Abstract
Globally, since 1970, positive trends in tertiary education in relation to
female enrolment have been observed. Today, at tertiary level female
students are much more or close to men in terms of talent and performance.
However, female enrollment remains strikingly low in science and
technology and a clustering of female students are found in the traditional
female field of study. High female representations as engineers, scientist,
professors, vice-chancellors, directors of finance, doctors and auditors
would also be beneficial for the economy of a country and also for female
themselves because having better professional positions in all the fields of
life will enhance their economic contribution and upgrade their status in
society (Bell, 2009). However, female enrolment is very low in nontraditional courses such as in finance, business, management, law,
engineering and technology. Consequently, female representation is
observed to be poorest in male dominated professional fields such as
engineering and banking. However, female representation is found to be
comparatively better in traditional subject based institutions such as in
medical universities. Therefore, more female representation is observed as
doctors, nurses and teachers. These trends persist all over the world,
including Pakistan. There are various direct and indirect factors supposed
to be responsible for limited access females have to study and professional
fields. Therefore, through data analysis, this research paper focuses to
present female enrolment trends in both traditional and nontraditional
courses during previous years in Pakistan. This research study also
identifies the causes and socio-economic obstacles which deprive females oftheir right to get education in all fields of study and restricts their access to
few professional fields in this modern era.
Dr .Zahid H. Channa, Dr.Albeena Mirza, Dr. Erum Khushnood Zahid Shaikh. (2016) EMPIRICAL DETERMINATIONS OF FEMALE ENROLMENT TRENDS IN TRADITIONAL VERSES NON-TRADITIONAL FIELDS OF STUDY IN PAKISTAN, Asia Pacific, Vol-34, Issue 1.
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