Study the Hurdles Faced By Female Students at University Level FARZANA BAJWA

Abstract

Education is utmost important for all either male or female. During the process of getting education, female students pass through many problems and hurdles. It has been identified in many researches that female students faced much more hurdles than the male students. This research study is intended to study the financial and academic hurdles faced by female students at university level. Research study was based on two objectives included (1) to investigate that financial hurdles decrease ratio of female students at university level in SBA. (2) To examine that how academic hurdles impact on performance of female students at university level in SBA. The target population was female students of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University (SBBU SBA), Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW) Nawab Shah, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology (QUEST, SBA) and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, Veterinary University Sakrand in District SBA. The sample adequacy was ensured with the table of Krejcie& Morgan 1970 .The total population was 665. The researcher selected 248 objects as sample. The sample size stood 37% of the whole population. The sample was selected by systematic random sampling technique. Three point Likert scale instrument was used in data collection. Accordingly that for data collection a self-planned three point Likert scale having attributes 1=NO, 2=UD and 3=YES was established. The research instrument was a questionnaire-based survey instrument that consisted of 17 items. The collected data was analyzed in frequency, percent and Likert scale mean score. The results in consolidation regarding financial and academic hurdles ranged diverted towards existences of hurdles having 0.2 points as it lasted at 2.2 on three point Likert scale. It is recommended that universities as well as HEC increase the number of scholarships for female students for their higher education. Universities may provide separate pick and drop facilities for female students. Institutes should introduce separate education system for female students. There should be ethical lectures programs arranged in universities for better grooming of students that there should not be annoying behavior between male and female students.