Abstract
Evidences from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan show girls’ out-performance and boys’ under performance in school and colleges level examinations. Despite of girls' outstanding performance
in school and college examination, they are not catching up with boys in science subjects in terms
of achieving high grades. This paper aims to unpack the prevailing reasons of girls' under performance in science subjects in elementary, secondary and higher secondary schools
examinations in the capital city of Peshawar- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). It focuses on girls'
under performance in Elementary, Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary School
Certificate Annual examinations of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE)
Peshawar, KP. The article uses secondary and primary data. The secondary data consist of results
records of BISE, Peshawar KP and primary data come from qualitative interviews with 20 school
and college teachers (10 males & 10 females). The selection of teachers was done with the help of
purposive sampling technique. The study comes up with diverse explanation for girls’
under performance and boys’ out performance in science subjects. The explanation encompasses
the traditional beliefs in science subjects as masculine domain, gender stereotypes among parents,
teachers, and the gendered belief about jobs opportunities available to boys and girls in sociocultural context of KP. The findings of the study recommend that girls can do well in science
subjects if they are given favorable and conducive environment.
Raza Ullah, Hazir Ullah, Tim Allender. (2019) Girls Under performing in Science: Evidences from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-29, Issue-2.
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