurram Khan (2021), "Major Causes of Female Dropouts at Different Educational Levels in Karachi", Global Educational Studies Review, VI (I), 293-305

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Fatima, Syeda Aliya, Syeda Tasneem Fatima, and S. Khurram Khan Alwi. "Major Causes of Female Dropouts at Different Educational Levels in Karachi." Global Educational Studies Review VI, no. I (2021): 293-305. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).30