PROBLEMS IN PURSUING SCIENCE EDUCATION AMONG MUSLIM GIRLS AT SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL

The educational backwardness and fewer shares of Muslims, especially Muslim women in jobs, is a well-known fact which is also revealed by the Sacher Committee Report. Girls’ education is foundation stone for the development of any community and society. If girls are educated and value-laden it is quite possible that the generation ahead would also be educated, cultured, worthy and nation builder in many senses. This research paper attempts to bring into light the problems faced by Muslim girls studying science at senior secondary level. The study was conducted in senior secondary schools of walled city of Delhi. The results revealed various reasons of low enrolment of Muslim girls in science stream, the lower level of academic support that they receive at home, a little higher level (66.66%) of parental encouragement, girls’ willingness to have separate schools for them and the higher level (86.66%) of sincerity of parents towards their daughter’s education. Key Words: Science education, Parental encouragement, Academic facilitators