Right direction: ‘3 of 5 women in K-P cannot read’
She was recruited as a teacher under a women literacy programme, to help women of her village get an education
PESHAWAR:
At least three out of every five women in the province do not know how to read and write. This was stated in Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement Survey 2014-15. The gender disparity in education is greater in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, but there are women who break the shackles and soldier ahead. Reema Gul, who hails from a village in Mardan district, has a similar success story. She belongs to an underprivileged family with eight siblings. Her father works as a labourer. Although she could barely scrape through secondary education given her family’s financial position, Reema Gul managed to complete her intermediate. “I had always considered my education to be a ticket to a better life and a means to support my family,” Gul told The Express Tribune. Gul finally found a way to put her education to use. She was recruited as a teacher under a women literacy programme, to help women of her village get an education.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 30th, 2016.
At least three out of every five women in the province do not know how to read and write. This was stated in Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement Survey 2014-15. The gender disparity in education is greater in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, but there are women who break the shackles and soldier ahead. Reema Gul, who hails from a village in Mardan district, has a similar success story. She belongs to an underprivileged family with eight siblings. Her father works as a labourer. Although she could barely scrape through secondary education given her family’s financial position, Reema Gul managed to complete her intermediate. “I had always considered my education to be a ticket to a better life and a means to support my family,” Gul told The Express Tribune. Gul finally found a way to put her education to use. She was recruited as a teacher under a women literacy programme, to help women of her village get an education.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 30th, 2016.