that the school is unsafe or the journey is perilous or too long. Families believe that they
cannot afford to sacrifice their daughters' help or income. The problem of basic education is
also on the supply side the availability of safe, accessible, gender-sensitive schools,
employment possibilities for women, or educational information for families. In many countries,
when the importance of education is explained or tuition fees eliminated, parents eagerly send
their daughters to school.
A recent report on poverty found that 135 million children in the developing world between the
ages of 7 and 18 had no education at all, with girls 60 per cent more likely than boys to be so
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educationally deprived'. Educational deprivation and poverty go hand in hand. Gender disparity
in education is significantly greater for children living in poverty. Reforms to help girls
enrol and stay in school can have similar effects on boys, advancing the aims of 'Education For
development of child-friendly, gender-sensitive teaching methods that reach out to
individual needs improves the learning experience for all students. A study in eight
countries concluded that addressing girls' education improves school quality and helps improve
boys' attendance.
the gender gap. Local beliefs, traditional practices and attitudes about gender roles often hold
girls back from school. Parents' objections to their daughters' going to school are also often
caused by safety or economics rather than a belief that girls should not be educated.
Different countries have adopted different strategies for reaching the goal of Universal Primary
Education. Let us look at an example from Pakistan.
non government organization based in Pakistan, initiated an innovative basic education
project for per-preschooler based on the 'Sesame Street' series produced by US-based Children
Television Program me. version of the program me is called Khul Ja Sim Sim program me
which is an Urdu adaptation of Sesame Street. The Sesame Street series is viewed in 88
countries including Pakistan. familiarizes children with the puppet characters and
concepts of the Open Sesame show within a thoroughly frame of contexts.
The episode series was an effort to enrich the pre-school children's environment, which
has otherwise been invaded by tunes from movies meant for older audiences. KJSS targets children
of years of age from lower middle class families, many of whom are probably the first
generation going to school. To fulfill the learning needs of the children, teachers are
encouraged to view the overall social and physical environment as a vast learning resource.
Parents and communities also actively participate in the learning process.
revolves around the concept of multiple intelligence, which is based on the assumption that
each learner is intelligent and talented, no matter what the background or exposure. The theory
proposes that all individuals possess several different kinds of intelligences which could contr
ibute and enrich the classroom environment. Multiple-intelligence acknowledges that there are
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